Rural Construction and Labor

Photographs of rural construction sites and communities showing agricultural laborers and their living conditions in historical contexts.

Brooder tents for chickens on the Arizona part-time farms. Maricopa County, Chandler Unit, Arizona 1940. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Arizona , Chandler, Arizona , Maricopa County

Tractors with pneumatic tires are replacing mules on the Delta plantations. Arkansas. 1939. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Arkansas, Farms, Tractors, Farm mechanization

Nobel's oil facilities in Baku image are included in two large photo albums by director Karl Wilhelm Hagelin who worked for a long time at Nobel's oil facilities in Baku.

Sawmill of the 4th K.U.K. Army in Galicia.

Note on changing rural life. On U.S. 99. Benton County, Oregon, Williamette Valley. 1939. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Oregon , Williamette Valley, Farms

Corn crib on owner-operated farm of G.H. West near Estherville, Iowa. Note wealth of equipment. 1936. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Iowa , Estherville, Iowa , Emmet County

Bronx: Edgewater Road - Lafayette Avenue. 1936. Photographs. Irma and Paul Milstein Division of United States History, Local History and Genealogy. New York (N.Y.), Bronx (New York, N.Y.), Road construction, Edgewater Road (New York, N.Y.)

Farm Security Administration (FSA) temporary camp for migrants. Gridley, California. Peak of the season is August. 1939. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Gridley, California , Butte County, Migrant laborers, Migrant agricultural laborers, Internal migrants, Temporary housing

Deep drilling fountain with göppel drive in Milcza.

Loran Station Installation. Electronics - Loran Station installation in the Southwest Pacific area.

FSA (Farm Security Administration) duration dormitories for workers at the Navy shipyards. Bremerton, Washington 1941. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Washington (State) , Bremerton, Washington (State) , Kitsap County

Project 20 - Operation Greenhouse (Enewetak) Test Activities. Post Shot Easy - Damage Building 338B. Photographs of Atmospheric Nuclear Testing at Pacific Island and Nevada Test Sites.

Filling station and store across the street from the FSA (Farm Security Administration) labor camp. Caldwell, Idaho. 1941. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Idaho , Caldwell, Idaho , Canyon County

Men working on office building of replacement cantonment of coast artillery. San Diego, California 1940. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , San Diego, California , San Diego County

undefined. 1931 - 1963. NARA's Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Fish and Wildlife Service. Minneapolis Regional Office. 1940-1970. Annual Reports

Farming (Workers in Field). 1930 - 1949.. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Sign at a tomato packing shed for migrant and local labor. Hazlehurst, Mississippi. 1937. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Mississippi , Hazlehurst, Mississippi , Copiah County, Agricultural laborers

White House Grounds Road Construction. Original caption: White House Grounds road construction. Closeup: Excavator loading truck with dirt.

Distribution Department, Low Service Pipe Lines, condition after break in 30-inch main, Boylston Street at Boylston Place; Cameron Street, Brookline, Mass., Feb. 14, 1917 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites

Digging a hole Nitrate negatives, black-and-white negatives

Watertown Arsenal storage area for uranium scrap and residues , Armories, Ordnance industry, Storage facilities, Watertown Arsenal Mass.. Records of U.S. Army Operational

Padang Halaban - factory with expansion (rear). November 1938, Anonymous, 1938 photograph View of the palm oil factory on the Padang Halaban plantation, with the new expansion, November 1938. In the foreground some train tracks. Part of the photo album about the Pernantian and Brussels plantations of the Sumatra Caoutchouc Maatschappij on the east coast of Sumatra in the years 1935-1939. Sumatra photographic support gelatin silver print plantation. (non-fruit) products of plants or trees: palm oil. factory-building Sumatra

Section of Kern migrant camp, California. 1936. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Kern County, Dust Bowl Era, 1931-1939, Migrant agricultural laborers, Internal migrants, Labor camps

Distribution Department, Weston Aqueduct Supply Mains, rear of No. 11 Brae Burn Road (compare with No. 7200), Newton, Mass., Jul. 18, 1916 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites

160 Gould Street , Commercial facilities, Industry, Truck industry. Needham Building Collection

Metropolitan Water Works Miscellaneous, Engineers Office, sign on small building, 'Metropolitan Water Works Engineers Office'; 3 engineers standing in front with surveying equipment, likely after working in the aqueduct tunnel, Northborough, Mass., ca. 1895-1899 , waterworks, engineers, surveying instruments

Barn Fire. Original caption: Miscellaneous (barn fire).. 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

Midway Dairy cooperative, near Santa Ana, California. Photographs. 1936. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Santa Ana (Calif.), California , Orange County, Dairying, Cooperative

The paper mill in Pauliström.

Industrial area in Anneberg.

Photograph of interior of Bl. 2024, 1020 Wall. Mkt., B. Bendin Co, shipping office.

Fruit. Holly inspects the Schanzeugzeugdepot NRO7. Location: Cellulosefabrik Villach. Open.31.August 1915..

Poll photo collection. Wine regions - Chteauneuf-du-Pape. On the weighbridge of the wine cellar where the grapes are pressed. undated. Chteauneuf-du-Pape, France

Forest Fire Equipment: Tool Caches - All States. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

El Monte Federal subsistence homesteads. One hundred homes, each with three quarters of an acre land, all occupied. Average family income, eight hundred dollars per annum. 1936. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , El Monte, California , Los Angeles County, Subsistence farming, Homesteading

undefined. 1931 - 1963. NARA's Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Fish and Wildlife Service. Minneapolis Regional Office. 1940-1970. Annual Reports

Contract No. 71, WPA Sewer Construction, Holden, looking southerly on Lovell Road, Sta. 15+00, Holden Sewer, Holden, Mass., Aug. 5, 1941

Contract No. 116, Quabbin Park Cemetery Building, Ware, looking northwesterly at Quabbin Park Cemetery building, contractor's office at left, showing general conditions, Ware, Mass., Nov. 19, 1940

Farmersville, Tulare County. Migrants' winter quarters. 1939. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Farmersville, California , Tulare County, Internal migrants, Migrant agricultural laborers

Sappeur and engineering material captions office at the Bahnhofe Luck received on November 24, 1915..

Customs goods at Haparanda. Winter 1916-1917

The State Railways, SJ Ban department, BA storage.

Camp of migrant agricultural workers along the highway in California. This signboard is used as a windbreak. 1938. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California, Migrant agricultural laborers

Contract No. 71, WPA Sewer Construction, Holden, Main Street, looking ahead from opposite Sta. 2+50, Holden Sewer, Holden, Mass., Jan. 21, 1941

Indian people at sugar factory meritjan weigh bridge and locomotive premise in Kediri on Java; SF. Meritjan weighbridge with locomotive exempt. Part of photo album with recordings of four sugar factories on Java.

Clyde's cowshed under construction gelatin silver negatives, black-and-white negatives

Summer field kitchen in Langenfeld.25.8.17. .

Poll photo collection. Netherlands Antilles and Suriname at the time of the royal visit of Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard in 1955. The Queen visits the pasteurization design of the corporate farm of the Surinamese Bauxite Maatschappij in Moengo. October 1, 1955. Moengo, Suriname

Contract No. 105, Lightning Protection for Buildings, Barre, Belchertown, Hardwick, Marlborough, Rutland, Southborough, Weston, West Boylston, general view of ground rod, air terminals and miscellaneous connections and fasteners used on Contract 105, Weston, Mass., Jul. 11, 1941

Contract No. 71, WPA Sewer Construction, Holden, Maple Street, looking southeasterly at manhole 4A-5-10, Holden Sewer, Holden, Mass., May 22, 1941

Warehouse of produce company. Santa Clara, Utah. Much local produce is shipped to other states 1940. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Utah , Santa Clara, Utah , Washington County

Coal miners, Jenkins, Kentucky. 1935. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Calipatria, Imperial Valley. Idle pea pickers discuss prospects for work. California. 1939. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Calipatria, California , Imperial County, Unemployed, Agricultural laborers

Original caption: "Misc. Building Construction". 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. Netherlands Antilles and Suriname at the time of the royal visit of Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard in 1955. Preparations for the reception of the royal couple. October 1955. Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles

Padang Halaban - Water supply (belongs to Pad. Hall. No. 258). Water supply, Shibaya, 1937 photograph Water supply and installation for the water supply on the Padang Halaban plantation, 1937. Part of the photo album about the Pernantian and Brussels plantations of the Sumatra Caoutchouc Company on the east coast of Sumatra in the years 1935-1939. Sumatra photographic support gelatin silver print plantation. water-supply and draining, pipework (in house or building) Pernantin

Fire In Camp. Original Title: Miscellaneous. 1930 - 1949.. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Fire Suppression: Special Crews - California. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Bertha Trombley, barn, Shutesbury, Mass., July 16, 1937 : Parcel no. 466-11 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, real estate, residential structures, barns

Group of men and women posing at a factory complex for oil extraction in Pangkalan-Brandan on Sumatra. Part of travel album with photographs of activity and sights on Sumatra and Java and from the trip to and from the Dutch East Indies.

Twenty truckloads of corn were sent as a gift from the farmers of Livingston County, Illinois to southeastern Illinois flood counties. Near Carmi, Illinois. 1937. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Illinois , Carmi, Illinois , White County

Description: Cement Storage Silos, Dar es Salaam: Through these two pipes, cement is pumped direct from the ship into the storage. This system of discharging is known as the 'Silo Discharging System'. Location: Dar es Salaam, Tanganyika Date: 1960s africa

undefined. 1931 - 1963. NARA's Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Fish and Wildlife Service. Minneapolis Regional Office. 1940-1970. Annual Reports

Used tires, Minot, North Dakota. 1937. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. North Dakota , Minot, North Dakota , Ward County

Farmers' supply co-op. Nyssa, Malheur County, Oregon. See general caption number 70. 1939. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Oregon , Nyssa, Oregon , Malheur County, Agriculture, Cooperative, Farm supplies

Fuel sheds seen from the lime oven in N-O direction. October 1926., 1926 photograph View of the fuel sheds on the factory site, October 1926. Part of the photo album with photos of the construction of the sugar factory in Goenoengsari on East Java by the Handels Vereniging Amsterdam 1926-1927. East Java photographic support gelatin silver print East Java

Sign of contractor's pea workers camp. Canyon County, Idaho 1941. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Idaho , Canyon County

Sign on sack warehouse used for storing wheat. Garfield County, Washington 1941. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Washington (State) , Garfield County

Office and company store, which shut down when mill closed in 1938. Western Washington, Grays Harbor County, Malone, Washington. See General caption number 39. 1939. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Washington (State) , Malone, Washington (State) , Grays Harbor County, Plant shutdowns, Lumber industry, Company stores

Aluminum collected during drive. Oro Fino, Idaho 1941. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Idaho , Orofino, Idaho , Clearwater County

Cotton Gin near Little Rock, where cotton is pressed into bales , Industrial facilities, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Supply warehouse scene, Fort George G. Meade, Md. , Military facilities, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

The exterior of the shop of A.S. Walker, builder and decorator, London, which also sells wheelbarrows, plumbing equipment, tanks, boilers. logs, ladders, wood burners &c Date: 1930s

Albumin photograph from 1866 showing a Dreschmate machine by Garret et Son, depicting agricultural machinery and components used for threshing.

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