Historic Industrial Labor

A collection of vintage photographs documenting labor in factories, including brick making, metal forging, and ship maintenance, reflecting mid-20th-century industry.

Vintage Photograph. Male worker overseeing molten iron being poured from the blast furnace into a bucket before going into a mould at an iron foundry

Anefo photo collection. Arrival French Kikvorsman Louis Lourmais in Rotterdam climbing the WallEkant. March 26, 1960. Rotterdam, South Holland

Vintage photograph. An ingot being lifted from a reheating furnace by a travelling crane at a British Steel factory

Steel production at the Hoesch AG steelworks in the Westfalenhuette on 4.12.1974 at the blast furnace and Siemens Martin furnace (SM) in Dortmund, Germany, Europe

Harry C. Grover fire, 1210 G St., N.W., Washington, D.C. ca. between 1918 and 1928.

Collection of the Dutch Heidematschappij. Inside of an oil tank. undated. Rotterdam, South Holland

Vintage photograph. Unloading operations at pier D, of the American Export Lines

Arrival of Merchandise at Port of Rouen. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Bort-les-Orgues Dam. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Inside Itaipu Hydroelectric, the second largest in the world

Dry Dock Number 4, Looking West. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Winters happen NW Haven.

Funnels - General Merchant Shipping. September 19, 1938.

Operations at AB Iron Processing.

Vintage photograph. Skins which I've just been washed being taken to another drum for tanning

Reactor Transport, Södertälje

Anefo photo collection. Fair under construction on the Amstelveld. October 6, 1960

TOP SECTION OF MAIN GIRDER OF 100-INCH TELESCOPE DOME BEING HOISTED THROUGH SHUTTER OPENING; VIEW FROM INSIDE DOME STRUCTURE.

Germany, Berlin, 30 October 1992, Construction work at Schöneberg S-Bahn station (Südring)

Night work at the railway bridge in Sparsör.

SAAR Story - Iron & Steel Industry Reaches Postwar High. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

In the Southern Urals Trains deliver hundreds of tons of ore daily to the water jacket and smelting furnaces of the Southern Urals Nickel Works. May 05, 1948. (Photo by Pictorial Press)

A view of drones, in the hangar, before assembled and launched from the deck of the frigate USS JESSE L. BROWN (FF-1089) during exercise Unitas XX. Subject Operation/Series: UNITAS XX Base: Valparaiso Country: Chile (CHL)

DEU, Germany: The historical colour photos from the times of the 1970s show events and people from politics, culture, trade unions, working life, medicine, etc. Dortmund. Steel production at Hoesch AG ca. 1965

Anefo photo collection. Monument the Docker at J.D. Meyerplein is moved approximately 25 meters; Docker in the hoists at new pedestal. June 8, 1970. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Work with concrete grinders, Gripenberg.

Anefo photo collection. Fire at NDSM in timber drying, overview of extinguishing work. January 5, 1966. Amsterdam

Soviet Kazakhstan -- An open hearth department of the Kazakhstan iron and steel works. August 24, 1954. (Photo by Pictorial Press).

Steel production at the Hoesch AG steelworks in the Westfalenhuette on 4.12.1974 at the blast furnace and Siemens Martin furnace (SM) in Dortmund, Germany, Europe

construction on road

Anefo photo collection. Luycksfabriek burned down at Diemen. A few firefighters are in the flames sea. January 18, 1963. Diemen

Radio and Hoebles, "A revolution in Radio". September 29, 1939.

Construction worker on steel frame of building, Boston , Construction, Construction workers. Edmund L. Mitchell Collection

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Saltworning in Grisse. Grisse: salt extraction. The pump installation with which the sea water is pumped into the so-called "salt pans". After evaporation, finally, water remains with a very high salt content, from which the end product is prepared .. October 24, 1947. Grisse, Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Anefo photo collection. Demonstration aluminum non-flammable clothing. September 12, 1953

Not A Fireworks Display, but an outstanding , picture of industrial welding. Sparks and molten steel particles fly as this worker butt-flash welds a rotor ring for a huge generator. For this picture the spark guard was removed to show more picturesquely the welding process. The operator is in no danger from the Shower" which is caused by light breaks on the film. January 01, 1947. (Photo by ACME)

Anefo photo collection. Fire in the Amsterdam market halls. September 18, 1948. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Crossed the industrial landscape of the Ruhr area and was marked by the active participation of the US icon Joan Baez. 1966, here in the Ruhr area from Duisburg to Dortmund on April 9, Ruhr area: The Easter March Ruhr 1966, Germany, crossed the industrial landscape of the Ruhr area and was marked by the active participation of the US icon Joan Baez. DEU, here in the Ruhr area from Duisburg to Dortmund on April 9, 1966, Ruhr area: The Easter March Ruhr 1966, Germany, DEU, Europe

Vintage photograph. Photo illustration with stanks of coins and bundles of cash bills underneath photo of firefighters climbing ladder at site of a building fire

Anefo photo collection. IJ tunnel under construction, construction IJ tunnel. October 5, 1965

Photograph of men watching molten steel being poured into pigs in the USSR

Cockburn Cement Pty Ltd -- Interior of the big kiln at the Cockburn Cement Pty Ltd works. Inside diameter is 10 ft and total length well over 100 yds. Here, the managing director, Mr. L.N. Shorter, walks out of the kiln. April 29, 1955. (Photo by Gibbney Studios).

Anefo photo collection. Fire at NDSM in timber drying, overview of extinguishing work. January 5, 1966. Amsterdam

Anefo photo collection. Fire on Nieuwmarkt, Amsterdam costs two people living out overview fire. February 25, 1976. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Anefo photo collection. RAI Amsterdam Preparation Rhine exhibition. May 20, 1952. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

'The final stages of the Mast; the street is some quarter mile below', c1931. Artist: Lewis Wickes Hine.

Essen, DEU, 17.11.85 - Workers at the Zollverein coking plant. The coking plant was discontinued in 1993. Together with Zollverein Colliery, the former coking plant was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2001, Essen, Germany

Teeming Steel Description: "Teeming steel at Normandy Park Works, Scunthorpe" Date: 1926-42 centralofficeofinformation, johndixonscott

Textile Mill in Lille (Craven's Pix). Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Anefo photo collection. Construction well on Frederiksplein for Dutch bank. SteamHei installation at work. January 29, 1962. Amsterdam

A man buildering

Not a visitor from Murs, but an oxy-acetylene welder at work in an English steel works recently visited by the Dominions Secretary, Mr. J. H. Thomas. August 17, 1935. (Photo by Sport & General Press Agency, Limited).

Chair in a disused factory

Anefo photo collection. Fire in du Midi at the Apollolaan in Amsterdam. Extinguishing work. September 3, 1957. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Anefo photo collection. Report from the water-running laboratory in Delft, concerning the drainage of Walcheren. 1945

High angle view of two men working on a granite quarry

The Strike Action of the Miners' Strike and Their Everyday Life from 11-15 February 1974 in Coventry, South Wales and Deal, GBR, Great Britain

Anefo photo collection. Stockings factory Danlon to Emmen burned down. Outline fire 2x. October 15, 1967. Emmen

Construction site, road construction, tar, 1961, Leipzig, Saxony, GDR, Germany, Europe

Vintage Photograph. Unloading sand from Belgium for glass making.

Cameraman in suit holds onto cable as he walks unharnessed over a skyscraper's steel girders, Construction

Kindergarten of the Minister Stein colliery in Dortmund in 1969. (Date unknown), Germany, Europe

Anefo photo collection. Disaster exercise Borssele nuclear power plant; Fireman checked radioactive contamination. 20 1987. Borssele

Transportion of nitrates, May 11, 1946, Genoa port, Italy, 20th century.

1930s PORTRAIT FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT MONTAGE OF FACTORY AND INDUSTRIAL IMAGES

Roll Press by Howard L. Worner, watercolor, USA, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania State University, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, Steidle Collection, 1936

Peder Severin Kroyer (1851-1909). Danish painter. The Iron Foundry, Burmeister & Wain, 1885. National Museum of Art. Copenhagen. Denmark.

Anefo photo collection. "Wolterenersen" on slope yard J. Smit and sons (Verolme) Alblasserdam. September 16, 1957. Alblasserdam, South Holland

Anefo photo collection. Fire on the Waterlooplein 14 in warehouse for toys. April 25, 1960

Steel casting in a weapon factory, Italy, World War I, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XLIII, No 38, September 17, 1916.

Anefo photo collection. Smoke in the cellars of the Hirschgebouw at Leidseplein in Amsterdam. Fire brigade at the smoking building. March 4, 1971. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

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