Worker Collection (page 17)

Spanish refugees in Gibraltar are given a meal of soup and bread by local boy scouts after crossing the frontier from Spain, 4 February 1965. Although Spanish-speaking, their passports are British

A woman tractor driver during WW1
A woman tractor driver at Wye in Kent oiling a government tractor during the First World War, one of the numerous traditionally male roles taken on by women during the conflict. Date: 1918

Beechams Pills advert with land girl, WW1
That cheerful spirit! Which goes hand in hand with Beechams Pills. A land girl cheerily shovelling what looks like manure during the First World War - all carried out without complaint thanks to

People at Salvation Army medical centre, Ghana
People receiving treatment at a Salvation Army medical centre in Begoro, southern Ghana, West Africa

Port Sunlight - where work and pleasure go hand in hand
Double page spread from The Illustrated London News showing scenes at Port Sunlight, the model village built by William Lever (Lord Leverhulme) to house workers at his soap factory

Barges by William Henry Pyne 1805
Hand coloured etching with aquatint engraved by William Henry Pyne. Plate 35 from The Costume of Great Britain, 1805. Date: 1805

General Electric strike, Schenectady, New York, USA
General Electric strike on pay day, 8 October 1913, in Schenectady, New York State, USA. 1913

Woman Munition Worker 18 Pounder Gun. Drawing of a munitions worker, designed by Miss A.D. Wargent, a worker in factory Five, in aid of the 18 pdr gun fund, June 1918

Paris, France - Tour Eiffel, Foundations. Date: 1888

Paris, France - Eglise Sainte Clothilde et Sainte Valere. Date: 1857

Paris, France - Cour du Dragon. Date: 1884

Women War Work WW1 Munitions. Woman Munition Worker tuining shells in a munitions factory Date: 1918

Womens Work WW1 Munitions. With Fond greetings from a Munition worker helping to Carry on This badge proves I m a Worker, who can ne er be dubbed a Shirker Date: circa 1916

Paris, France - Place Vendome. Date: circa 1810

Chinese telephone office, San Francisco, California, USA
Chinese workers at a switchboard in the telephone office, San Francisco, California, USA. The building was destroyed in the earthquake and fire of April 1906. Date: early 20th century

Blitz in London -- aftermath of bombing, with some people sorting through the rubble and others stopping for a refreshment break. Date: 1940s

Women Munitions Worker WW1. Woman in munitions factory proudly points to a large bomb and exclaims, Thats the stuff to give em! Date: circa 1916

Women Munitions Work WW1. Rather glamourous munitions worker in purple dungarees standing next to 2 shells, with caption, You should see how the girls fill them! Date: circa 1916

Munition Worker WW1. Woman stands beside a cart loaded with shells, captioned, Nervous? - not in these trousers. Date: circa 1916

Woman Worker WW1. Young woman worker surprises elderly lady by saying she is going to work in a night shift. Well I never! Date: circa 1917

Lady Colebrooke Munitions Worker WW1. Lady Alexandra Colebrooke in working garb worn by her in munitions plant in Great Britain Date: circa 1916

Woman in Munitions Factory O. H. M.s WW1
Woman in Munitions Factory O.H.M.S WW1. Munitions worker holding a shell case with caption, O.H.M.S shells for Jack and Tommy Date: circa 1916

Munitions Worker and Tommy WW1. The British Tommy the greatest Blue and the Blue Belle The New Britannia, Together, soldier and munition worker will make the Hun Squeal. Date: circa 1916

Paris, France - Tour Eiffel, construction. Date: circa 1889

Paris, France - Tour Eiffel, laying the foundations. Date: circa 1889

Paris, France - Tour Eiffel, painting. Date: 1889

Lady Frances Balfour Suffragist. Lady Frances Balfour (1858-1931) portrait. Aristocratic and dedicated worker for the cause of Womens Suffrage

Paris, France - Boulevard Malesherbes. Date: 1861

Paris, France - Eglise Saint Germain L Auxerrois During Rebuilding of District. Date: 1856

Paris, France - Building of Rue de L Imperatrice in front of the Theatre-Francais. Date: 1865

Paris, France - Tour des Ducs de Bourgogne demolished. Date: 1867

Paris, France - Canal Saint-Martin. Date: circa 1890

Paris, France - Barrieres, Games Outside City Limits. Date: 1855

Paris, France - Barrieres, Cheap Wine Shop. Date: 1855

Paris, France - Barrieres, Ball at Dancehall Just Outside. Date: 1855

Paris, France - Barrieres - Cafe Outside City Limits. Date: 1855

Paris, France - Barriers, Skittles beyond the City Wall. Date: 1855

Woman delivery van driver, WW1
A woman in uniform takes over a traditional male role as the driver of a horse drawn delivery van during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Woman bus conductor, WW1
A girl bus conductor in her blue uniform, with gaiters and turned up hat, rings the bell on the no 25 route which travels from Marble Arch in central London to Ilford on the outskirts of East London

Munition workers watch Royal Investiture on Clydeside, WW1
Female munitions workers of the National Projectile Factory on Clydeside, dressed in their work clothes, fill the stands at the Ibrox Stadium in Glasgow where they watched King George V carry out a

Royal Vinolia Cream advertisement, munition worker, WW1
Advertisement for Royal Vinolia Cream from 1917 featuring a female munition worker - the ideal candidate for as dirty and rough work may be in your service for the nation...but Royal Vinolia cream is

A Munitionette, Munition worker, WW1
A woman operating an automatic cartridge machine in a munition factory during the First World War. Date: 1917

AFS worker with emergency appliance, WW2
An Auxiliary Fire Service worker with an emergency appliance. Date: 1940s

AFS workers with emergency appliance, WW2
Three Auxiliary Fire Service workers loading an emergency appliance into a vehicle. Date: 1940s

Two firefighters with salvage van and light pump, WW2
Two salvage workers with an NFS salvage van and a light pump. Date: 1940s

Blitz in London -- training office workers, WW2
Blitz in London -- LFS personnel training office workers in firefighting, 7 June 1941, with a diagram of a typical kilo magnesium electron incendiary bomb pinned to a blackboard. Date: 1941

Pears Soap advertisement, Red Cross Nurse, WW1
Advertisement for Pears soap from the First World War period, part of their Womanhood in Wartime series with this one featuring a Red Cross nurse

Myrtle Newton, hotel driver, WW1
Miss Myrtle Newton of Cambridge who had accepted the post of motor car driver at the Kings Head Hotel in Cirencester on the understanding that by so doing she would release a man for service during

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