Underground Industrial Workplaces

Snapshots of various underground factories from the 1940s, depicting kitchen work, clothing distribution, and food processing in large, open spaces.

Side profile of a group of female workers in a textile factory

1930S 1940S Group Of Woman Working In Food Processing Plant In Honolulu Hawaii Slicing Pineapple Preparing To Be Canned Workers

Women at work during the First World War Three women glass workers pack a 'government order for 1 million lamp bulbs' at a warehouse somewhere in Britain. Two of the women crouch down to pack boxes, whilst a third is framed in the doorway as she enters the warehouse, carrying a box full of light bulbs. The ground is lined with straw to prevent breakages.

Poll photo collection. Reporting Kerko Haarlem. Room with strings of ironing machines at Kerko shirts company. August 9, 1954. Haarlem

Poll photo collection. Cork industry in Llagostera (Catalonia region). Workers sort raw benches. undated. Llagostera, Spain

Collection Dutch Heidematschappij. Buildings, workers, workshops, tools. undated

Repairing Books For the Services- the work of the Services Central Book Depot, London, England, UK , 1944 Women at work in the repair depot of the Services Central Book Depot. These women are all volunteers and are working hard to repair many different types of books. In the background can be seen the presses which, according to the original caption, have been 'used in the binding of some of Britain's most valuable books'.

Collection Dutch Heidematschappij. Workers, workshops, tools, work. undated

Anefo photo collection. Warehouse from the Bijenkorf. Price reduction due to the revaluation of the guilder. September 25, 1973

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

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

Technical School- Training at Tottenham Polytechnic, Middlesex, England, UK, 1944 Boys use welding equipment in a workshop at Tottenham Polytechnic. In the foreground, one boy (wearing protective goggles) is welding copper pipe, whilst behind him, a boy is doing some lead soldering. In the background, the instructor is inspecting the work of another pupil.

Anefo photo collection. Breda girls work in Breda to English king's clothing. January 26, 1953. Breda

Poll photo collection. Cork industry in Llagostera (Catalonia region). Workers adhesives wooden boards. undated. Llagostera, Spain

Body Inspection

The British Cotton Industry- Everyday Life at a British Cotton Mill, Lancashire, England, UK, 1945 Cotton worker Mary Moss hard at work at her 'drawing-in machine' at a cotton mill, somewhere in Lancashire. The original caption states that she has worked as a drawing-in machine operator for 35 years, most of which have been at this particular machine.

Demobilization of British Service Personnel in the Far East In a warehouse at Singapore docks baggage belonging to British officers returning to the United Kingdom for demobilisation is stored before being loaded onto the appropriate troopship.

Poll photo collection. Manufacture of varadine flushing set. Woman busy mounting the rinsing. 1932. Utrecht (city)

The rope ware track (pictured name).The rope warehouse (depicted name)

For Centuries the potters have shaped their clay on the very spot where young men and women today learn this art at big Jerusalem pottery. October 7, 1950.

10,000 Parcels Ready For British Prisoners -- Mr. Adams watching some of the parcels being packed today.Under the organisation or Mr. Adams (Chairman or Thomas Cook's who recently took over the directorship of the parcels department of the Red Cross) one of London's biggest stores expects to have 10,000 parcels for British prisoners of war, ready by tomorrow (Sat).Mr. Adams has decided that a reserve or 300,000 parcels is necessary if the flow of packages to the men is to proceed smoothly. February 21, 1941. (Photo by LNA).

For First Publication Evenings Thurs, JulyPassed by the CensorPhoto Shows: Ladys Lyttelton (right) at work on her bench with Mrs. David Eccles.Lady Lyttleton at work in a Factory. Lady Lyttelton, wife of the Minister of Production, is now a "general hand" at a factory which builds all kinds of trailers for the Ministry of Aircraft Production. She works at a bench making fittings ***** for packing delicate aircraft parts and is known to her workmates and plain "Mrs Lyttleton." October 10, 1943. (Photo by Associated Press)

Women working at Hosiery Mill, Union Point, Greene County, Georgia, USA, Jack Delano for U.S. Farm Security Administration, October 1941

Conservation factory Gifhorn, women sorting the deepest peas

Anefo photo collection. 2 meters currant bread for Monaco from Zwolle. February 2, 1957. Overijssel, Zwolle

A poultry expert removes eggs from an automatic chute in an air conditioned hen house circa 1938.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Dutch operations against republican authorities and bodies. Batavia: the main switchboard on the Djakarta telephone office. During the acquisition of the 6300 connections 5800 were switched off because wooden pennies were placed in the Verbiën .. July 20, 1947. Batavia, Indonesia, Jakarta, Dutch East Indies

Anefo photo collection. Montages from the DAF Passenger car in Eindhoven hoof-shaped point glass line, on which the corrosion of side planting is provided. February 24, 1959. Eindhoven

Anefo photo collection. Final competitions Telex typing telegraphs Amsterdam. November 29, 1952. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Anefo photo collection. View day Veilinghuis Christie's Amsterdam porcelain called Nanking Cargo VOC ship De Geldermalsen. Visitors view porcelain. April 19, 1986. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

1940s WORLD WAR 2 WOMEN DEFENSE INDUSTRY WORKERS ASSEMBLING METAL,BALL BEARINGS AT ROLLER BEARING COMPANY

Vintage photograph. Assembly of indicators for most powerful airborne radar being built for the US Navy

Munitions Production in Britain, 1940- Clocking Off A large group of female munitions workers, wearing their overalls and mop caps, gather at the ordance factory clocks to punch their clocking off cards before leaving work for the day. Their joy at it being home time is evident in the smiles on their faces!

Industry during the First World War Women gauging splinterless glass for use in gas masks at the Crowndale Works in Camden Town, London, during the First World War.

Collection Dutch Heidematschappij. Buildings, workshops, workers, tools. undated

Dassault Aircraft Factory. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Conservation factory Gifhorn, women sorting the deepest peas

A Day in the Life of a Munitions Worker, Britain, 1940 Mrs Skinner clocks on for her shift at a munitions factory, somewhere in Britain, 1940. A large group of her fellow workers are lined up behind her to punch their work card when their turn arrives.

Anefo photo collection. Series Zilversmederij Hooykaas. January 29, 1947

At The Warrington Burtonwood Air Depot In England, Where Flak-Torn Planes Are Repaired And Modified For Future Missions, Pvt. Gerald D. Turner Of Oklahoma Works Amidst A Tangle Of Fuel Lines. 30 October 1943.

Italian Prisoners of War in Britain- Everyday Life at An Italian Pow Camp, England, UK, 1945 Bakers shape loaves of bread in the bakery of the N.144 Italian workers camp near London. The men are Bacchisio Bellu, Salvatore Mura, Mario Raimondis, Rosario Di Stefano and Antonio Annicchiarico.

SAAR Story - Ceramics in the SAAR. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Sticky Bomb- the Production of the No 74 Grenade in Britain, 1943 Women war workers fit knitted woollen jackets onto the glass flasks of sticky bombs at a factory workshop, somewhere in Britain. The women, including Mrs B Colman (nearest to the camera) and Miss H Brearley (centre), fasten the jackets by means of a drawstring around the neck of the flask. The woollen jackets will soon be coated with adhesive to enable them to stick to their target before detonation.

Laundry in Wartime- the work of Gleniffer Laundry, Catford, London, England, UK, 1944 Women clip blankets to a conveyor at Gleniffer Laundry in Catford. The conveyor will carry the blankets into this special machine to dry. Hot air circulates within the machine, drying the blankets thoroughly.

General Scrap- Salvage in Wartime Britain, 1943 A busy scene in the salvage depot at Thurston in Suffolk. Left to right, the salvage workers are: Mrs Kenidge and Mrs Wetherall, who are sorting paper; Mrs Blacket, who is taking a sack of bottles from Ronnie Millege; and Laura Bradley and Cynthia Farron, who are sorting rags.

Hand Tool Exhibit - Cambrai (Magazine Unit). Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Workers spraying masonry water repellents on scaffolding

Royal Air Force Technical Training Command, 1940-1945. Trainee cooks learning how to prepare meals using field kitchens at the RAF School of Cookery, Halton, Buckinghamshire.

High angle view of workshop at vocational school for aircraft construction workers, San Diego, California, USA, Russell Lee, U.S. Farm Security Administration, May 1941

Sorters scrutinising Asparagus shoots, cut into three for rejection of Inferior stalks. March 13, 1947. (Photo by Seabrook Farms).

Outworking Unit- the Contribution of Outworkers To the War Effort, England, UK, 1944 Women at work producing radio location components for Belling & Lee Ltd, at an outworking unit in Chinnor, Oxfordshire.

Packing and despatching; the duties of volunteers at the Red Cross headquarters. Acres of cardboard and miles of string were used each week in the distribution of 70,000 parcels to the British prisoners of war. Date: 1942

Anefo photo collection. Glass blowing Leerdam suction lessons. December 19, 1946. Leerdam

Post War Planning and Reconstruction in Britain- the Construction of Temporary Housing The kitchen of a newly completed prefabricated house.

Pottery in the Making- the work of J and G Meakin Pottery, Hanley, Stoke-on-trent, Staffordshire, England, 1942 Mrs Dudley paints a design onto a plate with enamel at the J & G Meakin factory in Hanley. According to the original caption, the plates are due to be exported to South America and Mrs Dudley has been a pottery worker since her school days.

Weavers working in a carpet factory. France.

Vintage Photograph. Wiring Electronics at the Submarine Signal Company.

Anefo photo collection. Blast furnace guideline Okelly against Galway and Wood against Kortenaer. January 6, 1948. Gough

Collection Dutch Heidematschappij. Buildings, men, exhibitions, tools. undated

Sparking Plugs For Flying Forts- Production of Spark Plugs For Flying Fortresses, England, UK, 1944 At a factory producing spark plugs for Flying Fortress aircraft, female war workers sits at a table and assemble insulators.

General Scrap- Salvage in Wartime Britain, 1943 Mrs Golding (left) and Mrs Ringrose weigh salvaged cardboard at the central depot in Tostock in Suffolk. Each grade of paper is sold in 4 ton lots and each local village is credited with the amount they have sent it. The cardboard being weighed here raises 6/ 7d per cwt.

Four young people in a workshop, 1950s, boys working together on a wood project in a workshop, historical photo

The British Cotton Industry- Everyday Life at a British Cotton Mill, Lancashire, England, UK, 1945 Hilda Mackenzie works as a ball warper at a cotton mill, somewhere in Lancashire. Her job is to wind the fine threads on to a circular wooden beam. Here, she is mending broken threads, which are located by the flashing red lights on the bobbin frame (these lights appear white in the photograph).

Work at a Royal Ordnance Shell Filling Factory, January 1942 Women war workers sew cartridges in the Cordite Section of this factory, possibly ROF Bridgend.

Marva encoder telexists in De Bunker in Scheveningen, 1954

Radio Series on Launderette. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Information office radio broadcaster Dutch Guinea. PTT office Hollandia harbor. Sort mail. October 1960. Hollandia, Guinea

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

Anefo photo collection. Food factory "Limco". April 17, 1946

Collection Dutch Heidematschappij. Buildings, interior, workshops, workers. undated

12/31/1936. Sausage Factory, whose industry was almost as important as that of Ammunition, and which the Defense Board attends with special interest.

Workers moulding sugar eggs for Easter at Fuller's Confections factory in 1904. Date: March 30 1904

Anefo photo collection. Prince Bernhard Linoleum Factory Krommenie. July 19, 1949. Krommenie, Noord-Holland, Zaanstad

Everyday Life at a Ministry of Supply Shell Filling Factory, England, UK, 1941 The foreman explains the rules to this group of new recruits in the 'shifting house' at this filling factory. The shifting house is where workers changed from their outdoor clothes (the 'dirty' side) into their factory clothes and stepped across the barrier onto the 'clean' side. Strict rules were in operation on the clean side due to the highly dangerous nature of work.

Jewish factories in Palestine on Plain of Sharon & along the coast to Haifa. Rishon le Zion. The Okava Safety Blade factory. Packing by hand & machinery & stamping. 1939, Israel, Richon le-Tsiyon

Picking waste out of shelled peanuts. Peanut-shelling plant. Comanche, Texas 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , Comanche, Texas , Comanche County

Poll photo collection. Israel 1948-1949: Natanya. Workers of the elite chocolate factory packaging sweets. January 1, 1948. Israel, Natanya

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

Laundry in Wartime- the work of Gleniffer Laundry, Catford, London, England, UK, 1944 Women in the special stain removal department at Gleniffer Laundry in Catford set to work on some stubborn stains. In the foreground, a stand holding various different 'potions' and solvents used to remove stains can be seen.

footwear industry, 1910-1920

Wrapping quarter pounds of butter at the Dairymen's Cooperative Creamery. Caldwell, Canyon County, Idaho. During 1940, 4,000,000 pounds of butterfat were received by the cooperative 1941. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Idaho , Caldwell, Idaho , Canyon County

Industry. 1950.

Hawaii, USA. November 20, 1928. Food-Hawaii-Canning. Native Girls Packing Pineapple Into Cans in a canning factory. Focus on three young ladies standing at conveyor belt picking up skinned pineapples to put them in a can, in a factory

A Chemist Carries On- the work of Allen and Hanburys in the Production of Cod Liver Oil, 1942 A female worker pastes labels onto bottles of cod liver oil compound in the packing department of Allen and Hanburys factory, probably in the Bethnal Green/Shoreditch area of London. The tub of glue and brush and a pile of labels can be seen on the table in front of rows of bottles.

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

Hand Workers Have Large Share in Queen's Coronation Robe. Hand warping for silk is carried out by Mrs. Whitehead, at the Braintree mills. Cloth is formed in the loom by interlacing the warp, or longitudinal threads, with the waft, or transverse threads. Weavers began to-day (Tuesday) the half a yard a day task of making the 20 yards of velvet for the Queen's Coronation robe, at the Now Mills of Warner & Sons, Limited, at Braintree, Essex. The velvet, all silk, will be £1 inches wide. November 18, 1952. (Photo by Reuterphoto).

Vintage photograph. Women tobacco strippers at work in the tobacco growers cooperative stripping plant in Comerio Puerto Rico

Jewish factories in Palestine on Plain of Sharon and along the coast to Haifa. Haifa. The 'Splendid Model.' Designing and dressmaking establishment. Designing of dresses. 1939, Israel, Haifa

Photography on Hemsjökraft AB. Fagersta ironworks.

Men operating machinery, woman making eyeglasses , Armories, Ordnance industry, Eyeglasses, Watertown Arsenal Mass.. Records of U.S. Army Operational

Woman seated at a table, working in a shoe factory, Lynn, Mass. | Library of Congress

1940s WOMEN IN A WELDING CLASS AT THE BEGINNING OF WORLD WAR 2 HOPING TO SPEED PRODUCTION AND ASSIST IN THE WAR EFFORT - q6154 CPC001 HARS CONFLICT FEMALES WW2 JOBS COPY SPACE HALF-LENGTH LADIES PERSONS GOGGLES MALES CONFIDENCE B&W SKILL OCCUPATION SKILLS HOME FRONT HIGH ANGLE ADVENTURE AND EFFORT EXCITEMENT WORLD WARS LABOR PRIDE WORLD WAR WORLD WAR TWO WORLD WAR II OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYMENT FEMININE OCCUPATIONS WARTIME WELDING HOPING HEAD SCARF FEMINISM WORLD WAR 2 ASSIST EMPLOYEE WELDERS COOPERATION DEFENSE BEGINNING BLACK AND WHITE CAUCASIAN ETHNICITY LABORING OLD FASHIONED WORK CLOTHES

This Tops It -- Rows of lighted mirrors made it possible to fit the 400 extras with assembly line efficiency. December 14, 1951. (Photo by Kitty).;This Tops It -- Rows of lighted mirrors made it possible to fit the 400 extras with assembly line efficiency.

French sweatshop clothes factory, Paris, 1900

Anefo photo collection. stand builders. 26 February 1948

Farmer's wife weaves c. 1930, exact place unknown, Germany, Europe

Anefo photo collection. Photos "New Holland". March 23, 1948. Holland

Woman distributing work in a shoe factory, Lynn, Mass. | Library of Congress

Image of cigar makers of the Denova cigar factory (Kanaalweg 95) in Utrecht, while applying the wrapper around the cigar forests.

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

Two Chinese women in simple dark jackets, at their machines at a tool plant during the first decade of the People's Republic of of China planned industrialization under the Communist leadership of Mao Zedong. 1956.

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