Traditional American Craftsmen

Images depict laborers engaged in traditional crafts, such as furniture making and cotton loading, highlighting the toil and skill in rural America during the 1930s and 1940s.

Farmer who has small plot in rapidly growing settlement of lettuce workers on outskirts of Salinas, California. 1939. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Salinas, California , Monterey County, Migrant agricultural laborers, Farmers

In Arkansas Hills (Ozarks) near Seligman, Missouri, splitting hickory for chair-bottoms. His father before him and his son after him make furniture for a living. 1938. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Missouri , Seligman, Missouri , Barry County

Loading cotton. Southern San Joaquin Valley, California. 1936. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , San Joaquin Valley (Calif.), Cotton pickers, Cotton

White bricklayer, Corpus Christi, Texas. He is working on a U.S.H.A. project which is constructing two hundred forty-nine units for married enlisted men and civilian employees 1940. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , Corpus Christi, Texas , Nueces County

Farmer emptying slush from well which he is drilling with cable tools, Pie Town, New Mexico. 1940. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New Mexico , Pie Town, New Mexico , Catron County

Sawing shingles by means of horizontal circular saw at small mill near Jefferson, Texas 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , Jefferson, Texas , Marion County

Greasing gear on mule-drawn combine. Walla Walla County, Washington 1941. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Washington (State) , Walla Walla County

Farmer who has small plot in rapidly growing settlement of lettuce workers on outskirts of Salinas, California. 1939. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Salinas, California , Monterey County, Migrant agricultural laborers, Farmers

Hoe culture. Alabama tenant farmer near Anniston. 1936. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Alabama , Anniston, Alabama , Calhoun County, Tenant farmers

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

Wheat farmer. Whitman County, Washington 1941. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Washington (State) , Whitman County

Desert agriculture. Brushed chili field. Replanting chili plants on a Japanese-owned ranch. Imperial Valley, California. 1937. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Imperial County, Agriculture

Gear levers on caterpillar tractor. Whitman County, Washington 1941. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Washington (State) , Whitman County

Photo collection Government information service. Miner with pneumatic drill at work. undated

Indian - Alaska. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

India In Wartime --- Tatas, pioneers of Indian Heavy Industry. Large-scale production of Indian iron and steel by the well-known Indian firm of Tatas. This fifty years old Muslim worker has been to Mecca. Though his red ***** board shows white round the roots, he is still hale and hearty and up to his heavy job. April 26, 1944. (Photo by Indian Official Photograph).

Fish Hatcheries - Colorado. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Laying Pipeline. 1900 - 1954. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Aberdeen Area Office. Crow Creek Agency. 1949-1954. Photographs

Tying up sacks which will be used to hold wool. Sheep shearing time on ranch in Malheur County, Oregon 1941. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Oregon , Malheur County

Man who is building a new trailer court scraping secondhand brick which will be used in building a cesspool. San Diego, California. New trailer courts are springing up monthly because they seem to be the preferred type of housing 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

Anefo photo collection. The 1964 harvest, the work on the country. July 22, 1964

Photography from "An account of manufacturing at the State Railway's prosthetic workshop in Nässjö", 1932. Man with double leg prostheses goes down stairs without support.

Worker. Shasta Dam, Shasta County, California 1941. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Shasta County

Equipment (Red Water Dam - Pile Driver). 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

Truck driver repairing tire. Corpus Christi, Texas 1940. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , Corpus Christi, Texas , Nueces County

Putting up barbed wire fence on the Milton farm at El Indio, Texas 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , El Indio, Texas , Maverick County

Chemical Wood (mold) - West Virginia. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Grain harvest, San Luis Valley Farms, Alamosa, Colorado 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Strawberry growers, Hammond, Louisiana. 1935. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Carpenter at work on the first laborer's shelter at the Berwyn project near the lake site, Greenbelt, Maryland.. Photographs. 1936-02. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Chicago, 1929 - Man at controls of a Marion 5600 steam shovel

Emptying cotton after weighing. Small cotton farm. Kern County, California. 1938. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Kern County, Cotton, Farms

Disinfestation of a vineyard with pesticides 1930

Migrant Orange Picker, Polk County, Florida, USA, Arthur Rothstein for U.S. Resettlement Administration, January 1937

Men are working at top pressure at fuel supply depots in Melbourne to cope with the demand for wood and briquettes, caused by the strike of gas workers. August 16, 1937.

Strawberry growers, Hammond, Louisiana. 1935. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Workmen. Shasta Dam, Shasta County, California 1941. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Shasta County

Oiling the combine. Walla Walla County, Washington 1941. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Washington (State) , Walla Walla County

Steelworker in Pittsburgh steel mill, Pennsylvania 1938. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Splitting shingles. Arkansas. 1935. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

In a migratory labor camp. California. 1936. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California, Internal migrants, Dust Bowl Era, 1931-1939

Pouring wheat into hole of barge at Port Kelly. Walla Walla County, Washington. Barge goes down Columbia River to Portland 1941. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Washington (State) , Walla Walla County

Threading a pipe at blacksmith shop. San Augustine, Texas. 1939. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , San Augustine, Texas , San Augustine County

The gravity of soap oil is determined. Soap oil is obtained by extraction with a solvent from the cake which remains after the first 2 pressings. 1/3 of our total consumption of fats/ oils is for non-food. 18%%%%%%%% of this non-food uses of oil is for soap 1942. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Strathmore, California , Tulare County

Two men standing by tractor discussing plans

Zinc Smelter Worker, Picher, Oklahoma, USA, Arthur Rothstein, Farm Security Administration, May 1936

1930's - CCC enrollees doing stone work on houses at Cove Lake State Park

Sawmill operator. Irwinville Farms, Ga. 1935 1935. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

The best chains used in ships are still made by hand.A big handmade link. June 19, 1933. (Photo by C. Delius).

"Pond monkey" steers log raft in mill pond. Keno, Klamath County, Oregon. General caption number 61. 1939. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Oregon , Keno, Oregon , Klamath County, Sawmills, Lumber industry

Old Lobsterman Holding Lobster

Weigher at poultry cooperative, Brownwood, Texas. 1939. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , Brownwood, Texas , Brown County

Farmer unloading pulpwood. Coos County, New Hampshire. 1936. 1936. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New Hampshire , Coos County

Strawberry growers, Hammond, Louisiana. 1935. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Elsevier photo collection. Touwslagerij. Rope shop. {1940-1945}

Memphis, Tennessee: February 2, 1937 A chain gang prisoner from the Shelby County Penal Farm pauses to clean his shoes while sandbagging a Mississippi River levee.

Supervisor in Moengo, 1929 - 1930 photograph Suriname photographic support opencast mine; strip mining Moengo. Albina

Migrant Worker Picking Sugar Beets

Detail of miner's boots, Mogollon, New Mexico. 1940. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New Mexico , Mogollon, New Mexico , Catron County

Original caption: "Misc. Farming". 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

Young workshop workers.

Drilling in the open pit, Boliden mine.

Mine foreman, Mogollon, New Mexico. 1940. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New Mexico , Mogollon, New Mexico , Catron County

Information office radio broadcaster Dutch Guinea. Roading stem white runners - cocoa planting settler Manokwari. 1958. Manokwari, Guinea

Pipefitter holding a machine, 1942

Cable joint at Pupinbox on the western main line.

Miner at gold mine, Mogollon, New Mexico. 1940. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New Mexico , Mogollon, New Mexico , Catron County

E Olsson in work with the track at Harsjön 1960.

pesca delle anguille sul po' a cremona, 1930-1940

New farmer clearing land of sage brush. Vale-Owyhee irrigation project, Malheur County, Oregon. On the Vale-Owyhee project the average farmer has been able to clear and get into cultivation (small grain, alfalfa) 44 acres in the 1st year on his farm 1941. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Oregon , Malheur County

Sawmill operator. Irwinville Farms, Ga. 1935 1935. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

HOUSE TIME. A carpenter marks the cutting for the knot. Markussons Gård, Vika, Mora parish, Dalarna. Nordic

Oil Field Worker Drinking Water, Kilgore, Texas, USA, Russell Lee, Farm Security Administration, April 1939

The State Railways, SJ DM 836. Workshop workers with a lubrication syringe.

Farmer just finished stacking Corn, Suffield, Connecticut, USA, Jack Delano, U.S. Farm Security Administration, September 1940

Railroads/Gare St. Lazare - Railroad Workers. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Striking zinc miner, Columbus, Kansas, USA, Arthur Rothstein, U.S. Farm Security Administration, May 1936

The spontaneous strike, here on 10.9.1969 by the miners of the Minister Stein colliery, was one of the starting points of the strike movement of what later became known as the September strikes in the coalfield, Germany, Europe

Coos County, New Hampshire. Cutting ice on the Ottaquetchee i.e. Ottauquechee River 1936. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company lineman with his equipment in 1929 (BSLOC_2016_10_39)

Vintage Photograph. Man stands next to machine reviewing blueprints.

Vintage Photograph. A farmer putting eggs into a wire basket.

1930s BOY ASSISTING MAN BUCKING CUTTING FIREWOOD TO LENGTH BEFORE SPLITTING USING HAND POWERED BUCKSAW AND SAWBUCK

Fotocollectie Elsevier. Bijnowledge "Fire protection Atlantic Ocean. Text, engine pump waiting command water.". Duitse Brandweer Organization Todt. Augustus 1941

Elsevier photo collection. Fisheries Monnickendam. Sprot edited. 1940-1945}. Monnickendam

Transplanting Beds. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Miner waiting for ride home, Capels, West Virginia, USA, Marion Post Wolcott, U.S. Farm Security Administration, September 1938

Carpenter Sawing a Plank of Wood 1880s-90s Unknown. Carpenter Sawing a Plank of Wood 291865

Driver of combine threshing oats on La Delta Project, Thomastown, Louisiana, USA, Marion Post Wolcott, U.S. Farm Security Administration, June 1940

Old historical photograph showing farmer, farm hand, agricultural labourer sowing by casting handfuls of seed on farmland

1930s COMPOSITE IMAGE YOUR TYPICAL WORKING MAN WALKING HOLDING LUNCHBOX WITH INDUSTRIAL BACKGROUND IMAGE OF WORKING STEEL MILL

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

Interior View of Old Blacksmith Shop, Now Demolished. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Elsevier photo collection. Touwslagerij. Rope shop. {1940-1945}

Description: Thatch Rope Manufacture, East End, Grand Cayman. Location: East End, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands Date: 1953-1954 caribbean, caymanislands, caribbeanthroughalens

TVA Tennessee Valley Authority: Construction of Douglas Dam. African American man, employed as a bucket man, wearing work gloves and holding the handle of a large industrial bucket at Tennessee Valley Authority's Douglas Dam, French Broad River, Tennessee, June 1942.. 1942. Photographs. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division. War work, Defense industry, Tennessee Valley Authority, Dam construction

Vintage Photograph. Mr. K.G. Plumb examines a nearly mature cotton plant in a field.

Napa Valley, California. More than twenty-five years a bindle-stiff. Walks from the mines to the lumber camps to the farms. The type that formed the backbone of the Industrial Workers of the World in California before the war. 1938. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Napa Valley, Migrant laborers, Depressions

Elsevier photo collection. Prince Claus laid stone Croeselaan Utrecht exhibition building Kon. Ned. Jaarbeurs. March 8, 1967. Utrecht (city)

Man who worked in Fullerton, Louisiana lumber mill for fifteen years. He is now left stranded in the cut-over area. 1937. Photographs, Portraits. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Louisiana , Fullerton, Louisiana , Vernon Parish, Unemployed

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