Historical Labor in Wood and Metal

Images of workers engaging in shipbuilding, woodworking, and agricultural tasks. The photos capture a gritty, industrious vibe with a monochrome aesthetic.

Miner panning for gold using gold rocker, Alaska, USA

Mowers. Slåtter.

Timmer in house renovation. Timmermän vid husrenovering.

Frank G. Carpenter standing by railroad ties. Frank and Frances Carpenter collection , Gift; Mrs. W. Chapin Huntington; 1951, Railroad ties,Alaska,Anchorage,1890-1920, Carpenter, Frank G,(Frank George),,1855-1924, United States,Alaska,Anchorage

Vintage photograph. Blacksmith at work in his shop at Lacock. Today he not only has horseshoes to make, but has to carry out minor repairs on mechanical farm appliances.

Anefo photo collection. Youth The Hague builds Olympic village. The morgue is not missing. July 11, 1968. The Hague, South Holland

Saxon Switzerland, probably behindhermsdorf. Family while firewood (sawing, columns and layers)

Anefo photo collection. Scheveningen (Atlantikwal). Scheveningen, the demolition of the bunkers and barriers. 1945. Scheveningen, South Holland

Poll photo collection. Report Amsterdam. Construction work: two men with a saw. 1933. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

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

Collection Dutch Heidematschappij. Workers, woodworking, sawing, spectators. undated

Grape harvest 1967

Anefo photo collection. Fire on farm at Schellingwoude. December 15, 1971. Noord-Holland, Schellingwoude

Collection Dutch Heidematschappij. Woodworking, men, buildings, tools. undated

Threshing cocksfoot , 1918, Levin, by Leslie Adkin. Gift of G. L. Adkin family estate, 1964.

Farmers producing rice bundles, Japan, Asia

Örnstedt from the Technical Museum on a visit to the Smedan to prepare TMV's visit on April 22, 1967.

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

Wachusett Reservoir, boring machine, Clinton, Mass., Feb. 11, 1897 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, boring machinery

Collection Dutch Heidematschappij. Wolmanizing, wool manage bins, bonuses. undated

Original caption: "Manzanita. Rock culvert on 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

Reichstag fire 27.2.1933 - during the clearing up. Hoffmann Photographs 1933 Adolf Hitler's official photographer, and a Nazi politician and publisher, who was a member of Hitler's intimate circle.

Painter In Dyes Wall Hangings For Festival Produced By Old Technique -- Washday at the Much Hadham studio coincides with drying the decorative wall hangings, after the dyeing and fixing has been done. Ordinary clothes lines will not support the weight of this material and Michael O' Connell has bought some old girders and even an old ladder for the purpose. May 14, 1953. (Photo by British Official Photograph).

Gravel load at deer pub Gruss pit.

Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection Women carpenters working at the Tarrant Hut Workshops, 3 miles from Calais, 26 June 1918.

Anefo photo collection. Farm party in a Drenthe village. Structure of a fire stage. 1945. Drenthe

11/30/1916. The French in Campaign. Preparation of a shipment of artillery shells at a station in the Somme region.

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

Anefo photo collection. Major research Moerdijk fellowship NLM nevertheless crashed yesterday. Employees research team search residues. October 7, 1981. Moerdijk, Noord-Brabant

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

Refugees No. 1. Refugees No. 1: Learning To Be Farmers -- Thirty non-Aryan Christian refugees from Vienna, including a number of married couples, are learning farming at Tyn-Y-Cae Hostel, near Brecon, South Wales, which is run by the Society of Friends (Quakers). All are soon to emigrate to the British Dominions and South America. Among them are a number of former clerks, lawyers, a chemist, a baker, a blacksmith, an orthopedic mechanic and a beekeeper. May 10, 1939.

USA, Vermont, near Hammondsville, outdoor blacksmith's shop

Collection Dutch Heidematschappij. Fisheries, fish farms, men, work. undated

Wall closures. Gårdsmeden Bomler with son. Ekenberg's goods.

Potato fire on the field ca. 1930, exact place unknown, Germany, Europe

Collection Dutch Heidematschappij. Unloading pine piles. undated

Old Rags Into New Cloth- Salvage in Britain, April 1942.

Agricultural work. Jordbruksarbete.

Anefo photo collection. Mn Merchant Navy / Anefo London series. Caption: "British Women Doing Bit Refitting Dutch Merchantman" English female workers busy shipyard conversion Dutch donation. 10, 1943. Britain

Industry during the First World War Female workers pack and load shell castings during the First World War.

Fifty Years A Thatcher -- Mr. Jones at work Thatching a barn at Brockley Combe, near Bristol.Mr. Henry Jones, of Cleeve, near Bristol, has been Thatching for over 50 years. Starting work at the age of 10 years. When schooling was not enforced, he worked for 4d per day. He has never been without a job and today at the age of 65 years can still find plenty of work at his specialized art. January 30, 1936. (Photo by Fox Photos|).

Italy. Lazio. Agro Pontino. reclamation work. 1928.

Track work on the Morjärvbanan.

Pumps.Från left pumpkin and claked chips for picking up the heart (valve).

At Vislanda scrap site.

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

German field bakery near Ypres

Handicraft, carpenter in front of the workshop, 1910s, exact place unknown, Germany, Europe

RIVETED: THE HISTORY OF JEANS (2022), directed by ANNA LEE STRACHAN and MICHAEL BICKS.

Shorpy; a greaser on the tipple at Bessie Mine, Alabama. Carries two heavy pails of grease and is often in danger of being run over by the cars, November 1910.

Poll photo collection. Rebuilding a nunnate. Koster and mother helped help cleaning construction waste. 1940. France

1920s TWO YOUNG BOYS BROTHERS WORKING TOGETHER WITH HAMMER AND WOODWORKING PLANE PLAYING AT BEING CARPENTERS WOODWORKERS

Firewood at the central station

Scrap of wagon on Vislanda scrap site.

Field butcher on firing line, North Sea Coast

Anefo photo collection. Christmas trees storage at the Auction in Rotterdam; Man while he stands between the Christmas trees. November 29, 1965. Rotterdam, South Holland

Collection Dutch Heidematschappij. Woodworking, workers, buildings, sawing, spectators. undated

Mangahao Hydro-Electric Scheme - 8th, 9th, 10th and 11th visits : 1921, 1921, by Leslie Adkin.

Poll photo collection. Israel 1948-1949: Ramath-Hasjawim (Ramot Hashavim). Mrs. DR. Lotte Steinitz, pediatrician and psychologist, at work on her farm. January 1, 1948. Israel, Ramath-Hasjawim

At the Kermer-Gut

Planter -- Les drives tractor which hauls planting machines. This device opens a trough of "drill" in the ground, cuts cane to right size lengths, plants it in "drill", leaving four inches between each piece of cane. November 15, 1941.

Sugar Cane. June 28, 1946.

Poll photo collection. Moselle: viticulture. Mooring a vineyard at Bordenbach. 1959. BroDenbach, Germany, Rhineland-Palatinate, West Germany

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC New Guinea series. Sawmill. October 1948. New Guinea

Winter relief, distribution of coal, France 1940-1944. Artist: Unknown

Anefo photo collection. Rilland Bath return residents (farmer's). April 23, 1953

Hybrid Corn - Visit to Mr. Norbert Peymiron at Lyss. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Elsevier photo collection. Series: beekeepers bee colleges orchards remove honey. August 1931. Betuwe

Gleaners of wagon load being taken to scales, cornhusking contest, Marshall County, Iowa 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Clogged bond for lime. Latorps use.

raccolta degli agrumi, 1961

The Royal Navy during the Second World War Mrs Susan Catens heating the rivets which are going into the building of a corvette at Greenock. (This picture was posed as there are no women riveters or rivet heaters in this yard).

Anefo photo collection. Clock casts at Van Bergen in Heiligerlee. November 11, 1949. Groningen (province), Heiligerlee

Tobacco workers at Major J. F. Whitmore's farm at Methwold in Norfolk, loading leaves onto a specially constructed cart. The female workers can be seen wearing a more practical alternative to the cumbersome skirts of 1912. Date: 1912

Anefo photo collection. Farm party in a Drenthe village. Man on lorry during stabbing gets the full load of water. 1945. Drenthe

Winter relief, distribution of coal, France 1940-1944. The majority of French coal was exported to Germany during the occupation to fuel the German war industries. The photographer is unknown.

Farm Machinery - New American Farm Machinery Tested in France. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection Women carpenters working at the Tarrant Hut Workshops, 3 miles from Calais, 26 June, 1918.

Industry during the First World War Female workers wearing protective masks shovel plaster used to bed glass on surfacing tables at a Lancashire factory during the First World War.

Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection Women workers preparing gum for varnish making in the paint works of Messrs. Sissons & Co. Ltd., Bankside, Hull, November 1918.

Sunbeams. After a recording of Ernst Müller, Hahn Nachf., Dresden. Sheet 10 off: masterpieces of photography. Twelve artificial leaves in the finest color pressure according to originals of the international photographic art exhibition in Dresden 1909. Clichés of Adolf Klauß & Co., Leipzig, Print by Günther, Kirstein & Wendler, Leipzig

Artwork: "Nissen Hut Construction in England" Artist: John Scott. Country: Unknown

Basket weaver ca. 1930, exact place unknown, Germany, Europe

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Bridge construction in Bandar. Bandar. The 5th Genius Veldcompagnie, which in the middle Java has been in her name in her name, such as improving roads and restoring bridges, has received an enorminate japp bridge for treatment in the area of the W-Brigade and will now restore it improve. The front view of the bridge. The men have already applied some heavy beams. November 22, 1948. Bandar, Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, Sumatra

Mowers. Slåtter.

Poll photo collection. Reporting farm. Lammes at a wheelbarrow at a farm at the Zilk. 1933

Anefo photo collection. Radio activity in the yard of farmer's cook. 28 June 1962

Raymond Loewy. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Participants in the practical test of a selection procedure must bring a ton of an obstacle.

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

Engraving depicting the winnowing of grain. Winnowing is when a current of air is blown through grain in order to remove the chaff. Dated 19th Century

Anefo photo collection. Finland. Wood float at work. July 5, 1967. Finland

Industry during the First World War Female workers separate cord from glass in a Lancashire factory during the First World War.

Loading oranges on the Ocklawaha River, Florida, USA, c1900. Creator: Unknown.

giappone, pescatrici di ostriche da perla giapponesi, 1920 1930

Labor Inspectorate Photo Collection. 9x12 Firewood Circular rolling table clamping device. undated

USA, Florida, Rear view of farmer harvesting oranges from orchard

Anefo photo collection. Bijenmarkt in Veenendaal. J. and N. van Kessel, market masters. July 14, 1947. Veenendaal

Shearers, 1928, Australia, maker unknown.

Wall loan of rye in Bjurbäcken, Mangskogs parish, Jösse herd in Värmland. Nordic

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