Early 20th Century Labor

Historical photographs highlighting women and children working in factories and mills, illustrating early industrial labor and child labor practices.

United States: c. 1913 Women employees using Scott filling machines in a factory.

Making three-twist thread. Laurel cotton mills, Laurel, Mississippi. 1939. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Mississippi , Laurel, Mississippi , Jones County

Group of women working on silk winding machines in a textile factory, Connecticut, USA

State Railways, SJ Laundry Institute

Female Worker at Mary-Leila Cotton Mill, Greensboro, Georgia, USA, Jack Delano, U.S. Office of War Information, October 1941

Welding bicycle frames in an American factory, 1900. Artist: Unknown

Poll photo collection. Manufacture of varadine flushing set. Woman busy mounting the rinsing. 1932. Utrecht (city)

Historic photograph, woman working on a loom

Conservation factory Gifhorn, women sorting the deepest peas

Birth of a Bomber- Aircraft Production in Britain, 1942 A woman war worker collects blue prints from the machine that has produced them, and adds them to the stack she is already holding, at the Handley Page factory at Cricklewood.

Bubbles has a wisecrack for all who visit his yard, a local rendezvous. Wife Lola joins in as she works the washing machine. September 8, 1954.

Women in Industry during the First World War, West Midlands, c 1918 A girl works a bottoming and flattening machine at a glass works near Birmingham.

Photographic print of a busy silk factory in Japan

Shipbuilding during the First World War, Gravesend, Kent Female workers with the Stewart Concrete Ship Company based at Northfleet Dock, Gravesend, Kent, in June 1918.

Industry during the First World War Female workers pack broken slabs into sacks in a Lancashire factory during the First World War.

Producing Your Sugar- the Growing and Processing of Sugar Beet, Britain, 1942.

Welding bicycle frames in an American factory (not named). Wood engraving Leipzig 1900.

Woman countersinking a detonator tube hole in hand grenade at Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing. Company, during World War I.

High angle view of technicians working in a factory

1940s ANONYMOUS MAN SUPERVISOR THREE WOMEN EMPLOYEES ON GALLON FOOD CAN PRODUCTION LINE CROWN CAN COMPANY PHILADELPHIA PA USA

Industry during the First World War- Leicestershire A female worker prepares a plate for vibrating pans used in the production of gun cotton at the Hathern Station Brick and Terracotta Company Ltd, Hathern, Leicestershire, in September 1918.

Anefo photo collection. Leather and textile manufacturer. 1945

Young Spinner, Full-Length Portrait, Globe Cotton Mill, Augusta, Georgia, USA, Lewis Hine for National Child Labor Committee, January 1909

Jobs in a chocolate factory of the Coop Group 9.7.1974 in Dortmund, Germany, Europe

Work at a Royal Ordnance Shell Filling Factory, January 1942 Women war workers weigh sticks of cordite for cartridges in the Cordite Section of this factory, possibly ROF Bridgend.

1913 - Detroit, MI - These workers in 1913 at the Ford Motor Company plant made industrial history by building a flywheel magneto on a moving assembly line. Here they are on the assembly line.

Three Young Teen Girls Working at Mangle at Bonanno Laundry, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, circa 1917

Collection Dutch Heidematschappij. Agricultural machinery, tools, spectators. undated

Rope and Schiekanswerkplaats of the Rijkswerf (RW) in Den Helder in January 1982.

Vintage photograph. Rug manufacturing

New Sacks For Old- Salvage in Wartime Britain, 1943 Mrs Nancy Marchant operates a darning machine at a sack recovery plant, somewhere in London. Mrs Marchant's record output is 850 bags in one day. Behind her, also hard at work on the sewing machine, is Miss Jones. Huge piles of sacks can be seen to the left of the photograph.

Winding bobbins in a linen mill. , Linen industry, Spinning machinery, Textile mill workers

Making three-twist thread. Laurel cotton mills, Laurel, Mississippi. 1939. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Mississippi , Laurel, Mississippi , Jones County

Man Working at Spinning Frame at Cotton Mill, Newton, North Carolina, USA, circa 1908

Mt. Holyoke, Massachusetts - Paper. American Writing Paper Co. Rag sorting (Irish), 1936 , Lewis Hine, 1874 - 1940, was an American photographer, who used his camera as a tool for social reform. US,USA

Anefo photo collection. Repair resort of the 1940-1945 foundation in Geulle (Limburg). repair resorts, nursing. November 20, 1945. Geulle, Limburg

Child labour, girls working the mangle at the Bonanno Laundry, 12 Foster Wharf. All are 15 years old and go to secondary school, Boston, Massachusetts, 1917, Photograph by Lewis Wickes Hine (1874-1940), Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Jewish factories in Palestine on Plain of Sharon and along the coast to Haifa. Cheese factory. Interior. Hand packing (closer view). 1939, Israel, Tel Aviv

Yarn spinning is a rather intricate procedure. It is important to get the fibers to lie parallel and to get one from all comments suitable. Then the finished weave becomes strong and smooth. Professional workers and a good raw material are necessary conditions.

Man working a sorting machine at the U.S. Census Bureau ca. between 1909 and 1940.

Sweeper and Doffer Boys, Lancaster Mills, Lancaster, South Carolina, USA, Lewis Hine for National Child Labor Committee, November 1908

Poll photo collection. Cork industry in Llagostera (Catalonia region). Worker cuts tailor-made corks. undated. Llagostera, Spain

The Employment of Women in Britain, 1914-1918 Female workers landing sacks of flour from a barge at the mills of Rank & Sons, Birkenhead, September, 1918.

Sten Gun Production in Britain, 1943 An important part in the production of breech blocks for Sten guns is the spring. Here Jessie Hemingway tests every spring produced for pressure at a spring factory in the Midlands. If any of the springs are too weak or too strong, they are discarded.

Worker at Mary-Leila Cotton Mill, Greensboro, Georgia, USA, Jack Delano, U.S. Farm Security Administration, U.S. Office of War Information Photograph Collection, October 1941

Way of Life - use of electricity. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

The Employment of Women in Britain, 1914-1918 Female war workers prepare filter cloths for the filter presses at the Glebe Sugar Refinery Co., Greenock, Scotland, November 1918.

Young Spinner in Spinning Room, Full-Length Portrait, Fall River, Massachusetts, USA, Lewis Hine for National Child Labor Committee, June 1916

Woman worker in a textile factory, 70's

Packing tuna into cans, Columbia River Packing Association, Astoria, Oregon, 1941

Jewish factories in Palestine on Plain of Sharon & along the coast to Haifa Near Acre, Kfar-Ata. The 'Ata' Textile Co. Doubling of primary yarn, close up (first process). 1939, Israel, Ḳiryat Ata

Motifs from Nora Tube Factory.

1940s SERIOUS WOMAN WORLD WAR 2 DEFENSE WORKER IN WORK CLOTHES HAIR NET APRON AND GLOVES CONCENTRATING OPERATING A DRILL PRESS

Industry during the First World War- Leicestershire Female workers mould and finish plates for vibrating pans used in the production of gun cotton at the Hathern Station Brick and Terracotta Company Ltd, Hathern, Leicestershire, in September 1918.

Sticky Bomb- the Production of the No 74 Grenade in Britain, 1943 Women war workers fit sticky bombs into their protective casings at a workshop somewhere in Britain. Left to right, they are: Mrs F Brayford, Mrs A Kelly and Mrs E Wainwright. A large pile of casings can be seen on the table, awaiting attention.

Scenes At Kayser Bond Hosiery Factory At Baldock, Herts - Linking machine where the heels and soles are joined rough edges are out off before joining process begins.Nylon stocking, which will bring glamour with durability to the thousands of women who have been waiting for them all during the war years will soon be on sale in the shops. At present the manufacturer of "Nylons" - the sheerest of silk stockings is, in this country, only in the development stage. Great progress and excellent results have already been achieved, but there will be very few released for distribution until British products have been fully tested. July 12, 1946. (Photo by Topical Press)

Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection Women workers moulding and finishing acid stoneware taps in a Terra Cotta Works in Leicestershire, September, 1918.

Negro girls and women employed in a lamp-shade factory. Photographs. 1922. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division. Race relations , United States, African Americans , Chicago (Ill.), Riots , Chicago (Ill.), Work environment , United States, African American women , Employment

African Americans, Mostly Women, Sorting Tobacco, T. C. Williams & Co., Richmond, Virginia, USA, W.E.B. DuBois Collection, 1899

Cleaner and Sweeper, Full-Length Portrait with Broom, Spinning Department, American Linen Company, Fall River, Massachusetts, USA, Lewis Wickes Hine, June 1916

Illustration depicting the printing room of the Strand Magazine. Dated 19th century

Bodo woman weaving on handloom Assam India NO MR Copyright: xDinodiaxPhotox

Tolman Laundry, Washington. D.C. ca. between 1909 and 1923.

Old Rags Into New Cloth- Salvage in Britain, April 1942.

Germany. Turingia. manufacTuring of toys. 1900-1910.

Industry during the First World War Female workers packing gas masks at Edric Hall in the Southwark area of London during the First World War.

Melrose Park, Illinois: February 1942. Negro women with no previous industrial experience are reconditioning used spark plugs in a converted Buick plant to produce airplane engines. Despite their lack of technical knowlege, these women have become expert operators of the small testing machines.

Falun, local table 14 days before automation.

industry outwork in Thuringia wood engraving 1896,

"How India is doing her bit at home: a munitions factory in the Great Dependency." Cartridge and shell making in India during World War One by native Indians, for use by the British. Date: 1915

1940s WOMAN WORKING IN WARTIME FACTORY TAKING MEASUREMENT ON LATHE

Spinning cotton with self-acting mules of type devised by Richard Roberts (1825). These could be powered by water wheel or steam engine and power transferred to machines through belt-and-shafting. Under mule minded by woman on left, child is employed to crawl under threads and sweep up. Print c1835.

King Philip - Mule Spinning Room. Lewis Wickes Hine (United States, 1874-1940). United States, June 21, 1916. Photographs. Gelatin silver print

sweatshop worker in the Cherokee Hosiery Mill; Rome; Georgia; USA 1913

Child Labour: Spinners and doffers in Lancaster Cotton Mills, USA. 1910

Textile Industry. 19th century. Ring Spinning. Manufacturing process of cotton yarn. Women working in the roving. Colored engraving.

War Production Worker filing Small Gun Parts, Vilter Manufacturing Company, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, photograph by Howard R. Hollem, U.S. Office of War Information, February 1943

Women Riveting

From manufacturing in factory in Germany. (For more info see the original for text in German).

Cotton Dye Works, Empire Marketing Board poster Description: Poster produced by the Empire Marketing Board showing men in a Cotton Dye Works. Date: 1927- 1933 Our catalogue Reference: CO 956/485

Photograph taken during war-time India of a young female workers in a booming Bombay textile mill. Dated 1943

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