Historic Industrial Work Scenes

Black and white images of various industrial settings, featuring workers in olive oil, dairy, and manufacturing environments, showcasing mid-20th century labor.

Son of former labor contractor, now a migrant worker. Weslaco, Texas. 1939. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , Weslaco, Texas , Hidalgo County

Interior of olive oil plant, Lindsay, California. Olives were introduced to California in the 18th century by Spanish Padres 1942. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Lindsay, California , Tulare County

Son of former labor contractor, now a migrant worker. Weslaco, Texas. 1939. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , Weslaco, Texas , Hidalgo County

Signs - Virginia. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Removing samples of cream from centrifuge used in Babcock test for butterfat. Dairymen's Cooperative Creamery. Caldwell, Canyon County, Idaho 1941. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Idaho , Caldwell, Idaho , Canyon County

Man operating testing machine , Armories, Ordnance industry, Machinery, Watertown Arsenal Mass.. Records of U.S. Army Operational

Crude Products: Bolts and Handicraft - Vermont. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Salmon butcher. Columbia River Packing Association, Astoria, Oregon 1941. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Oregon , Astoria, Oregon , Clatsop County

Son of former labor contractor, now a migrant worker. Weslaco, Texas. 1939. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , Weslaco, Texas , Hidalgo County

Bottling milk at creamery. San Angelo, Texas 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , San Angelo, Texas , Tom Green County

Fire Control: Detection - California. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Putting layer of waxed paper over tub of butter at the Dairymen's Cooperative Creamery. Caldwell, Canyon County, Idaho 1941. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Idaho , Caldwell, Idaho , Canyon County

Petaluma, Sonoma County, California. Putting eggs into an incubator at a hatchery. In 1878, Lyman Ryce, a young Canadian, decided that the country around Petaluma was well adapted to poultry raising and egg production, and founded the industry 1942. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Petaluma, California , Sonoma County

Centrifuges are used to separate the olive oil from water. Lindsay, California 1942. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Lindsay, California , Tulare County

Forest Fire Equipment: Tool Caches - All States. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Mr. W.J. McMahon using counting equipment in isotope laboratory , Armories, Ordnance industry, Laboratories, Watertown Arsenal Mass.. Records of U.S. Army Operational

Kitchen in the resettlement camp on the Black River Falls land use project, Wisconsin. 1937. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Wisconsin , Black River Falls, Wisconsin , Jackson County

Mixing starch into proper consistency for application to cotton thread. Cotton mill, Laurel, Mississippi. 1938. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Mississippi , Laurel, Mississippi , Jones County

Salmon butcher. Columbia River Packing Association, Astoria, Oregon 1941. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Oregon , Astoria, Oregon , Clatsop County

Salmon butcher. Columbia River Packing Association, Astoria, Oregon. During the peak of the run there were 150 butchers working in this plant. Townspeople, CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) boys, and furloughed soldiers helped out 1941. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Oregon , Astoria, Oregon , Clatsop County

Emergency Mass Feeding, Fort Dix, New Jersey 1954 , Civil defense, Stoves. Records of the Office of Civil Defense and Defense Mobilization

Equipment. 1930 - 1949. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Farmer reading newspaper in feed and general produce store. Eufaula, Oklahoma 1940. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Oklahoma , Eufaula, Oklahoma , McIntosh County

Straining the milk at large dairy in Tom Green County, Texas 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , Tom Green County

Overall view of bore plating set up showing filter and pump transferring filtered, deionized solution to work , Ordnance industry, Armories, Drilling & boring machinery, Watertown Arsenal Mass.. Records of U.S. Army Operational

Farmer reading newspaper in feed and general produce store. Eufaula, Oklahoma 1940. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Oklahoma , Eufaula, Oklahoma , McIntosh County

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Removing cotton cake from hydraulic presses after oil has been removed. Cotton seed oil mill. McLennan County, Texas 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , McLennan County

Rupert, Idaho. Former CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) camp now under FSA (Farm Security Administration) management. Supper plates in the community mess hall of the Japanese-Americans 1942. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Idaho , Rupert, Idaho , Minidoka County

Photo reportage Rijkswerf Willemsoord.Magazijn.

Logging Camps and Crews - Maine. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Machine , Armories, Ordnance industry, Machinery, Watertown Arsenal Mass.. Records of U.S. Army Operational

Tester smelling cream to determine its freshness. Dairymen's Cooperative Creamery, Caldwell, Canyon County, Idaho 1941. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Idaho , Caldwell, Idaho , Canyon County

The Dark Room Man. Original caption: Miscellaneous (the dark room man).. 1923 - 1955. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Pine Ridge Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Draining off the whey in making cheese at the Tillamook cheese plant. Tillamook, Oregon 1941. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Oregon , Tillamook, Oregon , Tillamook County

Cooling milk at large dairy. Tom Green County, Texas 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , Tom Green County

Information office radio broadcaster Dutch Guinea. fish, namely nets smashed indigenous people ships pipeline. March 1960. Guinea

Greasing automobile in garage. San Augustine, Texas 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , San Augustine, Texas , San Augustine County

Labeling and packing canned salmon. Astoria, Oregon 1941. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Oregon , Astoria, Oregon , Clatsop County

Crude Products: Bolts and Handicraft - Michigan. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Battery of hydraulic presses and machine for removing cotton seed oil cake from mats after the oil has been removed. Cotton seed oil mill. McLennan County, Texas 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , McLennan County

Chopping beans in the canning plant at Dania, Florida. Youthful workers are allowed to use dangerous machinery without safeguards 1937. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Girls removing foreign matter and inferior peas. Pea canning factory, Sun Prairie, Wisconsin. 1937. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Wisconsin , Sun Prairie, Wisconsin , Dane County

Boat Building. This image depicts skillful craftsmen nearing the end of their job, working on a particular launch.

Saw Products: Dimensions - Pennsylvania. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Millwork. Setting cabinet sink. Southeast Missouri project yard. 1938. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Missouri , New Madrid County

Miscellaneous Wood Products - General. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Beryllium laboratory, cathodic etching , Armories, Ordnance industry, Laboratories, Machinery, Army Materials and Mechanics Research Center U.S.. Records of U.S. Army Operational

Information office radio broadcaster Dutch Guinea. Nederlands Nieuw-Guinea: Visit Brigadier-General Cleland Administrator Australian Guinea. Papua Guinea Administrator's visit. D.M. Cleland C.B.e. wife Ned. NW. Guinea visited Biak Manokwari. Brigadier Cleanland visited Government sawmill, managed company's official. September 1959. Manokwari, Guinea

Vintage Photograph. Camp Tegawitha Kitchen.

Articles on bureau top of trailer home of white migrant. Weslaco, Texas. 1939. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , Weslaco, Texas , Hidalgo County

Spanish-American woman weaving rag rug at WPA (Works Progress Administration/Work Projects Administration) project. Costilla, New Mexico 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New Mexico , Costilla, New Mexico , Taos County

Saw Products: Dimensions - Virginia. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

The Makings of a Modern Newspaper- the Production of 'the Daily Mail' in Wartime, London, UK, 1944 In the composing room of the Daily Mail, night editor S W G Horniblow (smoking, centre) and Charlie Wilkie (the printer of the paper, left) look on as a newspaper man locks the blocks of type and illustrations into place on the metal frame or 'form', which will be inked and used to print the newspaper page. The form is the same size as the page to be printed. The time is 10 past 10 at night.

Girls removing foreign matter and inferior peas. Pea canning factory, Sun Prairie, Wisconsin. 1937. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Wisconsin , Sun Prairie, Wisconsin , Dane County

Anefo photo collection. Baker's competition. June 2, 1947

Swiss jig boring machine , Ordnance industry, Armories, Drilling & boring machinery, Watertown Arsenal Mass.. Records of U.S. Army Operational

Grading peas for packing and shipment. Nampa, Canyon County, Idaho. 1941. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Idaho , Nampa, Idaho , Canyon County

Automatic 16' Powder Stacking Machine , Machinery, Ordnance industry, Gunpowder, Military depots, Naval Ammunition Depot. Photographs of the First Naval District

Fire Control: Detection - Washington. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Setting up the pins in Negro bowling alley. Chicago, Illinois 1941. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Illinois , Chicago, Illinois , Cook County

Pigs for an auction at sale in Ontario region. Raising of hogs is on the increase in Oregon, the increase from 1935 to 1937 being from 169,000 head to 242,000 head 1941. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Dangerous Business. Boy working at canning machine with open gearing. J. S. Farrand Packing Co. July 7, 1909. Location: Baltimore, Maryland.

Removing tray of freshly baked bread from conveyor type oven. Bakery, San Angelo, Texas 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , San Angelo, Texas , Tom Green County

Government inspectors conducting tests on the viscera of a retained hog in the retaining room at the Armour & Co. packing houses in Chicago, Illinois. The meat received a thorough inspection before being designated for the U.S. government's use.

Information office radio broadcaster Dutch Guinea. Dutch Guinea: Landdrukkerij. Anonyth law land printing company Hollandia. August 1956. Hollandia, Guinea

Men observing machines , Ordnance industry, Armories, Exhibitions, Machinery, Watertown Arsenal Mass.. Records of U.S. Army Operational

Vintage Photograph. Farmer recording milk production.

Department of Miscellany. This is the "outer office", storage room and shaving department. In the corner, a Coast Guard photographer dries prints which have been processed in the makeshift photo lab. Beard removing apparatus on table at left indicates the Coast Guardsmen are maintaining neat appearances in case guests call on them at their Guam headquarters.

Removing inferior peas and foreign matter from peas to be canned. Canning factory, Sun Prairie, Wisconsin. 1937. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Wisconsin , Sun Prairie, Wisconsin , Dane County

Power cutting multiple layers of fabric , Armories, Ordnance industry, Machinery, Textiles, Watertown Arsenal Mass.. Records of U.S. Army Operational

Workers. Original Title: Miscellaneous. 1930 - 1949.. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

George Hutton, Jr., working on his homemade electric plant. Hutton took a correspondence course in electricity and has almost completely electrified all of his father's farm. Pie Town, New Mexico 1940. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New Mexico , Pie Town, New Mexico , Catron County

Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, external marina (depicted, town).Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, External War Gogs (depicted, City)

Two men sitting on the floor of a engine room, Anonymous, 1920 - 1930 photograph Two men sit in front of a machine with a floating belt. One of the machines has the number 3 as a inscription. Next to them is equipment with cords. A tropical helmet is placed on a device. Part of the Dutch East Indies family album. photographic support gelatin silver print machines, engines ~ crafts and industries Dutch East Indies, The

Wood Utilization. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Excursion from the staff of the Martial History section to the Landdrukkerij in The Hague.

Installation of slow chopper , Armories, Ordnance industry, Nuclear reactors, Army Materials and Mechanics Research Center U.S.. Records of U.S. Army Operational

Beryllium laboratory, milling , Armories, Ordnance industry, Laboratories, Machinery, Army Materials and Mechanics Research Center U.S.. Records of U.S. Army Operational

The Drums of War-- The Empties Serve A Hundred Purposes. This image depicts a couple of empty oil drums which have been cut and fitted with faucets and drains to provide circular sinks at a Coast Guard base on some remote pacific island.

Enrollee John LeCompte Soldering. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Filling cellophane sacks from automatic weighing machines. Abbeville, Louisana. 1938. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Louisiana , Abbeville, Louisiana , Vermilion Parish

Grimsby Trawlers- Everyday Life With the Fishermen, Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England, UK, 1945.

Sewing pieces of leather together on saddle maker's bench. Saddle shop, Alpine, Texas 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , Alpine, Texas , Brewster County

Forest Fire Equipment: Water Equipment - All States. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Saw Products: Dimensions - Pennsylvania. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Description: A view of the welding shop at the Karachi Technical High School showing welding equipment supplied under the Colombo Plan by the United Kingdom Government. Location: Karachi, Pakistan Date: 1950-1960 pakistan, asia, asiathroughalens

Description: A trainee welder, 15 year old Tembo Yarbo, at work on a pile-driver. May 1959. Location: London, Gambia Date: Win32::OLE::Variant=SCALAR(0x219c58c) africa

Workers. Original Title: Miscellaneous. 1930 - 1949.. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Salinas, California. Intercontinental Rubber Producers. D.O. Mumford, superintendent, in the company shops. He designed all mechanical equipment necessary in guayule cultivation 1941. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Salinas, California , Monterey County

Installation of slow chopper , Armories, Ordnance industry, Nuclear reactors, Army Materials and Mechanics Research Center U.S.. Records of U.S. Army Operational

Aircraft, Burma, India &PHOTOGRAPHY,PROCESSING War

Vintage Photograph. Grading and weighing eggs on farm at burlingham New York.

Packing grapefruit. Weslaco, Texas. 1939. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , Weslaco, Texas , Hidalgo County

Elsevier photo collection. Minister Agriculture Fisheries, ir. P.J. Lardinois exhibition "The Farming Tool 1968" official RAI Amsterdam. Sitting groin machine. January 15, 1968. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Removing rolls from tray at bakery. San Angelo, Texas 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , San Angelo, Texas , Tom Green County

Rivet work in saddle repair shop. Alpine, Texas 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , Alpine, Texas , Brewster County

Anefo photo collection. Craftsbread school. July 5, 1948

Worker Grinding dental plates ca. 1944.

Metal powder compacting press , Armories, Ordnance industry, Machinery, Army Materials and Mechanics Research Center U.S.. Records of U.S. Army Operational

V-mail film roll processing

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