Overalls Collection (page 7)

WW2 - Women painting Ships - War Effort
The original image caption states: " The Womens place in the British scheme of things. The place of wmen in wartime England is no longer the home

WW1 - Women War Work - Linen Manufacturing. Date: circa 1915

Boatman unhappy about influx of tourism to Cornwal
A Real Grievance Visitor: " Hows Business?" Boatman: " Business! Why there ain t no businesssince these ere blessed bicycles come inter fashion

Cornish Boatman sets an amateur fisherman straight
Sarcastic Amateur Fisherman: " Are there any fish to be caught here, my man?" Cornish Boatman: " No Zur; You caught em all the last time as you was here!" Date: circa 1890s

Russia - Glazier Date: 1902

Comic Postcard - Advantageous vantage point
Comic Postcard - An advantageous vantage point! A workman adjusting a gas main keeps a score of the choice of underwear of the ladies passing above his vantage point pavement manhole cover)

WW2 - Japan - Woman Factory Worker working hard for her country. Date: circa 1940s

Neddys Turn by Muriel Dawson -- a little boy gives his toy horse a wash. 1946

Shop repairmen
People You See. Shop repairmen. From Teddy Bear (date unknown)

Scene outside a souvenir shop, Yugoslavia
Scene outside a shop in a street in former Yugoslavia. The shopkeeper (on the left) has a discussion with a potential customer

London Fire Brigade HQ workshop, Lambeth
Men at work in the London Fire Brigade HQ workshop, Lambeth

LCC-LFB firewomen with mobile kitchen, WW2
The crew of a mobile kitchen (three cooks and a driver) who kept the regular and auxiliary firefighters fed during the Second World War

NFS sub-station with external baking oven in yard, WW2
NFS cooks using a brick-built baking oven in the yard of a sub-station

Blitz in London -- Invicta Road, Westcombe Park, WW2
Blitz in London -- firefighters join Heavy Rescue teams (in overalls) and ARP squads who are searching for casualties and bodies after a heavy explosive bomb devastated buildings in Invicta Road

French soldiers cleaning their Barrack Yard. They all wear loose overalls over their uniforms (even the supervising officers) - dusty work! Date: 1906

Pams Bakers shop staff, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex
Pictured inside their High Street bakers shop are the staff of Pams Bakers at Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex. 1953

Three Chimneysweeps
Three very young chimneysweeps in the United States of America Date: 1904

France - Sedan Chair - Mont-Dore
Sedan Chair porters and occupant - at Mont-Dore (Mont Dor in Occitan), formerly called Mont-Dore-les-Bains, a commune in the Puy-de-Dome department in Auvergne in central France. Date: circa 1910s

Young fisherman handline fishing for mackerel
A young fisherman on a fishing boat, handline fishing for mackerel. Date: circa 1970s

Young fisherman with crawfish, St Ives, Cornwall
A young fisherman on a fishing boat in St Ives harbour, Cornwall, surrounded by his catch of crawfish. Date: circa 1970s

Female factory workers and their male boss
A group of female factory workers pose for a photo with their male boss at Burroughs & Sturgess, Frederick Street, Derby. Date: 1930s

UK ceramics Industry at Burslem, Staffs (2 / 4)
Making toilet ware at Burslem, Staffs (making the jugs for jug and basin sets). Date: circa 1910s

Aircraft Safety Check
A routine aircraft saftely check being carried out at Prestwick Airport, Scotland. Date: 1960s

German poster, accident prevention at work
German poster about accident prevention at work, showing a smiling workman in blue overalls, holding a hammer. 20th century

Builders of the Dorchester Hotel, Park Lane, London W1
An informal group photo of some of the men who helped to build the Dorchester Hotel, Park Lane, London W1. Date: circa 1930

Axminster carpet loom, Festival of Britain, London
A large Axminster carpet loom on display and in action in the Power and Production Pavilion, Festival of Britain, South Bank, London. Date: May 1951

Women gut Herring - Lowestoft, Suffolk
Women gut Herring at Lowestoft, Suffolk Date: circa 1910s

Cutting Huge Logs
Two men operating a huge industrial chainsaw to cut equally huge felled tree trunks into logs. Date: 1950s

Kodak Camera 1930S
Smart cameras have striped fronts this year. At the Kodak works at Wealdstone, England, where these cameras are made, each is tested by a scientist to ensure a needle-sharp focus Date: 1930s

Tea merchants cutting and mixing machine, London
Workers with a tea merchants cutting and mixing machine at Messrs Travers Wharf, Bankside, London

Sailmaker - Penzance, Cornwall
An elderly sailmaker (Arthur Willoughby), working in the traditional way in Penzance, Cornwall

Municipal Dairy women, South Wales
A group of seven women working for the Municipal Dairy pose outside the dairy building, somewhere in South Wales. Two churn wagons, each one holding a large milk churn, can be seen in front of them

Metropolitan Police Animal Catcher
Officer of the Metropolitan Police Dog Handling Unit, wearing protective clothing worn to prevent injury when capturing dangerous animals

Bakery, Wormwood Scrubs Prison, West London
Scene in the bakery at Wormwood Scrubs Prison, West London. Prisoners are making bread under the supervision of the prison cook who wears a chefs overalls and hat

Man with fish for smoking
A man in overalls holding two racks containing fish, ready for smoking in a barn

Filling Oil Cans - Hackney Wick
A female employee fills BP Oil Cans at a plant in Hackney Wick, London

Air and Petrol test - Hackey Wick
Female employees at the BP works at Hackney Wick, London perform an air and petrol test

Sealing Cans - Hackney Wick

Woman and patients at the Medical Centre, Hendon
Scene at the Metropolitan Police Medical Centre, Hendon, north west London, showing a woman in overalls discussing a game of chess with three patients in a hospital ward

Patients in cafeteria, Medical Centre, Hendon
Scene at the Metropolitan Police Medical Centre, Hendon, north west London, showing five patients in the cafeteria enjoying a hot meal served by a catering lady

Vive St Eloi (1 / 2)
VIVE SAINT-ELOI ! Saint Eloi (Eligius) is the patron of metalworkers (1/2)

Vive St Eloi (2 / 2)
VIVE SAINT-ELOI ! Saint Eloi (Eligius) is the patron of metalworkers (2/2)

Model fishing boat maker, Cornwall
A model fishing boat maker in his workshop, somewhere in Cornwall. He is in the process of constructing a new boat with two masts

Building project in Czechoslovakia
A housing project in Czechoslovakia - the whole community is seemingly getting involved in the construction project. To the left is a warning sign in Czech and German

People boarding a small aeroplane
A group of people boarding a small aeroplane, operated by Charter Ltd of London. (2 of 3)

Shovelling rubble onto a lorry
A workman bends down to shovel up some rubble from roadworks onto the back of a lorry

Wool Winding Machine - Patons & Baldwins
A woman worker in dark blue overalls operating and checking a huge wool-winding machine at Patons & Baldwins factory at Darlington

Patons & Baldwins - wool processing
A woman factory worker in blue uniform feeds light blue thread into a large piece of (possibly weaving?) machinery at Patons & Baldwins factory in Darlington

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