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Industrial Worksites in Black and White

Vintage photographs showcasing industrial work environments, including oil extraction, machinery inspection, and textile production from the mid-20th century.

Vintage photograph. Man inspecting hot rivet on worksite
Vintage photograph. Man inspecting hot rivet on worksite
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Oregon:  c. 1905 A huge raft of timber being floated down the Columbia River and then from there towed down the coast to San Francisco. This raft is actually twice the size ot what is visible.
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Collection Dutch Heidematschappij. extraction, tillage, leveling, farming, cranes, haerst, genne. September 1957. Genne, Haerst
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F.A.O.'s Technical Assistance in Ethiopia.Close-up of the small serrated edged sickle used widely in Ethiopia for harvesting corn and other crops.Ethiopia's economic conditions could be vastly improved by better methods of producing, processing and marketing of the present output of agricultural products. Under agreements concluded in 1951, FAO has provided Ethiopia with an over-all agricultural adviser and six other experts. January 1, 1953. (Photo by U. Naitons).
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Mark Silbernagel, a chemical engineer with the Naval Civil Engineering Laboratory, helps set up a reverse osmosis water purification unit (ROWPU). The ROWPU, which was borrowed from the Marine Corps to help ease the island's water shortage, can produce 12,000 gallons of purified water per day. Base: San Nicolas Island State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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Moroccan Sardine Fishing Industry. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel
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Canned - Gifhorn, women distribute deepest peas on large metal sheets
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Anefo photo collection. Security against glare on the Amsterdam-Utrecht road; Worker laying the finishing hand to the screen. December 15, 1965
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Pakistan Child Labor
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Threshing with stroke. Nordic
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Anefo photo collection. Preparations for the Hippique Concours in Amsterdam. October 21, 1959. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland
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Members of the deck force of the amphibious assault ship USS GUADALCANAL (LPH-7) convert a fork lift truck into a snow plow by placing plywood across skids. The USS GUADALCANAL is in the Baltic taking part in Exercise Teamwork '92. Subject Operation/Series: TEAMWORK '92 Country: Norwegian Sea
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Artisan plies his trade making jewellry at the Coldwater Ontario Steampunk Festival.
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Craftsman who worked the copper, guardiagrele, abruzzo, italy, 1965.
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Road workers tar a road, ca. 1945 to 1955, Freiburg, Germany, Europe
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Anefo photo collection. Primary schools in Hilversum started building boys girls city, girls and boys build. July 27, 1964. Hilversum
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Poll photo collection. Travel to Suriname and the Netherlands Antilles. A supervisor at the Lago oil refinery in San Nicolas on Aruba. 1947. Aruba, San Nicolas
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Migrant Girls Working in Cherry Canning Plant, Berrien County, Michigan, USA, John Vachon for Farm Security Administration July 1940
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Diamond prospector holding his work materials
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Anefo photo collection. Growth giant hose leaf. From free people. February 15, 1956. Leiden, South Holland
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Aerial view of a person wearing a conical hat amidst large woven baskets, casting stark shadows in the sun, Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
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Stocking Pacific Coast 'Coho' Salmon , Rivers, Salmon, Fishing nets. Photographs by Ernst Halberstadt
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Watering Fish Barrels
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Steeplejack Dog -- Mr. John Jefford, a Norfolk reed Thatcher from Great Yarmouth, has on unusual assistant his dog Karah. They are pictured working together on a roof at Kinver, Staffordishire Karah climbs up and down the steep angled ladders with once and ***** sits on the ridge of the roof to 'hand' materials to her matter. July 15, 1954. (Photo by Reuterphoto).
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DEU, Germany, Dortmund: Personalities from politics, business and culture from the years 1965-71. Mining. Underground. Miners ca. 1965. washhouse, Europe
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Fishermen roll out a fishing boat from the water to the shore.
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Street vendor in Kinosaki, Japan
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Vintage Photograph. Government inspection of viscera at Swift & Co
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1930s ELEPHANT AND WORKERS ERECTING BIG TOP CIRCUS TENT
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Miner of solfara vodi wearing a gas mask, assoro, sicily, 70s
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French Rubber Industry, Englebert Tire Factory (Magazine Unit, part of French Defense). Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel
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Construction workers on the banks of the Yangtze River, Chongqing Port, Chongqing, China, Asia
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The Strike Action of the Miners' Strike and Their Everyday Life from 11-15 February 1974 in Coventry, South Wales and Deal, GBR, Great Britain
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With the last dog the coal mine Waltrop ended its coal feeding in the coalfield on 29.06.1979 in Dortmund-Waltrop, DEU, Germany, Dortmund, Europe
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Worker works on ship decontamination in Florida
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RUS, UdSSR, Irkutsk: Impressions from the USSR 1972 Siberia. Irkitsk. Aluminium plant
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