Historic Labor and Construction Scenes

Depictions of laborers engaged in various construction tasks, from woodwork to trench digging, showcasing a gritty, industrious atmosphere in historical settings.

Piling of reinforcing iron.

Piling Kindling. Original caption: Miscellaneous (piling kindling).. 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

Farming (Branding). 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

Other Project. 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

Other Project. 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

Professional goat and sheep shearer moving kettle closer to the coals while he cooks the noonday meal on the ranch of a rehabilitation borrower in Kimble County, Texas. 1940. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , Kimble County

Landscaping (Crews at Work). 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

Original caption: "Misc. Farming". 1936 - 1942. Pacific Region (Riverside, CA). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Office of Indian Affairs. Mission Agency. 11/15/1920-6/17/1946. Photographs

Range Management Research - Wyoming. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Original caption: "Dam const. Water dev. Project. Soboba Res.". 1936 - 1942. Pacific Region (Riverside, CA). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Office of Indian Affairs. Mission Agency. 11/15/1920-6/17/1946. Photographs

Information office radio broadcaster Dutch Guinea. Dutch Guinea: parliamentary mission. Visit parliamentary mission Koemboe rice project. August 1957. Guinea

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

Farming (Constructing Furrows for Water Distribution). 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

Sub-foreman Bill Jordan Gives Instruction. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Making adobe bricks. Bosque Farms project, New Mexico. These bricks are to be used in construction of the new school building. 1935. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New Mexico , Bosque Farms, New Mexico , Valencia County

White House Grounds, Gravel, DC. Original caption: White House Grounds--gravel, D.C. Photo by J. K. Hillers, Oct. 1937.

IECW Well. 1931 - 1945. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Office of Indian Affairs. Turtle Mountain Agency. 7/1/1910-9/17/1947. Photographs

In the Cotton Field ,. Messenger Collection

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

Sorting onions, Rice County, Minnesota 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Tree Seeds - Extracting. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Photograph, Photograph of the Construction of a Mass-operational House Designed by Hector Guimard (No. 29); Architect: Hector Guimard ((French, 1867-1942)); France; photographic print on sensitized paper mounted on gray paper; 33.4 x 28.5 cm (13 1/8 x 11 1/4 in.)

Labor Inspectorate Photo Collection. Stone factory; Molding mud starts April. undated

Building Railings on a Bridge. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Farming (Plowing). 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

Project (Digging Irrigation Ditch). 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

Road Construction - Missouri. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Pouring the Spreader at 122-43. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Range Improvement - Seeding - General. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Other Project. 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

White House Grounds, Gravel, DC. Original caption: White House Grounds--gravel, D.C. Photo by J. K. Hillers, Sep. 1937.

Finishing Process on Concrete Box Spillway. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Indian Planting Crew. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Red Lake Agency. 1964-. Photographs

Transplanting Beds. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Armstrong Academy, Oklahoma - Boys Gardeners. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Office of Indian Affairs. Haskell Institute. 1887-9/18/1947. Photographs of School Life

Men Digging Holes for Telephone Poles. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Harvesting sugar beets, Adams County, Colorado 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Casting of post foundations.

Oglala Dam Project: White Eyes and Helper Working on Small Pump. 1939-01-01T00:00:00. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Pine Ridge Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

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

Crude Products: Ties and Mine Props. - Montana. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Jointing tracks on Nygatan Skarvning av spår på Nygatan Album med bilder erhållna som gåva av Ingvar Sjöberg, Västervik år 2000.Ingvar Sjöbergs faster var gift med Hugo Hedberg.

White House Grounds, Gravel, DC. Original caption: White House Grounds--gravel, D.C. Photo by J. K. Hillers, Sep. 7, 1937.

Four Men Working at Project Site. Original Title: Miscellaneous. 1930 - 1949. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Negative. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Recreation Improvements - Utah. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Man standing on floating logs in the Moira River, Ontario. Photograph taken in 1907.

Oglala Dam Project. 1923 - 1955.. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Pine Ridge Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Description: Trimming Coral Stone blocks. Location: Barbados Date: 1947-1949 barbados, caribbean, caribbeanthroughalens

Farmer working during the Black Blizzard Dust Storm during the severe drought across the dust bowl in America 1934

Tip Estes, hired man, repairing a fence. Near Fowler, Indiana. 1937. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Indiana , Fowler, Indiana , Benton County

Flows Found in Allotments of Bernard Delorme and Mrs. Frank Delorme. 1931 - 1945. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Office of Indian Affairs. Turtle Mountain Agency. 7/1/1910-9/17/1947. Photographs

Farmer in Animas River Valley plowing, La Plata County, Colorado. 1940. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Colorado , La Plata County

Oglala Dam Project. 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

Major Project. 1939-01-01T00:00:00. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Major Project (Timber Cutting). 1938-12-01T00:00:00. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Spring 89 - Red Shirt Table. 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

Nurseries: Planting Stock - Mississippi. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Buildings Other. 1941-01-01T00:00:00. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Well on tenant farmer's place near Sallisaw, Oklahoma 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Oklahoma , Sallisaw, Oklahoma , Sequoyah County

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

Other Project. 1930 - 1949.. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Original caption: "Truck trail - Potrero". 1936 - 1942. Pacific Region (Riverside, CA). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Office of Indian Affairs. Mission Agency. 11/15/1920-6/17/1946. Photographs

Farmers resettled on Skyline Farms, Alabama, at work in sand quarry under supervision of project manager 1935. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Farming (Branding). 1930 - 1949.. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Further Progress in Trail. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Office of Indian Affairs. Turtle Mountain Agency. 7/1/1910-9/17/1947. Photographs

Resettled farmer mixing cement. Cumberland Farms, Alabama. 1935 1935. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Leader Frank Lawrence Fencing Government Reserve. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

A Golden work.' Hydroulic sic mining at Rockdrville i.e. Rockerville, Dakota 1889.

Wachusett Reservoir, planting brushy pasture land with white pines and sugar maples, Boylston, Mass., Apr. 11, 1903 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, forestry

Drainage Ditches Dug by Hand Labor. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Office of Indian Affairs. Turtle Mountain Agency. 7/1/1910-9/17/1947. Photographs

Galveston, Texas, 1900 - African-American men carrying a body on a stretcher, surrounded by wreckage of the hurricane and flood. Stereograph.

140-81 Telephone Maintenance: Lineman John LeCompte and Helper. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

El Monte Federal Subsistence Homesteads. 100 homes, all occupied. Each with nearly an acre of ground. Average family income $800 year. Calif. 1936. Photographs. 1936. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , El Monte, California , Los Angeles County, Homesteading

Farmers at closing-out sale of Frank Sheroan's farm near Montmorenci, Indiana. 1937. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Indiana , Montmorenci, Indiana , Tippecanoe County

Work team in working with the double track at Skövde.

Information office radio broadcaster Dutch Guinea. middle KOEMBE rice project, river flows, builds dikes digs channels, reservoir created required irrigation rice polders. Marind workers finishing dike. April 1956. Guinea

Installing Irrigation Equipment. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Red Lake Agency. 1964-. Photographs

Transplanting Beds. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Spring 21 (Pumping Water). 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

Information office radio broadcaster Dutch Guinea. cement specie poured wheelbarrow wooden mold bins. specie hard shape stones background. stones baked, dried sun wind. October 1953. Hollandia, Guinea

Carpenters building shelter. Berwyn project, Greenbelt, Maryland.. Photographs. 1936-02. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

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

Foresters At Work: General. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Men Digging. 1900 - 1960. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Rosebud Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Oglala Dam (Weighing Aggregate). 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

Orange culture at Richon-le-Zion, Pruning grafted orange trees (onto lemon trunks or bitter oranges). 1934, Israel, Richon le-Tsiyon

Guy Wire Used to Protect Trees From Severe Winds. 1926 - 1956. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Pierre Agency. 1954-1972. Decimal Correspondence

Farming (Field). Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Painting Fence Posts. Original Title: Miscellaneous. 1930 - 1949. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Negative. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Major Project (Dams and Reservoirs). 1930 - 1949.. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Chinese Laborers Build An Airstrip At Kunming Air Base, China. July 1943.

Lifting tracks after the Inlandsbanan.

Original caption: "Misc. Farming". 1936 - 1942. Pacific Region (Riverside, CA). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Office of Indian Affairs. Mission Agency. 11/15/1920-6/17/1946. Photographs

Oglala Dam Project. 1939-01-01T00:00:00.. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Pine Ridge Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Elsevier photo collection. Ditch is cleaned. The side are tuned neatly in the fall. November 1929

Grape harvest the grapes transferred into a wooden bin 1960

Ice Harvest on Clearwater Lake. 1934-01-01T00:00:00. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Red Lake Agency. 1964-. Photographs

Men Branding Cattle. Original caption: Miscellaneous. 1941-01-01T00:00:00. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Oglala Dam Project. 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

Reconnaissance of the inland railway.

Bridge near Completion on Truck Trail #26, Porcupine District. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

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