Dungarees Collection

The Days Work by Muriel Dawson
A little boy in dungarees or overalls and with a wide brimmed hat stands on the end of a jetty fishing with a makeshift rod and line. Swans fly overhead

Lady on a 1939 / 40 Harley Davidson motorcycle
Young lady poses with her 1939/40 Harley Davidson 1000cc Knucklehead motorcycle in front of house in the 1940s Young lady poses with her 1939/40 Harley Davidson 1000cc Knucklehead motorcycle in front

Clowns / Victorian Scrap
A clown wearing dungarees with stripey socks

Advertisement for Redex Engine treatment
A tin/alloy sign advertising Redex engine treatment which according to this advertisement - makes your car faster, smoother and cheaper to run. *EDITORIAL USE ONLY*

Welder making boilers for a ship, Combustion Engineering Co. Chattanooga, Tenn. 1942. Creator: Alfred T Palmer
Welder making boilers for a ship, Combustion Engineering Co. Chattanooga, Tenn

Lace curtains seen here being manufactured at an unknown Nottingham factory. 14th March 1966

Twos Company by Muriel Dawson
A little boy in blue dungarees and a wide brimmed sun hat, holds hands with a little girl wearing a pink dress and bonnet as they walk together picking flowers

Women Washing Dishes
Three young women (" Three Lions", perhaps in some way connected with womens services during World War Two) washing and drying dishes together in a large kitchen

Cheerful Land Girl
A cheerful Land Girl cycles to work with her spade over one shoulder

Aint you glad you've got a boy like me? (colour litho)
8656678 Aint you glad you've got a boy like me? (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: "Aint you glad you've got a boy like me)

Bad Reichenhall, costume, Reichenhall farmers' chapel, Linder Hansl (postcard)
7377737 Bad Reichenhall, costume, Reichenhall farmers' chapel, Linder Hansl (postcard); © Arkivi UG All Rights Reserved.

Princes Luitpold and Albert of Bavaria in traditional costumes (postcard)
7377738 Princes Luitpold and Albert of Bavaria in traditional costumes (postcard); © Arkivi UG All Rights Reserved.

What we wants is shorter hours (colour litho)
8656517 What we wants is shorter hours (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: "What we wants is shorter hours - sixty minutes is too long for an)

Pa said - be a sport (colour litho)
8635584 Pa said - be a sport (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Pa said - be a sport. Postcard, early 20th century.); © Look and Learn.

Farmerette, Los Angeles, between c1915 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Farmerette, Los Angeles, between c1915 and 1918. Probably shows a "farmerette" member of the Woman's Land Army of America (later Women's Land Army)

Fort McHenry, Cement Gun Used in Building Camp, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Fort McHenry, Cement Gun Used in Building Camp, 1917

Fort McHenry, Cement Gun Used in Building Camp, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Fort McHenry, Cement Gun Used in Building Camp, 1917

Food Administration, U.S. Construction of Headquarters Building, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Food Administration, U.S. Construction of Headquarters Building, 1917

Man standing in a courtyard, New Orleans, between 1920 and 1926. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Man standing in a courtyard, New Orleans, between 1920 and 1926

Man standing in a courtyard, New Orleans, between 1920 and 1926. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Man standing in a courtyard, New Orleans, between 1920 and 1926

Boy in the gardens of the National Cash Register Company, Dayton, Ohio, between 1896 and 1942. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Boy in the gardens of the National Cash Register Company, Dayton, Ohio, between 1896 and 1942

View down a street, New Orleans, between 1920 and 1926. Creator: Arnold Genthe
View down a street, New Orleans, between 1920 and 1926

Some of my informants, 1926. Creator: Unknown
Some of my informants, 1926

Mississippi Rainbow, New York City, [193-]. Creator: Unknown
Mississippi Rainbow, New York City, [193-]. The Federal Theatre Project, created by the U.S. Works Progress Administration in 1935, was designed to conserve and develop the skills of theater workers

Machine Age, New York, 1937. Creator: Unknown
Machine Age, New York, 1937. The Federal Theatre Project, created by the U.S. Works Progress Administration in 1935, was designed to conserve and develop the skills of theater workers

Beyond the Horizon, Holyoke, [193-]. Creator: Unknown
Beyond the Horizon, Holyoke, [193-]. American Legion Post #25, Lawrence School...Beyond the Horizon - A Stirring 3 Act Drama of Rural Life by Eugene O'Neill - Staged by William Dashiell'

Brick Yard near Mount Vernon, Va. between 1910 and 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Brick Yard near Mount Vernon, Va
Brick Yard near Mount Vernon, Virginia, between 1910 and 1917. Black and white workers, USA. SSS 120 patented brick machine: Made by The Arnold Creager Co. New London, Ohio, USA

Goat team, between 1910 and 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Goat team, between 1910 and 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Goat team, between 1910 and 1917. African American man with wagon pulled by goats

Le petit écriveur, 1869. Creator: Jean Jacques Henner
Le petit ecriveur, 1869

Camp, 1917 or 1918. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Camp, 1917 or 1918. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Camp, 1917 or 1918

Camp, 1917 or 1918. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Camp, 1917 or 1918. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Camp, 1917 or 1918

Camp, 1917 or 1918. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Camp, 1917 or 1918. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Camp, 1917 or 1918

Camp, 1917 or 1918. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Camp, 1917 or 1918. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Camp, 1917 or 1918

Council of National Defense Headquarters Under Construction, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Council of National Defense Headquarters Under Construction, Washington DC, 1917

Digging and Planting, 1943. Creator: Unknown
Digging and Planting, 1943. British women contribute to the war effort. From "Women's Institutes, by Cicely McCall. [Collins, London, 1943]

Warehouse used as distributing office for FSA relief grants, Bakersfield, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Warehouse used as distributing office for Farm Security Administration (FSA) relief grants of commodities to destitute farm labor families. Bakersfield, California

Main street storefront, Chickasaw, Oklahoma, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Main street storefront, Chickasaw, Oklahoma. This is a region from which hundreds of farm families have fled to the west. ['Loans - We Buy & Sell Clothing Luggage Guns etc - Used Clothing']

Farmers sack mixed grasshopper bait...Oklahoma, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Farmers sack mixed grasshopper bait for use on their farms to control the pest. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Family between Dallas and Austin, Texas, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Family between Dallas and Austin, Texas. The people have left their home and connections in South Texas, and hope to reach the Arkansas Delta for work in the cotton fields. Penniless people

Cradling wheat near Sperryville, Virginia, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Cradling wheat near Sperryville, Virginia. A hand binder follows the mower. These men had never heard of a combine harvester. "Sure would like to see that." Their father used a reap hook

Farm Security Administration rural rehabilitation client, Tulare County, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Farm Security Administration rural rehabilitation client, Tulare County, California, consulting with county supervisor. He and his family of seven were on relief

Drought refugees stopped along the highway near Lordsburg, New Mexico, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Drought refugees stopped along the highway near Lordsburg, New Mexico

Sorting and stringing the "golden leaf" at the tobacco barn, near Hartsville, South Carolina, 1938
Near Hartsville, South Carolina, sorting and stringing the "golden leaf" at the tobacco barn, preparatory to curing. Note sled by which tobacco is brought to the barn from the field

Day laborers hoeing cottonn, near Corsicana, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Day laborers hoeing cotton. Many tenant farmers become day laborers on mechanized farms. Near Corsicana, Texas

Men cradling wheat in eastern Virginia near Sperryville, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Men cradling wheat in eastern Virginia near Sperryville

Men cradling wheat in eastern Virginia near Sperryville, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Men cradling wheat in eastern Virginia near Sperryville

Refugee family from the Rio Grande Valley, Texas, near Holtville, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Refugee family from the Rio Grande Valley, Texas, camped in the brush in a river bottom near Holtville, California

Tractor on Lake Dick project, Arkansas, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Tractor on Lake Dick project, Arkansas

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"Dungarees: A Timeless Symbol of Hard Work and Adventure" Step back in time with "The Days Work" by Muriel Dawson, where a lady fearlessly rides her 1939/40 Harley Davidson motorcycle, clad in sturdy dungarees. These iconic denim overalls have been worn by individuals from all walks of life throughout history. In the world of entertainment, clowns from Victorian scrapbooks donned these practical garments while bringing joy to audiences. Meanwhile, lace curtains were being meticulously manufactured at an unknown Nottingham factory, showcasing the versatility beyond manual labor. Even advertisements recognized their durability; an advertisement for Redex Engine treatment featured a mechanic confidently sporting his trusty dungarees as he worked on engines. In "Twos Company" by Muriel Dawson, women washing dishes displayed their resilience and determination while wearing these timeless pieces. During wartime, brave land girls proudly wore dungarees as they contributed to the war effort. Their cheerful spirits shone through even during challenging times. Similarly, members of heavy metal group Black Sabbath found solace and fun as they messed about on the scenic Wye River in their trusty dungarees. Beyond entertainment and leisure activities, children took to the streets demonstrating against cuts that threatened their school playing fields or nursery programs. Dressed comfortably in dungarees, they expressed their passion for education and outdoor play. Lastly, a fisherman proudly displays his large coley fish caught off St Ives coast in Cornwall while dressed practically in his beloved dungarees. This image captures not only his triumph but also reflects how this garment has accompanied individuals through countless adventures over time. They have become more than just clothing; they symbolize hard work, adventure-seeking spirits, resilience against adversity, and standing up for what is right.