Historical Agricultural Labor

Black-and-white images depicting agricultural work and irrigation in rural settings, featuring people engaged in various labor-intensive tasks.

Workers constructing a railroad track, USA

12/31/1919. 1925 (CA.) Stonecutters working in a quarry at the beginning of the 20th century.

British & Chinese road b'ld'rs i.e. builders

Collection of the Dutch Heidematschappij. Construction and improvement of roads, dikes and savings racks, sandbags. February 1953

Anefo photo collection. First pile by minister in 't Veld in Slotermeer. December 1, 1951. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Slotermeer

During The Construction Of Hsinching Airfield, Matterhorn Project At Chengtu, China, Many Chinese Sorted Rocks On The River's Edge While Others Cracked The Sorted Rocks. Small Girls Also Carried Rocks For The Laborers.

Collection Dutch Heidematschappij. Workers, bags, carts, work. undated

Point: H: Steinmühle (wire cable car construction.).

Collection of the Dutch Heidematschappij. Workers, activities, rails, chicken carts. undated

Members of the 28th Quartermaster Salvage Depot at Brisbane, Australia, add discarded aluminum parts to a pile of aicraft aluminum awaiting shipment to the United States for refining. 29 April 1943.

North Africa Pix - Port of Tunis, Unloading Grain. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Wool Scourers, Shag Valley station, Otago, 1876-1880, Otago, by William Hart, Hart, Campbell & Co., Burton Brothers.

Collection of the Dutch Heidematschappij. extraction, tillage, leveling, farming, workers, tools. undated

Collection Dutch Heidematschappij. Agricultural machinery, tools. undated

The concrete block apron - 6th June 1928. Photograph from an album commemorating the opening of the Nag Hammadi Barrage (dam) in 1930. Date: 1928

Melilla, 1909 (CA.). Construction of a blockhouse.

Group of miners working in a gold mine

Wachusett Aqueduct, rock above Stratton Bridge, Section 11, station 497+, from the south, Marlborough, Mass., Dec. 16, 1897 , waterworks, aqueducts, construction sites

Plain manual irrigation, gela 1937.

Builder: Building company Contractor, Stockholm. Finished pillar for SJ's viaduct.

Works on the hydrogen apparatus mounting. Andrées PolarExpedition, 1897.

Morocco. 1935 (CA.) An oil mill in Tzelata de Beni-Ahmed.

Stacking salt in the great salt fields of Solinen, Black Sea, Russia, 1898. Artist: Underwood & Underwood

Elsevier photo collection. Water shortage 1953. Water shortage 1953 dike hole Herkingen Goeree-Overflakkee, February 1953, closed time, thrown basalt blocks. Zolderschuiten blocks dangerous hole speed pieces basalt thrown water. 12 March 1953. Goeree-Overflakkee, Herkingen, South Holland

Collection Dutch Heidematschappij. Agricultural machinery, tools, workers, underground whirl Damme. undated

Loading barrels of fuel on a truck at the fuel dump of an 11th Air Force base near Amchitca, Aleutian Islands. 12 October 1943.

Poll photo collection. Middle East 1950-1955: Jordan. Stone processing in a quarry near the refugees Kamp Hussein near Amman. 1950. Jordan

Photo collection Government information service. Floods, modern recovery methods. November 12, 1953. Ouwerkerk

Anefo photo collection. Noordoostpolder water running laboratory The Voorst various waterworks. January 24, 1956. Noordoostpolder

Collection of the Dutch Heidematschappij. Man stands between a collection of concrete piles that protrude above the ground 4. July 1967. Arnhem

Photograph of ancient egyptian diggings for gold. Date: 1903

Collection Dutch Heidematschappij. Agriculture, washed, workers, animals. undated

Sudbury Reservoir, front crest stone at south end of overflow, Sudbury Dam, from the north, Southborough, Mass., Sep. 26, 1896 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, dams, construction sites

Collection of the Dutch Heidematschappij. Construction and improvement of roads, dikes and savings basins, bitumen stabilization, forced mixer, Ospelse Peel. September 1957

Excavating Is Done By Hand During The Construction Of The Hsinching Airfield, Matterhorn Project In Chengtu, China.

Chinese Laborers Pour Slurry On The Runway During Construction Of Hsinching Airfield, Matterhorn Project In Chengtu, China.

Anefo photo collection. Spain, agriculture, harvesting. July 27, 1965. Spain

Kon-Tiki - 4. The men crashed ashore on Raroia reef as must have around 500 A.D. the mysterious leader race which gave much of South America and the Polynesian Islands similar mythologies, agriculture ruins and civilizations. The raft is seen here a few days after the landfall, when it had washed into the lagoon and been dragged up to the uninhabited island where the scientists spent their first few days on terra firma after a voyage of over three months. November 18, 1947. (Photo by NANA)

Collection Dutch Heidematschappij. Workers, work, vessels. undated

Pouring mud over rack on plane runway.

Zulu 'boys' at De Beers diamond mines. From photograph taken c1885. In 1887 and 1888 Cecil Rhodes amalgamated the diamond mines around Kimberley, which included De Beers, into Consolidated Mines

Sudbury Reservoir, front crest stone at south end of overflow, Sudbury Dam, from the north, Southborough, Mass., Sep. 26, 1896 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, dams, construction sites

Wood Crew. 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

Distribution Department, Southern High Service Forbes Hill Reservoir, Gatehouse, Quincy, Mass., Nov. 28, 1900 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, gatehouses, construction sites

View of the demolition of a bunker on Lepelenburg in Utrecht.

North Africa Pix - Port of Tunis, Unloading Grain. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Elsevier photo collection. Bees honey market Tilburg. September 1928. Noord-Brabant, Tilburg

Collection Dutch Heidematschappij. Woodworking, machines, tools, workers. undated

Anefo photo collection. Restoration beach and dunes Scheveningen. Recovery dike body boulevard Scheveningen. March 9, 1953. Scheveningen, South Holland

Unloading supplies, N.Y.N.G.

Anefo photo collection. Laundry day at Marken. May 22, 1947. Marken

Gold mine in Eastern Australia, Kalgoorie 1896

Original caption: "La Jolla - Truck Trail". 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

Poll photo collection. Schiphol. Construction work Schiphol. Bunker is being demolished. July 1945. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

Anefo photo collection. Noordoostpolder water running laboratory The Voorst various waterworks. January 24, 1956. Noordoostpolder

The mass raid of a salt depot in Gujarat, India, May 21, 1930 - MODEL RELEASE NOT AVAILABLE Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Chinese Farmers Build Embankments. In order to help avert floods along the banks of the Yellow River, more than 13,-000 Chinese farmers have been mobilized for the construction of the embankipent of the new Yellow River under direction of tile committee of the North China Political Affairs Commission. The photo shows farmers busily working for the construction of the embankment *****. March 12, 1941. (Photo by The Domei News Photos Service).

CONSTRUCTION OF A CHINESE AIRFIELD: The rocks are crushed on the ground where the airfield is being built by Chinese sledge hammers.

Distribution Department, Low Service Pipe Lines, Section 4, trench work at the foot of Magazine Street, near Charles River, from the north, Cambridge, Mass., Sep. 15, 1896 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites

Collection of the Dutch Heidematschappij. Sand cement poultry projects. 1969. Biesbosch

Building dikes to protect the city from the flood, East St. Louis, June, 1903 , Embankments

in ethiopia africa the hut in the saline work place poverty and work

A row of boats are tied to a riverbank. Groups of Indian workers are loading the boats high with piles of straw or reeds. Smoking kilns can be seen far in the distance.

Elsevier photo collection. Water shortage 1953. dike Ouwerkerk Duiveland completely ready. caissons week, environment reinforced enormous zinc pieces. heavy boulders hand hand barges zinc pieces, zinc pieces ground caissons. November 11, 1953. Ouwerkerk, Zeeland

Collection of the Dutch Heidematschappij. fishing, fish farms, salmon, blesses, tanen. undated

Europe, italy, Tuscany, gaiole in chianti, grape pressing in the cellars of brolio, 1930.

Sjangeli copper grapes in Lapland. Reindeer as a cargo animal.

Track building, goldsmithshyttan - Gullblanka.

Women breaking rock for road construction in Kowloon, China, circa 1930

Anefo photo collection. Fire in Lampenkappenfabriek Herda on the Amstel industrial estate in Duivendrecht. Burning, industrial sites. July 31, 1968. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

08/14/1920. Aranguren (Vizcaya). A fire. Work to extinguish the fire that occurred on the 14th of this year in the Spanish paper mill, where several tons of paper pulp from Norway were burned photo spike.

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

Seville, January 1981. Restoration of La Giralda. In the image, the "birdmen", as the workers who are working on the restoration of the monument are called, have a sandwich at a height of one hundred meters at ten in the morning.

Collection of the Dutch Heidematschappij. construction and improvement of roads, dikes and savings basins, stabilization, cement packaging, Rijksweg 4a. July 1957

Poll photo collection. Moselle: viticulture. Oxtar with harvest tubs and tractor with grape pickers on the Wijnberg. 1959. Germany, Kröv, Rhineland-Palatinate, West Germany

Reservate struction of stakes.d.piave 26.6.18. .

Templehofer Field, Berlin plowed for potatoes

Road Construction in the Phillipnes circa 1912.

The strong muscles of Miao workers pull the 10 ton roller over the runway surface at Laohwangping Airfield, China.

Workmen from cannery at King's Cove. Frank and Frances Carpenter collection , Gift; Mrs. W. Chapin Huntington; 1951, Passengers,Alaska,Nome,1890-1920, Boats,Alaska,Nome,1890-1920, United States,Alaska,Nome

Distribution Department, Weston Aqueduct Supply Mains, Section 5, Woodland Pipe Yard, loading pipe teams, Newton, Mass., May 20, 1915 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites, pipe yards

Work picture. Motifs from Kiruna - Riksgränsen.

Poll photo collection. Evening works at the kibbuts Hakuk at Lake Tiberias. Workers busy laying and assembling water pipes. January 1, 1960. Hakuk, Israel

Anefo photo collection. Work on the Moerdijk bridge. January 14, 1948. Moerdijkbrug

Anefo photo collection. Construction Leuvehavensluis Rotterdam. September 1, 1958. Rotterdam, South Holland

Italy. tuscany. hemp making.

Anefo photo collection. Opening Drinking water pipe Texel. April 27, 1956. Noord-Holland, Texel

10/15/1912. Construction of the Canfranc tunnel. (Huesca). The Engineer (X), technical staff and French and Spanish Workers at the party they held to solemnize their meeting at the International Tunnel Works.

High Commissioner For South Africa Visits Scottish Shipyards, April 1943 Colonel Denys Reitz actually Deneys Reitz , the High Commissioner for South Africa, watching a Glasgow riveter at work during a two day tour of shipbuilding and naval repair yards in Scotland.

Chinese Laborers At Work During Construction Of Lushien Airstrip In China. 1 June 1945.

Construction of airport in New Guinea.

05/12/1913. A terrible fire in Zaragoza. Ruins of the Alcohol factory in the Montemolin neighborhood, Destroyed last Tuesday by a Fire. Photo: Grassa.

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