Workers Collection (page 13)

Boiling Train Oil at Nymindegab, Jutland, 1879. Creator: Laurits Tuxen
Boiling Train Oil at Nymindegab, Jutland, 1879. [Oil obtained from the blubber of whales was sometimes known as train oil]

Unloading ore at Conneaut, Ohio, Brown conveying hoists, between 1900 and 1906. Creator: Unknown
Unloading ore at Conneaut, Ohio, Brown conveying hoists, between 1900 and 1906

A Weaver's Workshop, 1652. Creator: Johannes Dircksz. van Oudenrogge
A Weaver's Workshop, 1652. Men warming themselves at the fire while a woman works in the background

The Sugar Bush: Quebec Province, 1941. Creator: Frank Hennessey
The Sugar Bush: Quebec Province, 1941. A Sugarbush is a group of Sugar Maple trees, used to produce maple syrup or maple sugar

Old Woman Spinning, 1650-1660. Creator: Nicolaes Maes
Old Woman Spinning, 1650-1660

Cotton gin at Dahomey, between 1890 and 1906. Creator: Unknown
Cotton gin at Dahomey, between 1890 and 1906

The testing room, Leland & Faulconer Manufacturing Co. Detroit, Mich. 1903 Nov. Creator: Unknown
The testing room, Leland & Faulconer Manufacturing Co. Detroit, Mich. 1903 Nov

Assembling room, Leland & Faulconer Manufacturing Co. Detroit, Mich. 1903 Nov. Creator: Unknown
Assembling room, Leland & Faulconer Manufacturing Co. Detroit, Mich. 1903 Nov

Plating department, National Cash Register [Company], Dayton, Ohio, (1902?). Creator: Unknown
Plating department, National Cash Register [Company], Dayton, Ohio, (1902?)

View of the village of Aartswoud, c. 1752. Creator: Anon
View of the village of Aartswoud, c. 1752

Polishing department, National Cash Register [Company], Dayton, Ohio, (1902?). Creator: Unknown
Polishing department, National Cash Register [Company], Dayton, Ohio, (1902?)

Indicator department, National Cash Register [Company], Dayton, Ohio, (1902?). Creator: Unknown
Indicator department, National Cash Register [Company], Dayton, Ohio, (1902?)

Binding department, National Cash Register [Company], Dayton, Ohio, (1902?). Creator: Unknown
Binding department, National Cash Register [Company], Dayton, Ohio, (1902?)

Travel views of Europe, between 1904 and 1938. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Travel views of Europe, between 1904 and 1938

Travel views of Europe, between 1904 and 1938. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Travel views of Europe, between 1904 and 1938

Travel views of Europe, between 1904 and 1938. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Travel views of Europe, between 1904 and 1938. Uniformed men watching ships in a port

Travel views of Europe, between 1904 and 1938. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Travel views of Europe, between 1904 and 1938. Women textile workers, and dog sniffing manure

Une promenade d'argrément aux Champs-Elysées, 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier
Une promenade d'argrement aux Champs-Elysees, 19th century. A walk of dispute to the Champs Elysees

Culebra Cut, Culebra - Gang of 150 Men Shifting Track By Hand, January 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Culebra Cut, Culebra - Gang of 150 Men Shifting Track By Hand, January 1912. Men working on the Panama Canal project

Culebra Cut - View at Base of Gold Hill, Showing Basaltic Columns Developed By Steam Shovel, 1913
Culebra Cut - View at Base of Gold Hill, Showing Basaltic Columns Developed By Steam Shovel, Cut in March 1913. Men working on the Panama Canal project

Group of laborers, New Orleans or Charleston, South Carolina, between 1920 and 1926. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Group of laborers, New Orleans or Charleston, South Carolina, between 1920 and 1926

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

Florence Crittenden I.E. Crittenton Home - Baby Exhibit, 1914. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Florence Crittenden I.E
Florence Crittenton Home - Baby Exhibit, 1914. Sign: For Rent by the Washington Loan & Trust Co.'. The first Florence Crittenton home, the Florence Night Mission

Panama Canal, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Panama Canal, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Panama Canal, 1913. The Panama Canal project was one of the largest and most difficult engineering projects ever undertaken

Russia War Pictures - Women, 1917. Creator: Unknown
Russia War Pictures - Women, 1917. Russian women working on the railway - the woman in the centre has bare feet

Temporary Building, Under Construction...Washington, D.C. 1917. Creator: Unknown
Temporary Building, Under Construction...Washington, D.C. 1917. Built in 1917, For The [First World] War, Washington Monument in Background

Temporary Building, Under Construction...Washington, D.C. 1917. Creator: Unknown
Temporary Building, Under Construction...Washington, D.C. 1917. Built in 1917, For The [First World] War, Washington Monument in Background

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

Man Flailing, 1850s. Creator: Felix Octavius Carr Darley
Man Flailing, 1850s

The Graphic, Front Cover Saturday, October 3, 1891, 1891. Creator: Unknown
The Graphic, Front Cover Saturday, October 3, 1891, 1891. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 44. July to December, 1891

Gettysburg Reunion, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Gettysburg Reunion, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Gettysburg Reunion, 1913

Residence of Mr. And Mrs. William F. Hitt, 1914. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Residence of Mr. And Mrs. William F
Residence of Mr. And Mrs. William F. Hitt, 1914

Indigenes travaillant au chemin de fer de la Nigeria du Nord; L'Ouest Africain, 1914. Creator: Unknown
Indigenes travaillant au chemin de fer de la Nigeria du Nord; L'Ouest Africain, 1914. From "Grande Geographie Bong Illustree", 1914

Grand Bassam. Le wharf; L'Ouest Africain, 1914. Creator: Unknown
Grand Bassam. Le wharf; L'Ouest Africain, 1914. From "Grande Geographie Bong Illustree", 1914

Rufisque. La manutention des arachides; L'Ouest Africain, 1914. Creator: Unknown
Rufisque. La manutention des arachides; L'Ouest Africain, 1914. From "Grande Geographie Bong Illustree", 1914

Inaugural Stands at Capitol, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Inaugural Stands at Capitol, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Inaugural Stands at Capitol, 1917. Preparations for the inauguration of Woodrow Wilson as US President - temporary wooden stands

Inaugural Stands at Capitol, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Inaugural Stands at Capitol, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Inaugural Stands at Capitol, 1913. Preparations for the inauguration of Woodrow Wilson as US President - temporary wooden stands

Hydraulic Excavation, Miraflores - Monitors in Oberation [sic], December 21, 1910. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Hydraulic Excavation, Miraflores - Monitors in Operation, December 21, 1910. Locks on the Panama Canal

The Foundry, after Adolf Friedrich Erdmann Menzel, c1880-83. Creators: Adolph Menzel, W Manfield
The Foundry, after Adolf Friedrich Erdmann Menzel'. From "Modern Artists" by F.G.Dumas. [J.S.Virtue & Co Ltd, London, c1880]

The Wood-cutters, after Hubert Herkomer, Esq. A.R.A. c1880-83. Creator: Hubert von Herkomer
The Wood-cutters, after Hubert Herkomer, Esq. A.R.A. From "Modern Artists" by F.G.Dumas. [J.S.Virtue & Co Ltd, London, c1880]

A Wounded Workman, 1895. Creator: Erik Henningsen
A Wounded Workman, 1895

Les vaillans de l'Interieur; L'ouvrier tourneur Narcisse Magot, age de 80 ans, travaillant pour la defense nationale. 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV

Visites de M Albert Thomas aux usines de guerre; l'Exposition lyonnaise, 1914 (1916). Creator: Unknown
Visites de M Albert Thomas aux usines de guerre; Aux ateliers de l'Exposition lyonnaise de 1914: le sous-secretaire d'Etat aux munitions parlant aux ouvriers du haut d'une tribune decoree

Unloading bananas, New Orleans, between 1920 and 1926. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Unloading bananas, New Orleans, between 1920 and 1926

Ten Men Pulling on Ropes. Creator: Claude-Joseph Vernet
Ten Men Pulling on Ropes

Figure Studies, Including One Man Sleeping on the Ground and Two Men Sawing. Creator: Claude-Joseph Vernet
Figure Studies, Including One Man Sleeping on the Ground and Two Men Sawing

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"Workers: The Backbone of Nations, United by Labor" From the bustling streets of China during the Cultural Revolution to the coal miners in South Wales and Cornwall, they have always played a vital role in shaping societies. In Chairman Mao's China, a powerful cultural revolution poster depicted workers as heroes, inspiring unity and progress. Meanwhile, deep underground in shaft lifts and at Geevor Tin Mine, Pendeen and South Wales coal mines, brave miners risked their lives daily to fuel industrial growth. The Workers May-Pole design showcased solidarity among laborers striving for socialist ideals. In 1910 Britain, even political parties recognized the importance with colorful posters appealing for support. Swindon witnessed the dedication of builders constructing diesel locomotives while LNER promoted North East Coast Exhibition through an artistic poster celebrating hardworking individuals. Artists like Harold Harvey captured scenes from clay pits in Cornwall - be it Polkanuggo Quarry or Leswidden - highlighting arduous work that sustained local economies. Soviet propaganda also exalted workers' contributions under the sun of the motherland. Boris Parmeev's iconic poster from 1970s USSR symbolized strength gained through collective effort. Across continents and eras, these glimpses into worker's lives remind us that they are not just cogs within a system but essential pillars upon which nations stand tall. Their unwavering determination fuels progress and shapes our shared future.