Historical Labor and Industry

Vintage photos depicting labor in agriculture, construction, and water supply, capturing historical work practices in black and white.

Vintage Photograph. Home Construction in Seattle, Washington. Frame 4.
Vintage Photograph. Home Construction in Seattle, Washington. Frame 4.
136 assets in this story
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Collection of the Dutch Heidematschappij. Construction and improvement of roads, dikes and savings baskets, water boards, wipe, Ommerveld. June 1956
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11 Grosvenor Rd , Houses, Building construction, Construction equipment. Needham Building Collection
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Paterson, New Jersey - Textiles. Bachelor shacks in outskirts of Paterson, on Molly Jan Brook. About 25 men live there now (some of them old silk workers) and stay there all winter. Man in one view worked in silk up to 5 years ago. On relief now, March 1937, Lewis Hine, 1874 - 1940, was an American photographer, who used his camera as a tool for social reform. US,USA
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Unknown , Houses, Building construction. Needham Building Collection
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Man Splitting Wood for Winter Fuel, Lisbon, New Hampshire, USA, Marion Post Wolcott for Farm Security Administration, March 1940
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Property of Albert Kahn, Boulogne, France gardeners in the middle of a harvest, northwest of the Verger-Roseraie seen towards the blue forest , (French - Propriété d' Albert Kahn , Boulogne , France Jardiniers en pleine récolte , au nord-ouest du verger-roseraie vu en direction de la forêt bleue). Agriculture , breeding, work scene, harvesting, work clothing, gardener, park , garden, vegetation , botany, vegetable garden, man, Economic activity, daily life, clothing, housing , architecture, nature , environment, human beings, The orchard - P -de -earth harvest
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Water Mill at War- Everyday Life at Erbistock Mill, Near Ruabon, Denbighshire, Wales, UK, 1944 At Erbistock Mill in Denbighshire, Wales, a farmer delivers a sack of corn for grinding. The mill is designed so that the corn can be hoisted directly from the horse-drawn cart onto the milling floor. In the same way it can be lowered directly from being milled to the cart.
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Cutting wood in Nanking. Cutting wood in Nanking
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Björkhult impregnation array. Views of the impregnation area with the posts posted in their paths. In the bay below, new posts are waiting to be impregnated.
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Félix Thiollier, Pêcheur et usine sur la Seine en Normandie, c. 1910, gelatin-silver print.
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Rear of wool factory and adjoining site , Rivers, Mills, Spillways. Photographs by Ernst Halberstadt
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Collection Dutch Heidematschappij. Machines, tools, tree trunks, information boards. undated
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great depression in America in the 1930's. Stoves, parts for all stoves, near Circleville, Ohio. 1938 Summer.
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A781451 OAKRIDGE, TN WASTE DISPOSAL HEATER RECOVERY DUIMSTRA (PROJECT ENGINEER) OCT 6 78 EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 10/6/1978 EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; EQUIPMENT & INSTRUMENTS; HEATER RECOVERY; INSTRUMENTS & EQUIPMENT; MALE; MEN (ADD MALE MODIFIER); NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR TESTING; NUCLEAR TESTS; OAKRIDGE, TN; TALKING; TENNESSEE; TENTS, CROUP; TEST SITES; TREES (GENERAL CATEGORY); WASTE DISPOSAL SITE; OAKRIDGE, TN - WASTE DISPOSAL historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.
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15 Crawford St , Tractors, Commercial facilities, Parking lots. Needham Building Collection
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Developing TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) electric transmission lines as part of Franklin Roosevelt's 'New Deal' rural electrification.
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Vintage Photograph. A farmer next to a foot bath, which cows must walk through because it cuts down on foot rot.
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Cook at Lumber Camp Blowing Dinner Horn, near Effie, Minnesota, USA, Russell Lee, U.S. Resettlement Administration, September 1937
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George, Nono, Perly, Maine , Fuelwood. Edmund L. Mitchell Collection
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Los Angeles United States may 1979 Construction site house scene in 70s
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Worker filling Milk Truck, New England Dairies, Enosburg Falls, Vermont, USA, Jack Delano, U.S. Farm Security Administration, September 1941
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Trucks Carrying Barrels of Potatoes to be Graded and Weighed Lined up in front of Starch Factory, Caribou, Aroostook County, Maine, USA, Jack Delano for Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information, October 1940
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Industrial Plant at Wheeling, West Virginia - February 1931
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Prefabrication housing developed for TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority's) employees in 1930s. Buildings could be relocated to worksites as needed and were competitive in cost with traditionally constructed housing. (BSLOC_2015_14_229)
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wood shed power lines tire shop
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189 'B' St , Commercial facilities. Needham Building Collection
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John Vachon, U.S. Farm Security Administration, October 1940
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Bettles is considered the access point for the Kanuti National Wildlife Refuge. It is located just north of the Refuge boarder. Subjects: Villages; Wildlife refuges. Location: Alaska. Fish and Wildlife Service Site: Kanuti National Wildlife Refuge. . 1998 - 2011.
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Hill Site CL. 38 , Industrial facilities, Men, Automobiles. Needham Building Collection
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The operating workshop in Boden.
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Outgoing goods from the freight magazine at the industry in Gävle.
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101-135 Crescent Rd , Warehouses, Automobiles. Needham Building Collection
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124 Crescent Rd , Warehouses, Automobiles. Needham Building Collection
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Military Photographer of the Year Winner 1997 Title: Ultimate Truck Wash -- Mate Category: Feature; Portfolio Place: 1ST Place Portfolio Exact Date Shot Unknown Caption: The Marines landed at a local carwash, they took advantage of the pressure washers to wash the "outback" off their trucks. The trucks had to be cleaned prior to redeployment at the end of the Tandem Thrust joint training exercise. Base: Rock Hampton State: Queensland Country: Australia (AUS)