Worker Collection (page 11)

The Waste of it! by John Hassall
Maid feeling exhausted after running up and down with jugs of water instead of using the tap! Date: 1906

Female vet at horse repository, WWI
A woman vet administering to a horse at an English horse repository during the First World War. 1917

WWI Poster, Fill up the Ranks
We re both needed to serve the Guns! Fill up the ranks! Pile up the munitions! Parliamentary Recruiting Committee poster showing the importance of the munitions worker as well as the need for troops

Image of the construction of the railway in Cuba between Havana and Bejucal (27, 5 km), 1835. It was the first railway in Latin America and Spain. Engraving

GREECE. Daphni. Dapni Monastery. Nativity (early Comnenian period, ca. 1100). Byzantine art. Mosaic

Women WW1 Munitions Worker Badge
The triangular On War Service badge with crown in centre and the date 1916, issued to women working on munitions. Made by J.R Gaunt of London. Date: 1916

Woman Munition Worker WW1. Woman in munition factory, powders her nose in view of male supervisor, Captioned, Don t go putting the powder where it is not wanted. Date: circa 1916

Woman Munition Worker and Shells WW1. A young woman sits posing on a pile of shells in the munitions factory. Caption reads, One of the little ducks helping to hatch the shells Date: circa 1916

WW1 cartoon on postcard - munition worker
Expecting a rise shortly. Humorous, First World War postcard depicting a female munition worker jauntily sitting on a barrel of dynamite with a cigarette. A health and safety nightmare. Date: c.1916

A Country Postman - Binfield Heath, Oxfordshire
Typical dress for a country postman in the 1920.s. photograph taken in Binfield heath near Henley-on-Thames Date: circa 1920s

The Country House Season 1915 by Charles Robinson, WW1
House party at Castle Bareacres coming down to dinner during the munitions season. A pastiche on the traditional, upper class house party of the pre-war era

Munition workers guard of honour at Percy wedding, WW1
Munition workers forming a guard of honour at the wedding of Miss Stella Drummond to Lord Eustace Percy (third son of the late Duke of Northumberland) at St. Margaret s, Westminster

Lloyd Georges lady chauffeur
The Right Hon. David Lloyd Georges Napier car being started by his lady chauffeur who, according to The Tatler, handles it in a very skilful manner. Date: 1916

Trench coat for canteen workers by Aquascutum, WW1
A trench coat of khaki drill interlined with oil silk with a detachable fleece lining from Aquascutum and ideal for ladies working in canteens in draughty places such as railway stations during

Lady Muriel Paget & children, WW1
Lady Muriel Paget (1876 - 1938), nee Finch-Hatton, wife of Sir Richard Surtees Paget, second Baronet of Oldfallings Hall, Wolverhampton

Coal strike of 1912
National coal strike of 1912. Workers went on strike from February to early April, to secure a minimum wage. 1912

French Train Puncture
A railway worker changes a wheel to repair a punctured tyre on a new French pneumatic tyred motor coach. Date: 1930s

Saint-Claude, France - Fabrique Jeantet-David Pipe Factory - Polishing the pipes using overhead belt-driven polishing machines. (see: 10993880) Date: circa 1909

Betty Quinn - Coventry ARP Worker with George Medal
Betty Quinn - Coventry ARP Worker, has her George Medal admired by her sister, Joyce. Betty was the youngest recipient of the GM when they were presented for the first time at a recent Buckingham

Cotton Field in Sudan
Empire Marketing Board 1927-1933 poster, A Sudan Cotton Field Date: 1927-1933

Buy British - Empire Marketing Board Poster encouraging the purchase of home-grown produce, products and services. Striking design by Tom Purvis. circa 1930s

An old fashioned steam train and workers

Nasmyth hammer at steel works, Sheffield, Yorkshire
Male workers are dwarfed by the massive Nasmyth hammer at the Atlas Steel Works, Sheffield, South Yorkshire. Date: circa 1902

Publishers office
Office of Howard Wilford Bell, publishers. Assembly or packing room of Howard Wilford Bell, Publisher of the Unit Books, at 5th Avenue between 28th and 29th Streets

Surface worker, South Wales colliery
A middle aged surface worker at a colliery in South Wales

Gypsy encampment near Pontypool, South Wales
Two traditional style caravans at a gypsy encampment near Pontypool, South Wales

Women chatting in a back yard, Pontypool, South Wales
A group of women, probably all wives of coal miners, chatting in the back yard of 76 Hanbury Terrace, Pontypool, South Wales. The smiling woman in the spotted skirt is the mother of W E Jones

William Brace, Welsh Labour MP
William Brace (1865-1947), Welsh Labour MP, President of the South Wales Miners Federation from 1912 until 1915. He was an early advocate of a single union for all of Britains coal miners

Gypsy boys making pegs, near Pontypool, South Wales
Two small gypsy boys making pegs, near Pontypool, South Wales

Two middle aged miners with their lamps, South Wales
Two middle aged miners with their lamps, at a colliery in South Wales

Repairing pit props, Plas y Coed Level, South Wales
A miner repairing pit props in the Plas y Coed Level, South Wales

Woman using a dolly tub in a back yard, South Wales
A woman using a dolly tub to do the weekly wash, in a back yard in South Wales, with two children on the left. W E Jones recalled

Aerial view of Tirpentwys Colliery, Pontypool, South Wales
An aerial view of Tirpentwys Colliery near Pontypool in South Wales

Aerial view of Tirpentwys Colliery, Pontypool, South Wales
An aerial view of Tirpentwys Colliery near Pontypool in South Wales

Parachute factory WWII
Women in a parachute factory sewing silk to make parachutes during World War II

Animal ambulance workers WWII
Women hurrying to an animal ambulance for stray and unwanted animals during World War II

Welfare of horses on His Majestys Service. A female vet giving a horse a check-up during World War I

Girl Using Computer 1974
A young woman office worker using what now looks like a rather cumbersome computer

Strikers return: General Strike 1926
Employer: " Glad to see you back, my lad; but you ll understand that in the circumstances we can t run to a fatted calf!" May 1916

British toys during WW1 - drums in a British toy factory
A girl making drums at an English toy factory. Stronger articles than the German variety. Before the war, Germany had been the premier supplier of toys to Britain

Steam fitters at loco shed, Exeter St Davids, Devon
A group of four steam fitters outside the locomotive service shed at Exeter St Davids station, Devon. Date: 1959

Stooks of wheat at Black Dog, near Crediton, Devon
Stooks of wheat in a field during harvest time at Black Dog, near Crediton, Devon. Date: 1960s

Group of cleaners who won the football pools, with cleaning equipment. Date: circa 1980s

Rubber Factory workers, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1910

Forth Road Bridge over Firth of Forth, Scotland
Forth Road Bridge under construction over the Firth of Forth, Scotland -- it opened in 1964. Date: early 1960s

Railway workers outside their work premises, USA
Five railway workers outside their work premises, North America. Date: circa 1910s

Paddington Postal FC football team
Paddington Postal (sorting office) football team, 1904-1905. Date: 1904-1905

Traditional road making in Upper Egypt
Two construction workers and ox-drawn road roller in Upper Egypt. Date: circa 1910s

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