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Work Collection (#92)

Background imageWork Collection: Irrigation ditch and sugar cane field, Hawaii, USA

Irrigation ditch and sugar cane field, Hawaii, USA. Date: 1935

Background imageWork Collection: Loading cotton, Pensacola, Florida, USA

Loading cotton, Pensacola, Florida, USA
Men loading cotton on board a steamer for export, Pensacola, Florida, USA. Date: 1912

Background imageWork Collection: Mississippi River landing, Mississippi, USA

Mississippi River landing, Mississippi, USA
Mississippi River landing at Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA, with two steamboats, the Belle of Calhoun (left) and the Belle of the Bends (right). Date: circa 1905

Background imageWork Collection: Bindery, National Cash Register Works, Dayton, Ohio, USA

Bindery, National Cash Register Works, Dayton, Ohio, USA
Women at work in the Bindery of the National Cash Register Works, Dayton, Ohio, USA. Date: circa 1910

Background imageWork Collection: Laying a railway track near Lima, Ohio, USA

Laying a railway track near Lima, Ohio, USA
Men at work laying a railway track near Lima, Ohio, USA, with a field of wheat in the foreground. Date: circa 1900

Background imageWork Collection: War dogs - Major Richardsons stag hounds

War dogs - Major Richardsons stag hounds
Major Edwin Richardson, the renowned dog trainer, posing with his stag hound, whose special work was to attack cyclists. During the Great War Richardson was commandant of the British War Dog School

Background imageWork Collection: Major Richardsons war dogs - bringing in a dispatch

Major Richardsons war dogs - bringing in a dispatch
Major Richardson, the renowned dog trainer, with two of his messenger dogs. During the Great War, Richardson was commandant of the British War Dog School at Shoeburyness

Background imageWork Collection: Woman at work in a kitchen, Mexico

Woman at work in a kitchen, Mexico. Date: circa 1905

Background imageWork Collection: Young street vendor of woven bags, Mexico

Young street vendor of woven bags, Mexico. Date: circa 1925

Background imageWork Collection: The Dogs of War - trained animals at work at the front

The Dogs of War - trained animals at work at the front
Messenger dogs, trained at the British War Dog School at Shoeburyness, pictured in action delivering messages at the front in a page from the Illustrated London News. Date: 1918

Background imageWork Collection: Major Richardsons sentry dogs advertisement

Major Richardsons sentry dogs advertisement
Advertisement for sentry and police dogs trained and supplied by Major Edwin Richardson, the renowned dog trainer, who in 1917

Background imageWork Collection: Metropolitan Police Orphanage, Twickenham - Art Room

Metropolitan Police Orphanage, Twickenham - Art Room
Metropolitan Police Orphanage, Twickenham. Boys sit at desks drawing. The walls are lined with their work. Date: circa 1910

Background imageWork Collection: Cartoon, Consequences of a Successful French Invasion

Cartoon, Consequences of a Successful French Invasion, Me teach de English Republicans to work. Scene, A Ploughed Field. By James Gillray. Date: 1798

Background imageWork Collection: Womens aircraft work in World War One

Womens aircraft work in World War One
Photograph showing a decorated lorry contributed by the Sunbeam Motor Car Co, Ltd, to Our Day, pageant at Wolverhampton. The work of one of the womens departments and bears

Background imageWork Collection: Womens Legion pulling a broken down ambulance, WWI

Womens Legion pulling a broken down ambulance, WWI
Members of the Womens Legion, who worked convoying wounded soldiers among many other tasks, pulling a broken-down ambulance during the First World War. 1918

Background imageWork Collection: Spurgeons Orphanage, Stockwell - Laundry

Spurgeons Orphanage, Stockwell - Laundry
Spurgeons Orphanage, Stockwell. Girls at work in the laundry, some ironing. Date: circa 1902

Background imageWork Collection: South Stoneham Workhouse Laundry

South Stoneham Workhouse Laundry
Women at work in the laundry of the South Stoneham Workhouse, Hampshire

Background imageWork Collection: Monks at Work, Mount St Bernards Abbey

Monks at Work, Mount St Bernards Abbey, Leicestershire. In the 1860s and 1870s, the monks ran a boys reformatory

Background imageWork Collection: Miss Emma Barber

Miss Emma Barber
Emma Barber, a resident of Knowlton, Ontario, became involved in the work of childrens emigration promoter Annie Macpherson and from 1872 to 1877ran the Macpherson distribution home in the town

Background imageWork Collection: Barnardos Home, Stepney Causeway, London - Wheelwrights Sh

Barnardos Home, Stepney Causeway, London - Wheelwrights Sh
Barnardos Home, Stepney Causeway, London. Boys at work using a variety of tools in the wheelwrights shop

Background imageWork Collection: Japanese lacquer postcard artist at work

Japanese lacquer postcard artist at work in a London shop. Date: circa 1924

Background imageWork Collection: Barnardos composite images

Barnardos composite images
A collage of images on a postcard publicising the work of Barnardo s

Background imageWork Collection: Knitted vest and pants, circa 1941

Knitted vest and pants, circa 1941
" The active man needs underclothes that will fit and give him freedom of movement...the pants are fitted trimly into the waist

Background imageWork Collection: Country scene near Nagasaki, Japan

Country scene near Nagasaki, Japan
Country scene with farm workers near Nagasaki, Japan. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageWork Collection: French Theatre -- Farce du Porteur d Eau

French Theatre -- Farce du Porteur d Eau
Farce du Porteur d Eau (Farce of the Water Carrier). A water carrier with two buckets suspended from a metal ring says how much he likes to see pretty girls as he walks along the street. Date: 1632

Background imageWork Collection: Unloading a cart of wine bottles, Florence, Italy

Unloading a cart of wine bottles, Florence, Italy. Date: circa 1900

Background imageWork Collection: Collectors card, artist at work

Collectors card, artist at work on a portrait. Date: early 20th century

Background imageWork Collection: Collectors card, architect at work

Collectors card, architect at work. Date: early 20th century

Background imageWork Collection: Collectors card, stone carver at work

Collectors card, stone carver at work. Date: early 20th century

Background imageWork Collection: Collectors card, monk working on a manuscript

Collectors card, monk working on a manuscript
Collectors card, monk working on an illuminated manuscript. Date: early 20th century

Background imageWork Collection: Collectors card, nun working on a tapestry

Collectors card, nun working on a tapestry. Date: early 20th century

Background imageWork Collection: Women working in Army Remount Depot by Cecil Aldin, WW1

Women working in Army Remount Depot by Cecil Aldin, WW1
Sketch by Cecil Aldin for his painting of women working at one of the Army Remount Depots under his command in Berkshire during the First World War

Background imageWork Collection: Female Army Remount Workers during First World War

Female Army Remount Workers during First World War
A group of women working as stable hands at an Army Remount Depot in Berkshire, overseen by the artist Cecil Aldin who was also a keen huntsman and Remount Officer for the area

Background imageWork Collection: Gwen Aldin at Army Remount Depot, WW1

Gwen Aldin at Army Remount Depot, WW1
Gwen Aldin, daughter of the artist Cecil Aldin, pictured with one of her charges at an Army Remount Depot during the First World War

Background imageWork Collection: Fashionable woman sitting at a desk

Fashionable woman sitting at a desk in an office. Date: circa 1920s

Background imageWork Collection: People harvesting in a field

People harvesting in a field, with a steam tractor and a cart. Date: circa 1920s

Background imageWork Collection: Man with a harvesting machine in a field

Man with a harvesting machine in a field
Man with a horse-drawn harvesting machine in a field. Date: circa 1920s

Background imageWork Collection: Woman in newspaper kiosk

Woman in newspaper kiosk with magazines on display all around her. Date: circa 1930s

Background imageWork Collection: An Autumn Renunciation - WW1 fashions

An Autumn Renunciation - WW1 fashions
A woman in uniform, possibly the WaC or police, turns down a fashionable frippery, despite the temptation. Date: 1915

Background imageWork Collection: Garments for Women Who Work, WW1

Garments for Women Who Work, WW1
First World War advertisement for clothing from Mrs Oliver Ltd of 39 Old Bond Street, featuring some suggested, garments for women who work

Background imageWork Collection: Fishery workers on a quayside

Fishery workers on a quayside
Fishery workers engrossed in their work, surrounded by barrels on a quayside. Date: circa 1920s

Background imageWork Collection: Men engaged in roadworks

Men engaged in roadworks with a lorry alongside. Date: circa 1930s

Background imageWork Collection: WW1 poster, National Savings Campaign

WW1 poster, National Savings Campaign, How you can help. Date: 1914-1918

Background imageWork Collection: Four people with a tractor in a field

Four people with a tractor in a field, transporting hay. Date: circa 1920s

Background imageWork Collection: Haymaking in a field

Haymaking in a field
People haymaking in a field. Date: circa 1920s

Background imageWork Collection: Man with two horses in a field

Man with two horses in a field. Date: circa 1920s

Background imageWork Collection: WW1 - Cartoon - Allies working together

WW1 - Cartoon - Allies working together
WW1 - A cartoon depicting allies on the Western Front working together. Date: 1918

Background imageWork Collection: WW1 - Australian Gunners in Gallipoli, 1916

WW1 - Australian Gunners in Gallipoli, 1916
WW1 - Four Australian Gunners from the ANZAC Corps in action at their base in Gallipoli. The gunners working topless in the heat as they prepare their ammunition for their weapons as a team



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