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From slapstick comedy to hard work, they have stood the test of time. Just like Laurel and Hardy, who brought laughter to millions with their iconic outfits

Background imageOveralls Collection: FSA cooperative farm, Lake Dick, Arkansas, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

FSA cooperative farm, Lake Dick, Arkansas, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Farm Security Administration (FSA) cooperative farm, Lake Dick, Arkansas. All farmers on this project are young Arkansas farmers selected from all parts of the state

Background imageOveralls Collection: Nebraska farmer come to pick peas, near Calipatria, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Nebraska farmer come to pick peas, near Calipatria, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Nebraska farmer come to pick peas. Near Calipatria, California

Background imageOveralls Collection: Japanese agricultural workers packing broccoli near Guadalupe, California, 1937

Japanese agricultural workers packing broccoli near Guadalupe, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Japanese agricultural workers packing broccoli near Guadalupe, California

Background imageOveralls Collection: Baseball, Sunday afternoon - the town of Rice vs. the town of Perry, Texas, 1937

Baseball, Sunday afternoon - the town of Rice vs. the town of Perry, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Baseball, Sunday afternoon. The town of Rice vs. the town of Perry, Texas

Background imageOveralls Collection: Destitute farm families, FSA distributing depot, Bakersfield, Kern County, California, 1938

Destitute farm families, FSA distributing depot, Bakersfield, Kern County, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Destitute farm families come to FSA (Farm Security Administration) distributing depot to apply for food grant. Bakersfield, Kern County, California

Background imageOveralls Collection: Farmers sack mixed grasshopper bait for use on their farms, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 1937

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

Background imageOveralls Collection: Planting corn in the community garden, Hillhouse, Mississippi, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Planting corn in the community garden, Hillhouse, Mississippi, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Planting corn in the community garden which supplies fresh vegetables to twenty-eight families. Delta cooperative farms. Hillhouse, Mississippi

Background imageOveralls Collection: Man in front of post office, Carey, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Man in front of post office, Carey, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Man in front of post office. Carey, Texas. This town is fast becoming a ghost town because of mechanization of cotton and displacement of tenant farmers

Background imageOveralls Collection: Cradling wheat near Christianburg, Virginia, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Cradling wheat near Christianburg, Virginia, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Cradling wheat near Christianburg, Virginia

Background imageOveralls Collection: Skid Row, Howard Street, San Francisco, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Skid Row, Howard Street, San Francisco, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Skid Row. Howard Street, San Francisco, California

Background imageOveralls Collection: Oklahoma sharecropper and family entering California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Oklahoma sharecropper and family entering California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Oklahoma sharecropper and family entering California. Stalled on the desert near Indio, California

Background imageOveralls Collection: Families from the Dust Bowl in Texas in an overnight roadside camp near Calipatria, California

Families from the Dust Bowl in Texas in an overnight roadside camp near Calipatria, California
Four families, three of them related with fifteen children, from the Dust Bowl in Texas in an overnight roadside camp near Calipatria, California

Background imageOveralls Collection: Grandmother of twenty-two children living in Kern County migrant camp, California, 1936

Grandmother of twenty-two children living in Kern County migrant camp, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Grandmother of twenty-two children living in Kern County migrant camp. California

Background imageOveralls Collection: Aged woman with three of her twenty-two grandchildren, Kern county migrant camp, California, 1936

Aged woman with three of her twenty-two grandchildren, Kern county migrant camp, California, 1936
Aged woman with three of her twenty-two grandchildren, Kern county migrant camp, California. [Sign: Warning! No Visitors. By Order of Health Officer']

Background imageOveralls Collection: Family between Dallas and Austin, Texas, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

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

Background imageOveralls Collection: [Untitled]: Woman and boy, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange

[Untitled]: Woman and boy, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange
[Untitled]: Woman and boy

Background imageOveralls Collection: White tenant farmer works on shares. North Carolina, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

White tenant farmer works on shares. North Carolina, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
White tenant farmer works on shares. North Carolina

Background imageOveralls Collection: Peach pickers, Muscella, Georgia, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Peach pickers, Muscella, Georgia, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Muscella, Georgia. Peach pickers

Background imageOveralls Collection: Cradling wheat near Sperryville, Virginia, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

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

Background imageOveralls Collection: Imperial Valley, California, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Imperial Valley, California, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Imperial Valley, California. Old Mexican laborer saying "I have worked all my life and all I have now is my broken body"

Background imageOveralls Collection: Home and family of a Utah coal miner...near Price, Utah, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Home and family of a Utah coal miner...near Price, Utah, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Home and family of a Utah coal miner. Consumers, near Price, Utah

Background imageOveralls Collection: Son of cotton picker living in squatters camp near Farmersville, California, 1936

Son of cotton picker living in squatters camp near Farmersville, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Son of cotton picker living in squatters camp near Farmersville, California

Background imageOveralls Collection: Son of destitute migrant, American River camp, near Sacramento, California, 1936

Son of destitute migrant, American River camp, near Sacramento, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Son of destitute migrant, American River camp, near Sacramento, California. The boy has dysentery

Background imageOveralls Collection: Weighing in cotton, Southern San Joaquin Valley, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Weighing in cotton, Southern San Joaquin Valley, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Weighing in cotton. Southern San Joaquin Valley, California

Background imageOveralls Collection: Cotton pickers, Southern San Joaquin Valley, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Cotton pickers, Southern San Joaquin Valley, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Cotton pickers. Southern San Joaquin Valley, California

Background imageOveralls Collection: Cotton picker, San Joaquin Valley, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Cotton picker, San Joaquin Valley, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Cotton picker. San Joaquin Valley, California

Background imageOveralls Collection: Children of destitute family, American River camp, near Sacramento, California, 1936

Children of destitute family, American River camp, near Sacramento, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Children of destitute family. American River camp, near Sacramento, California

Background imageOveralls Collection: Destitute family, American River camp, near Sacramento, California. 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Destitute family, American River camp, near Sacramento, California. 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Destitute family. American River camp. Five children aged two to seventeen. Near Sacramento California. [Sign: "I must have work or food"]

Background imageOveralls Collection: Bean thresher, mechanized agriculture between Turlock and Merced, California, 1936

Bean thresher, mechanized agriculture between Turlock and Merced, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Bean thresher. Mechanized agriculture between Turlock and Merced, California

Background imageOveralls Collection: Man who worked in Fullerton, Louisiana lumber mill for fifteen years, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Man who worked in Fullerton, Louisiana lumber mill for fifteen years, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Man who worked in Fullerton, Louisiana lumber mill for fifteen years. He is now left stranded in the cut-over area

Background imageOveralls Collection: Man who worked in Fullerton, Louisiana lumber mill for fifteen years, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Man who worked in Fullerton, Louisiana lumber mill for fifteen years, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Man who worked in Fullerton, Louisiana lumber mill for fifteen years. He is now left stranded in the cut-over area

Background imageOveralls Collection: Heads of families on the Mineral King cooperative farm, Tulare County, California, 1938

Heads of families on the Mineral King cooperative farm, Tulare County, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Heads of families on the Mineral King cooperative farm. Ten families are now established on this 500 acre ranch to be operated as a unit. (Farm Security Administration) Tulare County, California

Background imageOveralls Collection: Part of a family of ten children who live and farm in the area, Arkansas, 1937

Part of a family of ten children who live and farm in the area, Arkansas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Part of a family of ten children who live and farm in the area which was flooded in the spring of 1937. They escaped in a boat

Background imageOveralls Collection: Indiana farmer, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Indiana farmer, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Indiana farmer

Background imageOveralls Collection: Moving day on the Delta cotton lands, Arkansas, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Moving day on the Delta cotton lands, Arkansas, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Moving day on the Delta cotton lands. Arkansas

Background imageOveralls Collection: Child of an impoverished family from Iowa stranded in New Mexico, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Child of an impoverished family from Iowa stranded in New Mexico, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Child of an impoverished family from Iowa stranded in New Mexico

Background imageOveralls Collection: A tubercular painter from Iowa and part of his family... penniless in New Mexico, 1937

A tubercular painter from Iowa and part of his family... penniless in New Mexico, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
A tubercular painter from Iowa and part of his family of nine who are stranded and penniless in New Mexico

Background imageOveralls Collection: Part of an impoverished family of nine on a New Mexico highway, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Part of an impoverished family of nine on a New Mexico highway, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Part of an impoverished family of nine on a New Mexico highway. Depression refugees from Iowa. Left Iowa in 1932 because of father's ill health

Background imageOveralls Collection: This ex-tenant still lives on the plantation, near Clarksdale, Mississippi, 1937

This ex-tenant still lives on the plantation, near Clarksdale, Mississippi, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
This ex-tenant still lives on the plantation but works for wages of one dollar a day. He estimated that he worked about 190 days during 1936. Near Clarksdale, Mississippi

Background imageOveralls Collection: These cotton hoers work from 6 am to 7 pm for one dollar near Clarksdale, Mississippi, 1937

These cotton hoers work from 6 am to 7 pm for one dollar near Clarksdale, Mississippi, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
These cotton hoers work from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. for one dollar near Clarksdale, Mississippi

Background imageOveralls Collection: Lunchtime for cotton hoers, Mississippi Delta, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Lunchtime for cotton hoers, Mississippi Delta, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Lunchtime for cotton hoers. Mississippi Delta

Background imageOveralls Collection: Family between Dallas and Austin, Texas, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

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

Background imageOveralls Collection: Family between Dallas and Austin, Texas, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

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

Background imageOveralls Collection: Former tenant farmer on a large cotton farm, now a tractor driver, Bell County, Texas, 1937

Former tenant farmer on a large cotton farm, now a tractor driver, Bell County, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Former tenant farmer on a large cotton farm now a tractor driver for one dollar a day on same farm. Bell County, Texas

Background imageOveralls Collection: Man living on 'Scratch Hill' outside Atoka, Atoka County, Oklahoma, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Man living on "Scratch Hill" outside Atoka, Atoka County, Oklahoma, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Man living on "Scratch Hill" outside Atoka, Oklahoma. Atoka County, Oklahoma. "I'm going west because this country's through, there isn't anything here for anyone

Background imageOveralls Collection: The threshing of oats, Clayton, Indiana, south of Indianapolis, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

The threshing of oats, Clayton, Indiana, south of Indianapolis, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
The threshing of oats. Clayton, Indiana, south of Indianapolis

Background imageOveralls Collection: Former tenant farmer on a large cotton farm, Bell County, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Former tenant farmer on a large cotton farm, Bell County, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Former tenant farmer on a large cotton farm. Now a tractor driver for one dollar a day on the same farm. Bell County, Texas

Background imageOveralls Collection: Sharecropper boy near Chesnee, South Carolina, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Sharecropper boy near Chesnee, South Carolina, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Sharecropper boy near Chesnee, South Carolina



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From slapstick comedy to hard work, they have stood the test of time. Just like Laurel and Hardy, who brought laughter to millions with their iconic outfits. Whether it's Stan Laurel (left) or Oliver Hardy, these two comedic geniuses knew how to rock a pair of overalls. But overalls aren't just for the silver screen. In Muriel Dawson's painting 'The Days Work, ' blacksmiths can be seen outside their forge donning these practical garments. It's a testament to their durability and functionality in demanding professions. Even on the race track, overalls make an appearance. The 1962 Belgian GP saw drivers suited up in this timeless attire as they revved up their engines for an adrenaline-fueled competition. During World War II, AFS women training in Highgate, London wore overalls as they prepared themselves for crucial roles on the home front. These brave women exemplified strength and resilience while clad in this essential uniform. It also found their place in everyday life at places like Smithfield Market or Lodsworth Women's Institute jam making sessions in August 1943. They were worn by workers who dedicated themselves to providing goods and nourishment for communities during challenging times. In Haverfordwest, South Wales, Llewellin Churn Works witnessed skilled craftsmen wearing overalls as they meticulously crafted churns that would stand the test of time. Their dedication and attention to detail ensured quality products made with care. And let's not forget those young men sorting through piles of scrap metal – even amidst dirty work; they recognized the value of sturdy clothing that could withstand any challenge thrown at them. Lastly, we cannot overlook the Calthorpe Racing Car adorned with advertisements featuring individuals proudly sporting their trusty overalls – a symbol of speed combined with reliability on wheels. Whether it was laughter-inducing comedy acts or hardworking individuals going about their daily tasks, they have been a constant companion throughout history.