Vintage Construction Activities

Black and white photos focusing on historic construction scenes, laborers, and traditional building techniques used in various projects.

Vintage photograph. Shipbuilding at Essex, Massachusetts

Anefo photo collection. Minister Nijpels Chamber President Dolman Start Construction House Lower House. August 30, 1988

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

Anefo photo collection. Largest parlevinker from Western Europe, Mr. Arnitz from Millingen at Lobith, the floating department store. October 23, 1962

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

Anefo photo collection. Restoration of the New Church in Amsterdam, Steenhouwers in action. January 19, 1960. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Anefo photo collection. Ex-oyster growers in Yerseke get the first mushrooms in, close the cell. February 19, 1964. Yerseke, Zeeland

Vintage photograph. Carpenters building house, Massapequa, Long Island, New York. Models Released

Vintage Photograph. Loading cartons on truck in New York City.

Ladder at an old weathered barn in black and white colors

Vibro-concrete casting.

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

Road workers tar a road, ca. 1945 to 1955, Freiburg, Germany, Europe

Railway construction, Morjärv - Kalix, track work.

Anefo photo collection. Concertgebouw in Rotterdam (Construction). March 22, 1965. Rotterdam, South Holland

Anefo photo collection. Assignment Dutch Railways. Man works on the rails. June 6, 1961

Collection of the Dutch Heidematschappij. New construction, workers, work, head offices. undated

The Oxygen steelworks Phoenix of Hoesch AG on 25. 7. 1973 produced steel. Today, the former steelworks is an amusement park on the Phoenixsee lake in Dortmund-Hoerde, Germany, Europe

Construction workers at work.

Collection Dutch Heidematschappij. Workers, tools, tree trunks, walls. undated

Two construction workers working on a construction site, Seagram Building, Park Avenue, New York City, New York State, USA

Anefo photo collection. New addition to Madurodam: the Utrecht Dom tower. Workers place the upper part on the tower. March 23, 1983. The Hague, South Holland

Thomas Murphy, Vice-President, International Union of American Bricklayers, Masons & Plasterers, Visits Europe as NSA Consultant. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Warsaw - Chancery Office Building - 1962, United States photographs Related to Embassies, Consulates, and Other Overseas Buildings

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

Collection of the Dutch Heidematschappij. Construction work, constructions, workers, ladders. undated

PGR in Karsk Pyrzycki - roofers working on the roof of the building; from a series of photographs to the article of Helena Adamczewska "Start of tractor No. 00001" about the first "Ursus" tractor produced after the war, "Świat" 1954, No. 18, pp. 8-9; Prażuch, Wiesław (1925-1992); 1954 (1954-00-00-1954-00-00);

Vintage Photograph. Carpenters at work on home construction.

1930S Pair Of Boys Building Shack One Nailing Board To Side One On Roof With Saw

Anefo photo collection. Bathing season in the end. Beach bars in Hoek van Holland are demolished. September 10, 1963. Hoek van Holland

Vintage Photograph. Man mixing cement.

Anefo photo collection. Zaanse annual fair on Zaanse Schans, wood cutter at work. August 18, 1973

Poll photo collection. Amsterdam. Shoemaker in his workplace. January 1, 1932. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Anefo photo collection. Preparations for the World Cycling Championship in the Olympic Stadium. August 5, 1959

Anefo photo collection. Youth The Hague builds Olympic village. In the Tower Town Hall. July 11, 1968. The Hague, South Holland

Anefo photo collection. Hole in Wormer. October 14, 1959. Noord-Holland, Wormer, Zaanstad

Anefo photo collection. Manifestation "Kitsch in the art / art on glass ice" in more-to-reach in Amsterdam in the context of Holland Festival. 12 June 1981. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Ship carpentry.

Anefo photo collection. Dijk at Kampen Zuidoostpolder leveling the dyke. November 7, 1950. Kampen

Anefo photo collection. Amsterdam Historical Museum, the former Burger Orphanage, gets major restoration work. December 16, 1968. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Anefo photo collection. Disaster Tuindorp Oostzaan, the return, Enqeutor. January 29, 1960. Oostzaan

Anefo photo collection. Amsterdam. Restoration of the new church on the Dam: Working roofer on the roof of the church. April 17, 1961. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

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

Collection of the Dutch Heidematschappij. Laying, improving, road, dikes, savings basins, land consolidation, workers, rolling out, road tape. November 1966. Heerhugowaard, Noord-Holland

Collection Dutch Heidematschappij. Workers, woodworking. undated

Anefo photo collection. Construction of the pier in Scheveningen. On the right the hiking tens. March 27, 1961. Scheveningen, South Holland

1980s MAN CIVIL ENGINEER WEARING SAFETY HARD HAT INSPECTING CONSTRUCTION PLANS ON JOB SITE INDUSTRIAL TOWER CRANE IN BACKGROUND

Carpenter Working on Framework of a Unit of a Migrant Camp, Sinton, Texas, USA, Russell Lee, Farm Security Administration, October 1939

White House Army Signal Agency (WHASA) construction work at Fort Reno Park, Tenleytown, Washington, D.C. (19 Julyrn1961 through 19 January 1962). Unidentified man working on pipes at White House Army Signal Agency (WHASA) construction site. Telecommunications station (Cartwheel), Fort Reno Park, Tenleytown, Washington, D.C.

Poll photo collection. Israel 1948-1949: Kibbets Kiwath Brenner. Man at work in a woodworking town of Kibbets Kiwath Brenner. January 1, 1948. Israel, Rehovot

Collection of the Dutch Heidematschappij. Recreation sites, airports E.D., Swimming pools. August 1957. Leiderdorp

Anefo photo collection. Final hand to new amstel bridge. May 25, 1954

Trying To Set The Pub On Fire -- The publican and his wife, Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Faulkner, watching the blowlamps at work on their newly Thatched roof at Northolt to-day.The thatched roof of the Plough Hotel, Northolt, Middlesex, was set on fire in 1940 by a German incendiary bomb. Another attempt to set the roof on fire was made today but it was unsuccessful. The new thatch, made of Norfolk Reed, has been specially treated to make it fireproof, and workmen with blowlamps proved the effectiveness of the new treatment. May 7, 1948. (Photo by Fox).

White House Army Signal Agency (WHASA) construction work at Fort Reno Park, Tenleytown, Washington, D.C. (19 Julyrn1961 through 19 January 1962). Unidentified man putting tile on wall on interior of building at White House Army Signal Agency (WHASA) construction site. Telecommunications station (Cartwheel), Fort Reno Park, Tenleytown, Washington, D.C.

PGR in Karsk Pyrzycki - roofers working on the roof of the building; from a series of photographs to the article of Helena Adamczewska "Start of tractor No. 00001" about the first "Ursus" tractor produced after the war, "Świat" 1954, No. 18, pp. 8-9; Prażuch, Wiesław (1925-1992); 1954 (1954-00-00-1954-00-00);

Anefo photo collection. Between ceiling of building on Amsterdamsese Rokin, workman kias in the ceiling hole where the stuff has been found. 18 February 1981

GDR, Berlin, 13 June 1990, demolition of the Wall on the historic Bernauer Strasse, pneumatic drill, C Rolf Zoellner

Anefo photo collection. Annual national mason competitions in the Ahoyhal in Rotterdam. July 1, 1958. Rotterdam, South Holland

Officials. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

San Salvador - Chancery Office Building - 1982, United States photographs Related to Embassies, Consulates, and Other Overseas Buildings

Anefo photo collection. Foot-and-mouth disease in Lambertschaag (Noord Holland), (cattle farmer A. Zee); Disinfection of the farm. January 31, 1984. Lambertschaag

Sagrada Familia (under construction): group of workers posing, 1962.

Civilian Conservation Corps at work. Enrollee William L. Cross climbing up on a scaffold erected for assembling a prefabricated building to be a camp work shop, United States Resettlement Administration, Appalachia, Virginia, 1935-1942.

Anefo photo collection. Amsterdam. Restoration of the new church on the Dam: Working roofer on the roof of the church. April 17, 1961. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Photo by Josef Scaylea. Vintage Photograph. Painters on ladders working on house.

Anefo photo collection. Minister Ir. White visits habo structure that has been covered with plastic. January 17, 1956

Low angle view of a man repairing a chimney

The correctional institution (JVA) in Iserlohn-Drueplingsen, here on 20 January 1975, is a juvenile detention centre for young people from 14 to 24 years of age, who can also learn many professions at this facility, Germany, Europe

Adrian Feint printing some of the canvas ***** at the showground for Suds production of ***** at con. August 2nd, 4th, 14th, 15th, 16th. March 4, 1949.

Anefo photo collection. Building center Rotterdam Masonry competition Gezellen. July 19, 1955. Rotterdam, South Holland

Post War Planning and Reconstruction in Britain- Grenadier Guardsmen Build Emergency Housing in Windsor A Guardsman finishing off the rendering on a chimney of one of the temporary houses.

Construction workers lay floors.

Dunkirk. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Anefo photo collection. Eijve Blokker (Barend Napkin) on construction site Leidse Bosje for recordings. With cello. May 7, 1973. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Anefo photo collection. Explosion in munction plant in Muiden, men repair the roof. 2 June 1966. Muiden

Collection Dutch Heidematschappij. woodworking, tools. undated

Anefo photo collection. Masonry competition in the Ahoy Hall. Little boy looks interested. July 5, 1961

Anefo photo collection. Masonry and streets competition in the Ahoyhal in Rotterdam. 30 June 1959

1930S Group 18 Men Painters In White Work Overalls Coveralls On Ladders And Scaffolds Painting A Clapboard Wood Frame House

Industry during the First World War Female workers hold a sheet of glass in position in a Lancashire factory during the First World War.

Anefo photo collection. Problems Wilton Fijenoord Rotterdam; Work on site. March 12, 1984. Rotterdam, South Holland

Anefo photo collection. Cable TV cabinets destroyed. Mechanic dealing with the recovery of the TV cabinets. October 27, 1982

Cincinati, Ohio: April 24, 1952 A crew of sixty painters sets a new record for house painting by completing the job in 12 minutes, and breaking the old record of 18 minutes. It was part of a local "Clean-up, Paint-up" campaign.

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

Vintage Photograph. Bermuda bricklayer laying stone.

Construction workers, Rome , Construction workers. Edmund L. Mitchell Collection

Vintage photograph. Man taking inventory of brick piles

Anefo photo collection. Restoration City Hall Gouda, Steenhouwer. September 21, 1949. Gouda

Anefo photo collection. Repair resort former illegal workers under construction. Repair resort former illegal workers under construction. November 14, 1945. Apeldoorn, Gelderland

Vintage Photograph. Restoration in progress: workers renovate a historic stone house.

Anefo photo collection. Restoration Zuiderkerk in Amsterdam. Work on the interior. April 2, 1979. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

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