Working Collection (#13)

Workers On The Suburb
A sketch portraying a pair of working women walking and talking down a street path, other figures are gathered behind them. Date: circa 1901

Weighing and Packing Tobacco at Ogden's Factory, Liverpool Date: 20th century

Cartoon, The Alliance Wheel, Uncle Sam and John Bull
Cartoon, The Alliance Wheel, Uncle Sam (Jonathan) and John Bull riding a tandem with maps as wheels - a satirical comment on the relationship between Britain and America Date: 1898

Yarmouth Herring Fishery, Drying the Herrings Date: 1854

Yarmouth Herring Fishery, Washing the Herrings Date: 1854

The Market Porter, Covent Garden Market, London, by Hablot K Browne (Phiz) Date: 1862

Basket Woman in Covent Garden Market, London
The Basket Woman, Covent Garden Market, by Hablot K Browne (Phiz) Date: 1862

Vietnamese Patriotic Poster - Sedentary Lifestyle not happy
Vietnamese Patriotic Poster - A Sedentary Lifestyle is not happy! Date: circa mid-1970s

Congo. Fishermen Wagenya preparing their wooden tripods
History of Africa. 19th century. Fishermen Wagenya preparing their wooden tripods across the river rapids at Stanley Falls. Engraving by W. Meyer

Africa. Vivi Station and Castle Hill
History of Africa. 19th century. Vivi Station and Castle Hill. Engraving. El Congo y la Creacion del Estado Independiente de este nombre

Turkey, Constantinople (Istanbul). Public office
Ottoman Empire. Turkey. Public office. Engraving by Lemaitre, Lalaisse and Branche. Historia de Turquia by Joseph Marie Jouannin (1783-1844) and Jules Van Gaver, 1840

The Farm Pond
A painting of a countryside scene, looking across a reflective river to a farm settlement with a water mill, a woman is working nearby. Date: circa 1923

Winter In Kent
An oil painting which captures a countryside scene in Kent at winter time, where figures can be seen working and interacting by some horse drawn carts and thatched buildings. Date: circa 1922

Dennison Picture Framing Advertisement
An illustrated advertisement for Dennison Picture Framing Co. Ltd, promoting their service of inexpensive picture framing, the image portrays a woman working at a desk. Date: circa 1921

The Young Sketcher
A portrait oil painting of a young man, working on a sketch, he is seated at a desk, which has his artist's tools on it, beside a decorative handkerchief. Date: circa 1921

The Allotments Green, East Knoyle
A landscape oil painting of a farmer working in some countryside allotment fields in East Knoyle, a village in Wiltshire. Date: circa 1918

Pears Soap Advertisement On The Land
An illustrated advertisement for Pears Soap, featuring an image from the Womanhood in War Time, series, portraying a lady holding the handles of a wheelbarrow

Kindlers
A landscape painting of a woman working in a clearing of a wooded area, near a countryside home. Date: circa 1917

Red Dog Landscape
A landscape painting scene of some farmers working in a wheat field during harvest, with an iconic red dog standing in the foreground. A sea view fills the distant background. Date: 1890

Barge Builders
An illustration showing the interior of a large boat work shed looking out towards a port, which can be faintly seen in the background. Barge builders can be seen working on the grounds

Cutting Bracken
This painting shows three farmers working on cutting the bracken, one of them is looking out towards the large sloping landscape of yellow fields. Date: circa 1916

Workhorses Under The Sun
A painting of a hard working farmer trailing his pair of work horses, which are ploughing the fields in very hot, bright weather. Date: circa 1915

Japan - A seal engraver at work
A seal engraver at work, Japan. Date: circa 1920s

Diver working on the hull of a ship underwater
A diver (in helmet and breathing gear) working on the hull of a submerged vessel - most likely welding work using an oxy acetylene torch. Date: 1943

RMS Titanic - items from Erik Jaer Archive
RMS Titanic - items from the Erik Jaer Archive. Mr Jaer was a Norwegian man working in the United States in 1912. The archive comprises letters and photographs of Mr Jaer, and newspaper cuttings

Poster, Canadian Pacific Railways
Canadian Pacific Railways, agent's poster, Harvesting Scene in Western Canada showing an idealised farming group with locomotive in background set in original oak frame, 24 x 17 inches

RAF trainee pilots working out courses and speeds, WW2
RAF trainee pilots working out courses and speeds Date: circa 1941

Advert, Pyotts Marie Biscuits that Children Love! Date: 1937

Ancient printing office with people at work

How the coal strike affected the iron industry
The coal strike affected the iron industry by shutting it down as the furnaces did not have enough resources to keep going. The iron furnaces in this period were forced to shut, Date: 1912

Jungfraujoch railway route
The railway route of the Jungfraujoch in Edwardian Switzerland. The making of the Jungfraujoch railway. The Jungfraujoch is a saddle connecting two major 4000ers of the Bernese Alps

The making of the Jungfraujoch railway. The Jungfraujoch is a saddle connecting two major 4000ers of the Bernese Alps: the Jungfrau and the Monch

Coal mining pit boys and girls
The girls and boys who worked in the mines. Children covered in coal who had been working in the mines all day. The maidens (girls) who would sift the coal

Mining conditions
Miners lift to the mines in a dangerous lift. The conditions were drear for the men working in these mines. The nation coal strike was in protest of the conditions seen here. Date: 1912

Trawlers at Aberdeen
Trawler boats at the Quay in Aberdeen. The fishing industry had increased in 1900 due to the convenance of the ports for the North Sea

Three mine workers in America
The United Mine Workers (UMWA) had won a sweeping victory in an 1897 strike by the soft-coal miners in the Midwest, winning significant wage increases and growing from 10, 000 to 115, 000 members

The Archbishop of Canterbury addressing Working Men: Newcas
The church congress at Newcastle, in which the Archbishop of Canterbury at the time (Frederick Temple (Nov 1986- Dec 1902) addresses 6000 working men

Photographs of housemaids and secretaries workwear
Photographs of new housemaids and secretaries workwear, women working in trousers. Captioned, Mind work? not in these-!: Flannelled housemaids and secretaries: an idea from the States'. Date: 1911

Opening of Working Lads Institute, Whitechapel
The Princess of Wales receiving receiving purses after opening the new Working Lads Institute in Whitechapel, London. The building was opened for the betterment of lads

Tile making, Alfred Meakin
Tile making Date: 1913

Warehouse of tiles ready for packing, Alfred Meakin
Warehouse of tiles ready for packing Date: 1913

Placing white tiles for firing, Alfred Meakin
Placing white tiles for firing of the Glaze Date: 1913

Slabbing of tile fireplaces, Alfred Meakin
Slabbing of tile fireplaces Date: 1913

Preparing clay in hydraulic filter presses, Alfred Meakin
Preparing the clay in hydraulic filter presses for the potter Date: 1913

Preparing glazes, Alfred Meakin
Preparing glazes Date: 1913

Portion of a Glost Warehouse, Alfred Meakin
Portion of a Glost Warehouse Date: 1913

Packing the finished ware for shipment, Alfred Meakin
Packing the finished ware for shipment Date: 1913

Placing decorated ware in kiln, Alfred Meakin
Placing decorated ware in enamel kiln before final firing Date: 1913

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