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Background imageWorkers Collection: Group of cleaners who won the football pools

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

Background imageWorkers Collection: Morlaix Fish Market

Morlaix Fish Market - black & white view of market with workers Viaduct in background Date: circa 1890s

Background imageWorkers Collection: Rubber Factory workers, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)

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

Background imageWorkers Collection: Forth Road Bridge over Firth of Forth, Scotland

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

Background imageWorkers Collection: Railway workers outside their work premises, USA

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

Background imageWorkers Collection: Paddington Postal FC football team

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

Background imageWorkers Collection: Harcourt Johnstone with Posters Promoting Export

Harcourt Johnstone with Posters Promoting Export
Harcourt Johnstone, Secretary to the Department of Overseas Trade and vice-Chairman of the Export Council, alongside posters featuring Labour Minister Ernest Bevin

Background imageWorkers Collection: Professors T Child dowsing for Water, Pemfega, Portugal

Professors T Child dowsing for Water, Pemfega, Portugal
Professors T Child of Ipswich dowsing for water in a vineyard, Pemfega, Portugal.. In 1902 twelve residents of Flowton (a small village near Ipswich)

Background imageWorkers Collection: A Y. M. C. A. Mobile Tea Car

A Y. M. C. A. Mobile Tea Car
Three female volunteers wait to restock a mobile canteen outside at Gattis on The Strand, London, which was converted during the War into a Y.M.C.A. hostel for servicemen based in the city. 1940

Background imageWorkers Collection: The Ring Magnet

The Ring Magnet
The front cover of " The Sphere" magazine, 16 April 1927, featuring the latest innovation in eye-care. Factory workers suffering from metal filings flicked in to their eye can now have them

Background imageWorkers Collection: Traditional road making in Upper Egypt

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

Background imageWorkers Collection: Japan - Planting rice in the paddy fields

Japan - Planting rice in the paddy fields. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageWorkers Collection: Salins-les-Bains - Grape Harvest at the foot of Mount Poupet

Salins-les-Bains - Grape Harvest at the foot of Mount Poupet
Salins-les-Bains, Saint-Thiebaud, France - The Grape Harvest at the foot of Mount Poupet. Date: circa 1905

Background imageWorkers Collection: Group photo of labourers, Fiji, South Pacific

Group photo of labourers, Fiji, South Pacific
Group photo of labourers on the deck of a ship, Fiji, South Pacific. Date: circa 1900s

Background imageWorkers Collection: Labourers on deck, Lautoka, Fiji, South Pacific

Labourers on deck, Lautoka, Fiji, South Pacific
Labourers on the deck of a ship at the wharf, Lautoka, Fiji, South Pacific. Date: circa 1900s

Background imageWorkers Collection: Workers in the sugar fields, Fiji, South Pacific

Workers in the sugar fields, Fiji, South Pacific. Date: circa 1900s

Background imageWorkers Collection: Communist China - workers playing basketball

Communist China - workers playing basketball
Workers playing and watching a game of basketball after work during the Cultural Revolution era in Communist China. circa 1970

Background imageWorkers Collection: Communist China - workers in sports session

Communist China - workers in sports session
Workers having fun taking part in a tug of war session during the Cultural Revolution era in Communist China. circa 1970

Background imageWorkers Collection: Communist China - workers playing table tennis

Communist China - workers playing table tennis
Workers playing and watching a game of table tennis during the Cultural Revolution era in Communist China. circa 1970

Background imageWorkers Collection: Communist China - communal exercise session

Communist China - communal exercise session
Communal exercise session for timberyard workers during the Cultural Revolution era in Communist China. circa 1970

Background imageWorkers Collection: Communist China - shipbuilding yard workers

Communist China - shipbuilding yard workers and technicians with plan, working together to raise standards during the Cultural Revolution era. circa 1960s

Background imageWorkers Collection: Communist China - farm workers in discussion

Communist China - farm workers in discussion. They are probably educated people from a town or city, forced to do manual work, in this case fruit picking, during the Cultural Revolution. circa 1960s

Background imageWorkers Collection: Communist China - agricultural workers

Communist China - agricultural workers, probably educated people from a town or city, forced to do manual work during the Cultural Revolution

Background imageWorkers Collection: West End riots: break up of Trafalgar Square meeting, 1886

West End riots: break up of Trafalgar Square meeting, 1886
At an open air meeting of unemployed East End dock workers and artisans in Trafalgar Square, the people were stirred to violence following incendiary speeches, and rioted

Background imageWorkers Collection: West End riots, 1886 - a crowd

West End riots, 1886 - a crowd
A crowd of unemployed men debating ths issues of the moment, sketched at the demonstration at Trafalgar Square, London, at the time of the West End riots in 1886

Background imageWorkers Collection: West End riots, 1886 - What do you think?

West End riots, 1886 - What do you think?
three unemployed men debating the issues of the moment, sketched at the demonstration at Trafalgar Square, London, at the time of the West End riots in 1886

Background imageWorkers Collection: West End riots, 1886 - speaker address an audience

West End riots, 1886 - speaker address an audience
An " earnest orator" sketched at the West End riots in 1886. At an open air meeting of unemployed East End dock workers and artisans in Trafalagar Square

Background imageWorkers Collection: West End riots, 1886 - a two men in discussion

West End riots, 1886 - a two men in discussion
Two men in discussion, sketched at the demonstration at Trafalgar Square, London, at the time of the West End riots in 1886

Background imageWorkers Collection: Chiswick Art Workers Guild making Cecil Aldin toys

Chiswick Art Workers Guild making Cecil Aldin toys
At the toy-makers: a glimpse at Mr Aldins works at Bedford Park. Members of the Chiswick Art Workers Guild busily manufacturing Mr Aldins toys

Background imageWorkers Collection: Sleeping workmen in a cart

Sleeping workmen in a cart
Two exhausted workmen sleeping in the back of a cart. circa 1900

Background imageWorkers Collection: Railway Workers - Switzerland

Railway Workers - Switzerland. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageWorkers Collection: Women War Work WW1 Railways

Women War Work WW1 Railways
Womens work in wartime involves the cleaning of railway carriages, reflecting the shortage of male workers in WW1. Date: circa 1917

Background imageWorkers Collection: Women WW1 Work Canteen

Women WW1 Work Canteen
A group of women (described on reverse) as Canteen workers, alongside three male colleagues at the Tidworth Army Barracks, situated on the edge of Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire. Date: circa 1916

Background imageWorkers Collection: Women WW1 Munitions Southampton

Women WW1 Munitions Southampton
A photograph of two women wearing the uniform of munitions workers. The handwritten note on the reverse reads, Elsie and I in munitions work during the war at the Rolling Mills, Southampton

Background imageWorkers Collection: Women WW1 Munitions

Women WW1 Munitions
A group of six women and girls wearing the munitions workers uniform and some wear the on war service triangular badge. Location unknown, probably taken just outside the factory buildings

Background imageWorkers Collection: Elsie Janis working on the land, WWI

Elsie Janis working on the land, WWI
American actress, Elsie Janis posing for a picture looking very fetching in a land workers outfit during the First World War

Background imageWorkers Collection: Victorian Scrap - Political Types - Working Mans Rights

Victorian Scrap - Political Types - Working Mans Rights. late 19th century

Background imageWorkers Collection: Proposed extensions of transport links into London 1919

Proposed extensions of transport links into London 1919
Diagram showing a map of London and the movement of commuters by different travel means from Greater to Central London, and the proposed extensions of transport links

Background imageWorkers Collection: Busy scene in a wheelwrights workshop

Busy scene in a wheelwrights workshop. 19th century

Background imageWorkers Collection: Scene in a saddlery workshop

Scene in a saddlery workshop, with four workmen and a client. 19th century

Background imageWorkers Collection: The labourers in the vineyard

The labourers in the vineyard - Matthew 20. circa 1688

Background imageWorkers Collection: Advert for William Cuverville wigs & decorative bands 1912

Advert for William Cuverville wigs & decorative bands 1912
Advertisement for William Cuverville, womens wavy hairpieces and decorative bands with feathers. Photograph of women making wiglets, with male supervisors looking over them. 1912

Background imageWorkers Collection: Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon cheered at McVitie and Price

Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon cheered at McVitie and Price
Front cover of The Sphere featuring a photograph of Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, later Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, being cheered by employees during a visit to the works of Messrs

Background imageWorkers Collection: WW2 - Land Girls piling hay onto a wagon

WW2 - Land Girls piling hay onto a wagon (2/4). Date: circa 1943

Background imageWorkers Collection: Diamond mine personnel, Cullinan, Transvaal, South Africa

Diamond mine personnel, Cullinan, Transvaal, South Africa
Group photo of Premier Diamond Mine personnel (owners, managers, wives and children), Cullinan, Transvaal (now Gauteng), South Africa. taken outside the towns public house, 23 November 1911

Background imageWorkers Collection: Steps of Liberty Hall, Dublin, tramways strike 1913

Steps of Liberty Hall, Dublin, tramways strike 1913
Tramwaymen strikers cheering outside Liberty Hall, Dublin, the headquarters of the Transport Workers Union, 1913. 1913

Background imageWorkers Collection: Strike by Belgian Glassmakers and Cutters - Manage

Strike by Belgian Glassmakers and Cutters - Manage
A strike by Belgian Glassmakers and Engravers / Cutters from the Glassworks at Manage, Hainaut, Belgium - the board notice on the building behind them demands an end to having to work throughout

Background imageWorkers Collection: Women munition-makers 1916

Women munition-makers 1916
Women needed by the hundred thousands to work in munitions factories, while the men were at War fighting. Showing women been trained at Battersea Polytechnic, London. Date: 1916



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