Historical Labor in Industry

Depictions of early labor activities including gold mining and lumber work. Features black and white historical photographs capturing rugged environments and workers.

A shaduf or shadoof being used to raise water, Egypt, late 1880s. The shaduf has been used for irrigation for at least as early as 1500 BC. Photograph. Water supply. Agriculture.

South Africa: miners at the main reef workings of the Ferreira Gold Mining Company. Woodburytype, 1888, after a photograph by Robert Harris.

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

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

A shaduf or shadoof being used to raise water, Egypt, late 1880s. The shaduf has been used for irrigation for at least as early as 1500 BC. Photograph. Water supply. Agriculture.

Harvest work at Zamliczy.

Other 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

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

Hydraulic Mining near Cromwell, 1870-1880s, Otago, by Burton Brothers.

Pre-construction for bridging the Piave 16.6.18. .

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

Building a stone home in Palestine. 1898

Sable harvest, overview picture

Anefo photo collection. Willemstad (Noord-Brabant). Veenkles from 4 to 5 tons from the sea. May 6, 1953. Willemstad (Noord-Brabant)

Chinese workers wearing traditional clothing while excavating the track bed of the Central Pacific Railroad, in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California. Ca. 1867.

Bridge construction at Czortkow. .

02/21/1912. The unfortunate events of yesterday in Vallecas. Gypsum factory workers working to remove from the rubble the four colleagues who were buried by the explosion of a drill hole.

Transparency - Miners, foot of Chilcoot, Alaska, 1897 Edwin Tappan Adney (1868-1950)

California, c. 1867 Chinese laborers building a grade for the Central Pacific Railroad at Prospect HIll cut in the Sierras.

I.P.C., Iraq Petroleum Company. Pipe line, 'tunnelled' under Nazareth motor road. Esdraelon. 1934, Israel

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

Vintage photograph. Runway maintenance - Korean style

Food detection office at the railway farm in Podhajce. .

The construction of the new covered Fregattendok (DOK 6, also called the new dock) of the Rijkswerf (RW) in Den Helder in October 1976.

Cementfabriken i Degerhamn.

Collection of the Dutch Heidematschappij. Reclamations, tillage, leveling, farming, workers, deaf quint, source lemming, global grounds. 17 February 1950. Sassenheim, South Holland

Women working in field. 1898, Middle East, Israel and/or Palestine

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Buitenpost Soetji; Salt extraction at Grisse. Working in the salt pans. October 27, 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Vegetable harvest in Veneto 11.7.18. .

Berlin, Germany November 1, 1919German citizens cleaning and piling up bricks taken from old forts to be used in new construction. There is an extreme shortage of materials for building in post WWI Germany.

I.P.C., Iraq Petroleum Company. Pipe line drawn by winch through 'tunnel.' Esdraelon. 1934, Israel

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

Project (Constructing Cellar). 1937-10-01T00:00:00. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Pine Ridge Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Collection Dutch Heidematschappij. Workers, activities, water, tools, animals, oxen. undated

Northern views. The excavations at Bethshean. Excavations in progress. 1921, Israel, Bet Sheʾan

Reinforcing a Levee

Pakistan, Sindh, Gudu Barrage being built on Indus River some 200 miles north of Karachi, 1959

Collection of the Dutch Heidematschappij. Work, workers, digging and improving channels, bridging bridges. undated

Square potatoes on the Sander field

Anefo photo collection. De Schelphoek on Schouwen. Drying down zinc repairs. July 9, 1953. Schouwen-Duiveland, Zeeland

Farming (Picking Corn). 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

Mowers, coffee break. Slåtter, kafferast.

Autogenic rail cutting.

Other Project (Utility Line Installation). 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

Set of contact line posts on line Falköping - Nässjö at Habo.

Collection of the Dutch Heidematschappij. Landscapes, fires, workers. undated

Participants in the practical test of a selection procedure together bring a munite player about a wood construction.

Road construction at Bainsizza Plateau.6.9.17. .

Project (Chicken House Construction). 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

Bauxite mine in Missouri, Bauxite is used in making aluminum ca. between 1909 and 1920.

Use of grass during the Belloading work in the summer of 1912.Gällivare-Porjus.

Work in the Gargaresch stone quarries for the construction of the new port, Libya, photograph by Emegi, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XXXIX, No 19, May 12, 1912.

Deadline of infrastructure facilities, companies and factories on the Russian war showplatz.

Africa, ethiopia, road construction, based Adigrat alequà, 1930-40.

Collection of the Dutch Heidematschappij. Work, workers, digging and improving channels. undated

Road maintenance cable 24.8.17. .

Collection Dutch Heidematschappij. woodworking, wood storage places. undated. Beekbergen

Skiopticone image. Peat preparation.

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

Excavations at Tell el-Nasbeh, 'Mizpah' Women dumping baskets of debris. 1926, West Bank, Tall al-Nasbeh

Photos from the facility of a telegraflinje in Russia in 1900. Fallen horse in front of trunk.

CONSTRUCTION OF A CHINESE AIRFIELD: The rocks are carried on carts pulled by water buffalo.

Tanneries (Souk Dabbaghin). Fes el Bali. Fez. Imperial City. Morocco. Africa.

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

Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection Women workers wheeling barrow loads of lime stone in a Cement Works in Scotland, 1918.

Salting Meat For Foxes.

Archaeologists working on the tombs in Egypt.

Men Working. Rocky Mountain Region (Denver, CO). Photographic Print.

Hemp cultivation in Frattamaggiore 1930

Collection of the Dutch Heidematschappij. Construction and improvement of roads, dikes and savings baskets, dyke repair, Rodevaart, Noordschans. February 1953. Noord-Brabant, Noordschans, Rodevaart

From the national border construction on the stretch Gällivare-Porjus. The picture shows how all material must be worn on the so-called. The material path far in front of the rail tip (the point where the railing progressed on a railway line that is under building).

New Jersey - Barnegat. Looking northwesterly at men at work on reseve supply of sand bags. They are jute bags, 1 & 1/2 barrels of sand are are sewed up.

Gyttorps powder use. After blasting. The stone burst into easy-to-use pieces.

Intended dance in the warehouse. .

Anefo photo collection. Ouwerkerk work. November 11, 1953. Ouwerkerk

Lerras on the line between Övergård - Multrå

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

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

Excavations. Ain Shems (Beth Shemesh) on the Sharon Plain. The Egyptian 'task master' speeding up the workers. 1920, Israel, Bet-Shemesh (Extinct city)

Madrid, 02/07/1936. The works in the Plaza Mayor. The entire Plaza Mayor is going to be paved. The large trees that surrounded it are being removed and will be transplanted to Paseo de Recoletos and Serrano Street.

Skiopticone image. Peat preparation. Peat drying.

Anefo photo collection. Sand construction competition in Zandvoort. August 14, 1953. Noord-Holland, Zandvoort

Zulu 'boys' working at De Beers diamond mines, Kimberley, South Africa, c1885. Artist: Anon

Mountain shoes in concentration camp Neuengamme. A mountain shoes from killed prisoners in Neuengamme concentration camp, such as the Americans.

Mud blocks, used in building houses, drying in the sun in the garden at Al-Gowf, Arabia. Arabia, Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection , Caption card tracings: Building materials; Geog.; Wells; Garden; Ph.; Desert.

Jenin, Sept. 3, Inhabitants salvaging their house-hold effects. 1938, West Bank, Jenin

Historical Waterfowl Survey. Creator: Schmidt, Rex Gary. Descriptive Note: Close-up of ducks in banding trap at Johnson Lake. Locality: Johnson Lake, Saskatchewan WATERFOWL SURVEY (EARLY 1950's). Subjects: Historical; Waterfowl Survey; Banding; Traps; Nets; Canada. . 1998 - 2011.

building Magnitogorsk industrial city in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia

Project (Spillway Construction). 1939-03-01T00:00:00. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Pine Ridge Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

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

Dust building at Gamla Vassijaure (Kaderjokk) Riksgränsbanan.

Athlit.Excavatingthecitywall.1920,Israel, ʾAtlit

Menufia Canal, Egypt: reconstruction work to the first Aswan Dam: men at work and camels transporting materials. Photograph by D. S. George, 1910.

From the construction of the Luleå-Gällivarebanan.

Pictures of the opening of the prime center. Welcome from Excellence Roth through the engineers of the railway management in Kalditsch. .

'Cutting Tobacco, Kentucky, U.S.A.', 1904. Creator: Keystone View Company.

In front of the fishing hut "from the folder" from Schleswig-Holstein ".,

Anefo photo collection. Crushed ice at Wijdenes-Schellinkhout. February 4, 1950

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