Work Collection (page 9)

Map of Moscow (1836). Original drawing by W. B
" Map of Moscow (1836). Original drawing by W.B. Clarke and engraving by B. Davies, originally published under supervision of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge

CATHERINE II the Great (1729-1796). Empress
" CATHERINE II " the Great" (1729-1796). Empress of Russia (1762-1796) and wife of Peter III. Portrait of Catherine II with formal dress. 1770

PRIMO DE RIVERA, Jos頁ntonio (1903-1936). Spanish
PRIMO DE RIVERA, Jos頁 ntonio (1903-1936). Spanish politician, founder of the Spanish Falange. Portrait of Jos頁 ntonio Primo de Rivera. 1931-1936

Ragged School Union - Cobbling Class
Boys at work in the shoe-making workshop at a home run by the Ragged School Union Date: circa 1907

Portland Prison, Dorset - Stone-dressing Yard
Convicts at work in the stone-dressing yard at Portland Prison, Dorset. Date: circa 1910

The more women at work the sooner we win! Women are needed also as... See your local US Employment Service. Woman working in an airplane factory. Date 1943

Cardinale family making silk flowers. Father wears a cast. D
8:00 PM January 29, 1912. Cardinale family making silk flowers. Father wears a cast. Does not work. (See report on schedule.) Boy, 11 years old, helps some, even at night. 43 Carmine St

Ex-tenant farmer from Texas, came to work in the fruit and vegetable harvests. Coachella Valley, California. Date 1937 Spring

Scientist in Metropolitan Police laboratory
A scientist at work in a Metropolitan Police laboratory, during the early days of forensic science. Date: circa 1920s

Piccadilly Circus 1928
More changes to the traffic layout at Piccadilly Circus - work in progress round the Eros statue, which I suppose is somewhere behind the hoardings. Date: 1928

Sweep, oh sweep oh! Clean your chimneys keep, oh! For smoky flues we can t excues, since I will sweep them cheap, oh! Date: Circa 1880

Botanist at work
A botanist at work, studying a plant with a magnifying glass

Police dog in action at a training station. The dog leaps to bite the leg of a man entering the first floor window of a house Date: 20th century

French parcel delivery man at Christmas, 1913
A busy parcel delivery man in Paris seen hard at work during the Christmas season. Attched to one of the big magasins or department stores, he is loaded with parcels and packages up to his chin

Harvest workers near St Davids, Pembrokeshire, South Wales
Harvest workers gathering and threshing near St Davids, Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, South Wales

Miner working at the coalface, South Wales
A miner, stripped to the waist, working at the coalface in a mine in South Wales

Apprentice splitting slate, Delabole Quarry, Cornwall
An apprentice splitting a slate at the Delabole Quarry in North Cornwall. Slate has been mined in the area since the middle ages

Cleaning Day, by Ethel Parkinson. A little Dutch girl wields a mop, while a little boy kneels down and scrubs the floor

Poster advertising a collection for nurses
German poster advertising a collection for nurses, to thank them for their work during the First World War

That Evening Star-Shell, by Bruce Bairnsfather
Oh, star of eve, whose tender beam Fall on my spirits troubled dream. Originally an amateur artist, Bairnsfathers cockney humour displayed in his view of the Front

Lewis Baumer at Work
Photograph of Lewis Baumer, artist and illustrator who worked for Punch and The Sketch among other magazines

Lady Bathers - British - Bathing Chairs
Studio photograph (postcard) of wonderful basketwork bathing chairs occupied by smoking female bathers about to take a dip

Shepherd at rest
An elderly shepherd rests on a small hillock with his collie dog as his sheep graze contentedly. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

London Rat Catcher
A rat-catcher at work in the London sewers

Two women workers at the factory gates, Derby
Two female workmates pose outside the factory gates at Burroughs & Sturgess, Frederick Street, Derby

Chemist Demonstrates

Little Girl and Pug Dog
A little girl in her Sunday best outfit sits on an elegant wicker-work chair with the family pug dog

Grannie Typist
88-year-old Mrs Caroline Blore, using her own typewriter in her back garden

Lascar Seamen at work and at rest, 1906
Series of Photographs showing Lascar seamen at work in the stokehole of a passenger liner (centre image) and at rest in the Home for Asiatic Seamen (bottom images)

The Metropolitan Underground, works in progress
The building work in progress at Kings Cross, to host part of the Mertropolitan underground railway. The first section of the underground was completed in 1863

C17 Candle Maker / 39
A candle maker at work, pouring wax into the mould

An early typing pool
From the start, typing was perceived as the archetypal employment opportunity for women : this is the Typing Office of the Society for the Employment of Women

Jeweller 1827
The exacting art of the jeweller

Joule / Electricity Test
James Prescott Joule, English physicist, measures the rate at which heat is produced by an electric current. The joule, a unit of work or energy, is named after him

Postwomen / Ww1
A World War One postwoman in Aldershot

Female Munitions Workers
The Australian Premier, William Hughes, reviews female munitions workers at Cardiff, escorted by Phyllis Ayrton

Penelope Embroidering
at work on her embroidery, which she will unstitch at night to avoid remarriage; Odysseus faithful dog Argus, at her side, awaits, as she does, his masters return

Boss and Secretary 1928
A secretary stands beside her boss, seated at a desk whose size indicates his importance

Cars at Cannes 1927
Concours d elegance on the promenade at Cannes, France - crowds discuss the finer points of automotive carriage work

Tartan Accessories 1902
Tartan accessories including silk handkerchiefs, mufflers, neck ties, scarves, tartan cravats, silk knit motor wraps, drawstring work bags & satchels

A Painter and Decorator
A French painter wearing a cap and smock at work decorating panels on the walls of a building

Industrial Robots at Work in a Factory

Shannon Copier
The Shannon No-chemical Letter Copier copies at the fantastic rate of forty letters a minute - whats more a juvenile may operate it. How does it work? Shannon aren t saying

Napoleon at Danzig
Siege of Danzig - Napoleon inspects the siege works: the town will be surrendered later in the month, following negotiations. Date: 9 May 1807

Print Photography 1916
Colour Photographers at work

Astronomers
Two astronomers, one of whom is an Arab gentleman, examine a star in the sky through a telescope

Roller (Suburb)
Steam roller at work in an English suburban street

Racial / Australia / Sheep
In an Australian sheep shearing shed

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