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Comic postcard, Underground Movement Date: 20th century
Workmen sweeping snow on a Christmas card -- New brooms sweep clean. Date: circa 1890s
Tea plantation workers, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)Tea plantation workers in the fields, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1930
Quarry workers, Boma, Belgian Congo, West Africa. Date: circa 1905
Construction workers outside a large building, USALarge group of construction workers (possibly carpenters, painters, builders, etc) outside a large building, North America. Date: circa 1910s
Communist China - teachers doing manual workCommunist China - teachers from Qinghua (Tsinghua) University and Beijing University forced to do heavy manual work during the Cultural Revolution period
Road making on Praslin Island, SeychellesRoad making on Praslin Island, part of Dr N P Jewells remit in the Seychelles, Indian Ocean. 1912-1914
Ship breakers of T W Ward Ltd, with old boilerShip breakers, T W Ward Ltd (headquarters in Sheffield) -- men at work (possibly in Morecambe) with an old steamship boiler. Date: circa 1908
Three frogs learning how to swim on a greetings postcard -- two of them are reading the instruction manual while another one teaches them. Date: circa 1890s
Book of Trades, The Quarry Man. 1841
Cotton gins, Kilwa Kivinje, Tanzania, East AfricaMen working at cotton gins at Kilwa Kivinje, German East Africa (now Tanzania). Date: circa 1900
Tea plantation workers, Sri Lanka (Ceylon). Date: circa 1920s
ZULOAGA, Santiago Agust(18th century). SpanishZULOAGA, Santiago Agust (18th century). Spanish miltary marine. Navigation Manual and dictionary Tratado instructivo y prᣴ ico de maniobras navales
Two men cross-cutting tree trunk, Western Front, WW1Two men cross-cutting a tree trunk on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916
Man ploughing with two horsesA man ploughing with two horses in a field
Tunisia - Metlaoui - Phosphate Society Mines of Sfax-Gafsa - unloading the wagns. Date: circa 1910s
A group of Coolies, India. Historically, a coolie (variously spelled cooli, cooly, kuli, quli, koelie etc.) was an Asian slave or manual labourer, particularly in southern China
Four genera of sea-weed. Engraving by James Peterkin, from William Henry Harvey, A manual of British marine algae. Date: 1849
Portrait of William Henry Harvey. Stipple engraving by F. Holl after Sir Frederick William Burton R.H.A. R.W.S. (1816-1900), from William Henry Harvey, A manual of British marine algae
LCC-MFB Red Cross Street fire station, City of LondonRed Cross Street fire station, City of London, built by the London County Council (LCC) and opened in 1900. It was one of four fire stations (plus a river station at Blackfriars)
Fire brigade horse drawn manual fire pumpA horse drawn manual fire pump typical of those used by the London Fire Engine Establishment (1833) and in the Metropolitan Fire Brigade before the widespread introduction of horse drawn steam engines
Cheam Borough Fire Brigade, SurreySuperintendent of Cheam Fire Brigade with the winners of a Brigade competition shield. A manual horse drawn pump stands in the rear
Carrying-in boy in Alexandria Glass Factory, Alexandria, Va. Works on day shift one week and night shift next week. See photo 2261. Location: Alexandria, Virginia. Date 1911 June
Addie Card, anaemic little spinner in North Pownal Cotton Mill. See photo No. 1056. Location: Vermont. Date 1910 August
Sign Language CardDACTYLOLOGIE - manual alphabet for deaf-mutes. Date: late 19th century
Silver and copper works, Chile, South America
Hullah and his pupils, 1842John Pyke Hullah (1812 -1884), English composer and teacher of music, with his pupils at the second great choral meeting at Exeter Hall in 1842
Summoning a SpiritStanding in a magic circle, manual in one hand and sword (to be on the safe side) in the other, a magician summons a spirit to do his bidding
Susi - with kitten and typewriter. 1950s
Woman helping with the harvest, WW1Woman helping with the harvest during the First World War, 31 July 1916. Date: 1916
Milkmaid and cow, Madresfield, Worcestershire, WW1Milkmaid (D Pentreath) and Midget the Jersey cow, in the village of Madresfield, near Malvern, Worcestershire, during the First World War. Date: 1915
French Railway Alphabet - Z for Zingueurs (metalworkers). 19th century
French Railway Alphabet - U for Usine (workshop). 19th century
Man at work thatching a cottage roof, West Country. Date: circa 1960s
Steam fitters at loco shed, Exeter St Davids, DevonA group of four steam fitters outside the locomotive service shed at Exeter St Davids station, Devon. Date: 1959
Rubber Factory workers, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1910
National telephone exchange 1 January 1912The General Post Office of the British government assumed all control of the national telephone system. Date: January 1912
Labrador dog at window, with typewriter, Crediton, DevonLabrador dog at an open window, with a manual typewriter inside the room, Crediton, Devon. Date: 1963
Four men with trowels and cement on boards, USAFour men with trowels and cement on boards, outside a log cabin, North America. Date: circa 1910s
Four cooks inside their work premises, USAFour cooks inside their work premises, North America. Date: circa 1910s
Railway workers outside their work premises, USAFive railway workers outside their work premises, North America. Date: circa 1910s
Butchers and others outside their work premises, USAButchers and colleagues outside their work premises, North America. Date: circa 1910s
Blacksmiths outside their foundry or forge, USAThree blacksmiths and two other men outside a foundry or forge, North America. Date: circa 1910s
The Cotton Industry, a Romance of Modern Work -- trade design. 1920
Men at work on bomb-damaged houseMen at work on a bomb-damaged house, just after the end of the Second World War. circa 1946
Workers in the sugar fields, Fiji, South Pacific. Date: circa 1900s
Communist China - communal exercise sessionCommunal exercise session for timberyard workers during the Cultural Revolution era in Communist China. circa 1970
Communist China - farm workers in discussion. They are probably educated people from a town or city, forced to do manual work, in this case fruit picking, during the Cultural Revolution. circa 1960s