Historic Industrial Work Scenes

Black and white images capture workers involved in machinery removal, cleaning, and strikes in urban settings, showcasing the labor dynamics of the early to mid-20th century.

Long Island City, New York c. 1933Workers lower a huge piece of machinery out of a building to the street below.

Long Island City, New York c. 1933Workers lower a huge piece of machinery out of a building to the street below.

Anefo photo collection. Cleaners Jordaan. September 17, 1973. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Anefo photo collection. Firefighter championships in the Heineken-Brewery building. September 15, 1962

Anefo photo collection. Construction firing strike of an hour. Striking construction workers in the Jodenbreestraat in Amsterdam. May 12, 1971. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Anefo photo collection. Strikes in Rijnmond area continue; Nr. 13 strikers B Verolme Rozenburg behind fence, no. 14 strikers do not leave a truck. February 9, 1972. Rozenburg

Closed Phrix rayon works on 20. 10. 1971 in Krefeld, Germany, Europe

Thetis details for model building.Thetis (depicted name)

National institute of Agricultural Engineering -- Up she goes -- The Robinson bag loader flings the sack on to the lorry: it is reloaded with a strong downward pull to set the spring. -- This test deals with a tan ton load first by throe men and then by two men using the loader. The toot engineer stands by with check shoot and stop watch: he will work out the efficiency rating in tons per man-hour and the Institute will report on the loader to the manufacturers, possibly suggesting modifications, and publish a summary of their findings. September 21, 1951. (Photo by Pictorial Press).

The party hall, trading in fish and seafood

Anefo photo collection. Dirt processing in Amsterdam After closing Volgermeerpolder becomes difficult and expensive, municipal cleaning during collection of household waste in Amsterdam. 16 February 1981. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Unloading sugar in Uppsala

Loading tanker trucks onto a ship, April 5, 1949, Genoa port, Italy, 20th century. Work.

Anefo photo collection. Shipping Cream Caleche at KNSM to Curacao. September 23, 1955

Anefo photo collection. Auction of the last stable farm in Amsterdam. September 7, 1959. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Anefo photo collection. Assignment hp; Antilleans abandoned breeder factory, Schiphol. November 20, 1970. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

Anefo photo collection. Port strike Amsterdam 1979. Harbor workers at CVK. August 29, 1979. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

An air warning (LW) antenna is placed on the roof of the Meob building.

Anefo photo collection. Skinny bridge in Amsterdam is repaired, drilling wood. April 5, 1966. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Vintage photograph. Man standing at truck pouring concrete

Transport of uranium containers

Emergency defense office construction work; Washington, D. C.; December, 1941. African American construction workers at the construction site.. Photographs. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division. Washington (D.C.), Trucks, African American construction workers

Poll photo collection. Amsterdam. Shoemaker in Pothuis. January 1, 1932. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Anefo photo collection. Strike Milkers CMC Melkunie Amsterdam; Milk traders get their milk themselves. January 9, 1980. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Germany, Berlin, 30.10.1992, Friedrichstraße S-U and long-distance railway station construction, construction worker, International Trade Center, Kaiser's

Anefo photo collection. One-hour strike at Bouwwerken in Amsterdam for a salary increase of ten percent. Strikers at a building. April 21, 1971. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

An air warning (LW) antenna placed on the roof of the Meob building.

Anefo photo collection. Demonstration / blockage Dodewaard nuclear power plant. Invalid demonstrates bridge central. September 18, 1981. Dodewaard, Gelderland

Anefo photo collection. The Vibrafonceur in action (Heimachine), the vibrafonceur at work. September 16, 1964

Events and milieu in the Ruhr area in the years 1965 to 1971. Dortmund. Road builders. Children, Germany, Europe

Anefo photo collection. Floating plastic in Zuider-Amstelkanaal of Evert Strobos; The first part is left to water. November 5, 1976

Anefo photo collection. Tramprot posts in Amsterdam in February in use, to construct hanging speakers. January 20, 1965. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Elsevier photo collection. Utrecht Mayor JR. C.j.a. Ranitz driven pile sports hall Anton Geesink Omloop Utrecht. June 5, 1964. Utrecht (city)

Anefo photo collection. Arson at Herhuisvesting in Amsterdam; Officials are looking for files. July 6, 1984. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Reconstruction of Aunay-Sur-Odon, France. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Anefo photo collection. Repair work at Hoge Sluis Bridge over Amstel in Amsterdam. June 3, 1976. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Work at the Port of Hamburg and Howaldtswerke Hamburg, HDW) in 1970, Germany, Europe

Anefo photo collection. Fleur trade fair in Utrecht. September 22, 1975. Utrecht

Anefo photo collection. 1,000,000th rubber punching supplies to Egypt. December 4, 1953

Anefo photo collection. Street sweeps from Amsterdam city cleaning at work. Street sweeps with brooms. January 26, 1983. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Anefo photo collection. Making snow-free roads and encourages farms from their isolation in the northern provinces. February 16, 1979. Assen

Photo T.B.V. An introduction book for the learning school at the arms shops. Forklift truck from the Transport department.

The picture was taken between 1965 and 1971 and shows a photographic impression of everyday life in this period of the GDR. . Bitterfeld . Chemical plant . Schicjhtwechsel, Germany, Europe

Germany, Halle, 5.8.1992, coal carrier in Halle

Anefo photo collection. First waste glass bins in Amsterdam Noord posted on Buikslotermeerplein. May 23, 1981. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Anefo photo collection. Strikes at port companies in connection with the sickness benefits from employees at gates of shipyards at Wilton Fijenoord, Verolme and HVD. March 8, 1982

Anefo photo collection. Port strike Rotterdam 1979. Strike of tugboard staff; In the foreground a collection bucket for strikers. September 29, 1979. Rotterdam, South Holland

France, Paris, 22.03.1990, Workers in the Algerian Quarter, Europe

Anefo photo collection. Repair of damage after the blast of a bomb in Russian. Municipaline cleaning up the shards. April 15, 1971. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Anefo photo collection. VPRO-Radio makes M.B.v. Aerial platform recordings in Bijlmerbajes. 10 June 1982. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Export of AGA's autochemist to UML, United Medical Laboratory in Portland Oregon, which is the United States' largest privately owned laboratory for the delivery of chemical analysis results to private doctors and hospitals across the United States. A new unique export market has been opened for Swedish Electromedic Industry aimed at the fastest expanding market area within the United States.

Elsevier photo collection. Germans holes road surface check meter gas tubes good. connection connection natural gas network. July 29, 1966. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Anefo photo collection. Employees of Thomassen Motorenfabriek BV in De Steeg Keep 24-hour strike. February 28, 1973

Anefo photo collection. Relocation Inside Gasthouse to AMC started in Bijlmeer; Expensive medical equipment is hoisted out of the Innergasthuis. June 22, 1981

Unloading sugar in Uppsala

The picture was taken between 1965 and 1971 and shows a photographic impression of everyday life in this period of the GDR. Berlin (East) TV Tower construction site, Germany, Europe

Anefo photo collection. Plastic by Bart van der Weijer in Beatrixpark, Amsterdam Bart van der Weijer lays the final hand to plastic in Beatrixpark. December 9, 1970. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Anefo photo collection. Destroyed excavation and pile machines on Waterlooplein (Stopera) Curifies View the construction site where damage was caused. July 5, 1982. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Switchgear in Skurup.

Anefo photo collection. Strikes in Belgium, raise garbage collectors with permission from the strike line dirt. January 9, 1961. Belgium

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

Production of the Golf at the VW plant on 10. 05. 1979 in Wolfsburg, Germany, Europe

Anefo photo collection. Painters are eating on a building under construction from ABN, Amsterdam. June 18, 1973. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Anefo photo collection. Fire brigade exercise at Sonestahotel, Amsterdam. March 21, 1978. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Anefo photo collection. Fire in Factory of Linoleum Krommenie .. March 21, 1963. Krommenie, Noord-Holland, Zaanstad

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

Laying of cables, road works, ca. 1955, Freiburg, Germany, Europe

Anefo photo collection. Aquatech 1972 in RAI building, huge augge pump for the RAI. September 11, 1972. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Anefo photo collection. Prince Bernhard gave Starter Construction Economic High School in Kralingen. Mayor of Walsum, the Prince Drs. H. W. Lambers and Mr. Drs. K. P. van der Mande. November 8, 1963. Kralingen

Anefo photo collection. Forklift matches (Framework Sportweek). June 26, 1954

Collection of the Dutch Heidematschappij. Wood storage places, hoisting work, tree trunks. undated

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

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

Anefo photo collection. Summer in Amsterdam, road workers. 25 June 1973. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

The furniture campaign 1957.

1930s DEPRESSION KIDS CHOPPING PACKING BOXES FOR KITCHEN STOVE FUEL TRINITY PLACE & EDGAR STREET NEAR WALL STREET NEW YORK CITY USA

Anefo photo collection. Forklift matches at Dam Amsterdam. Forklift truck in action. June 5, 1971. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Anefo photo collection. Caravan and Camping RAI'84 under construction; Europa hall with caravans. 21 February 1984. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Anefo photo collection. First day of the fuel distribution. Pump drive operated wipes the grounds of the gas station. January 12, 1974

The management of Mannesmann responds to the current economic situation with short-time work, here a shift change at Mannesmann in Duesseldorf, Germany, on 12 January 1972, Europe

Anefo photo collection. Gifwijk Lekkerkerk. Men with oxygen masks clean their boots. September 4, 1980. Lekkerkerk, South Holland

Anefo photo collection. Judge Mr. J. Packing art form chimney / sewer pipe Spinozahof Amsterdam connection summary proceedings. Processes, artworks, judges, chimneys, sewer tubes, cracking, .. June 19, 1989. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Anefo photo collection. Sewing machines on the flea market on Waterlooplein in Amsterdam. March 15, 1961. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Production of the Golf at the VW plant on 10. 05. 1979 in Wolfsburg, Germany, Europe

The VW plant in Hanover-Stoecken, shown here on 7. 12. 1971, was temporarily shut down with the production of commercial vehicles, Germany, Europe

Anefo photo collection. Restoration of the old church. Man works on tower. November 10, 1961

State Railways, SJ X0A5. Audit at the main workshop Åmål

The strike of the miners of HBL Lorraine on 23.1.1974 and their housing situation in settlements and in the town of Merlenbach, FRA, France, Europe

Anefo photo collection. Preparations for timber totally, Museumplein. September 25, 1953

Germany, Berlin, 30.10.1992, construction of subway line 6 in Friedrichstraße

Helsingborg freezer

Anefo photo collection. Overview of construction giant on the dam. 2 June 1978. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Anefo photo collection. Assignment Philips press service at the technical service. March 23, 1973

Anefo photo collection. Construction of the dovecote for traffic Central Station Amsterdam. December 24, 1954. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Anefo photo collection. Ready overs in the cold with oil heater. December 14, 1955

Anefo photo collection. Europoort 65 in Rotterdam, international exhibition of shipbuilding, ship engines and port kits. Mayor Thomassen on a forklift when opening the exhibition. November 9, 1965. Rotterdam, South Holland

Collection of the Dutch Heidematschappij. Machines, tools, wells, squares. undated

Anefo photo collection. Scheveningen is preparing for bathing season, fries tent is being built up. March 13, 1973. Scheveningen, South Holland

Anefo photo collection. Strike at the Shell Refinery in Pernis for a 35-hour working week and 5 shift work. Strikers and posters for the gate, with the right of the Industriebond FNV. September 24, 1979. Rotterdam, South Holland

Anefo photo collection. Krakers painting NRC building. April 19, 1980

Anefo photo collection. Dredging mill in Amsterdam. August 15, 1984. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

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