Labourer Collection (#85)

Installation of solar panels near Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Rice harvest, Vietnam, Southeast Asia

Workers in a rice field, Mai Chau, a village where ethnic minorities live, Vietnam, Southeast Asia

Algiers, Algeria - Harvesting by Mechanical & handheld means Date: 1910

Russian Countrywoman with pitchfork and red headscarf
Russian Countrywoman with wooden pitchfork and red headscarf. Date: 1903

Egyptian Fellahs Women (and child)
Egyptian Fellahs (a peasant, farmer or agricultural labourer) Women (and child). Date: circa 1910s

The New Compensation Act of 1906
" The New Compensation Act" - " Never mind Bill, we re insured!" - a pair of labourers are not unduly concerned at the blocks of stone falling on their heads

A group of Jolly Good Fellahs - Syria
A group of Syrian Fellahs, Aleppo, Syria. The word Fellah is used to denote a peasant, farmer or agricultural labourer in the Middle East and North Africa

French Coutryfolk - Lunchtime for Reapers / Harvesters
French Countryfolk - Lunchtime for Reapers/Harvesters Date: circa 1905

Swiss agricultrual workers take a break from haymaking and scything and share a swift tipple. Date: circa 1910s

Labourer aghast at the cost of his young sons education Youngster: " Father, Teacher says I ve gotten ter bring a penny wi me to school termorrer ter buy a slate pencil wi

Bermuda - Packing Onions
Packing onions into wooden crayes ready for international export - Bermuda. Date: circa 1910s

Labourers Cottage, Hamilton, Bermuda Date: circa 1910s

London construction site 1862

St Hildas Chapel, Lickfold - June 1948
Group of six volunteers repairing and rebuilding a wooden and asbestos building with corrugated iron roof. Building demolished in 1976. George Garland Collection West Sussex Record Office Ref. No

Potato Planting in Burton Park - March 1948
Six men with sacks hand planting potatoes in a muddy field. George Garland Collection West Sussex Record Office Ref. No. Garland N29816

Hedging and Ditching Competition - 4 October 1947
The eventual winner shown nearest to the front. George Garland Collection West Sussex Record Office Ref. No. N28927

Silo filling with Maize - September 1939
Large silo and tractor driven machinery with operative. George Garland Collection West Sussex Record Office Ref. No. Garland N18660

Picture No. 10760786
Cork Oak - Having his shoulder protected with a pad, a labourer carries the stripped barks of the cork oaks to a collecting point; in the national reserve Cortes de la Frontera (Quercus suber) Date:

Avro 504K being used for joyriding in 1925. From Left: Mike Crocker, labourer; Capt P. Phillips; F.E. Draycott, assistant engineer and A.J. Adams, licensed engineer. Date: 1925

The coal miner carrying his tools and safety his lamp. Wood engraving 1890

Tring cutting - 17 June 1837. Engineer Robert Stephenson. From J. Bourne Drawings
Tring cutting - 17 June 1837. Engineer Robert.. Stephenson. From J.Bourne Drawings of the London Railway, London 1839. Navvies excavating cutting: wheelbarrows filled at bottom

A Sub-Lime Character. Building labourer carrying hod of mortar. Pun. Early 19th century aquatint

Afro-Americans picking cotton, USA. Postcard c1900

Reaper / Haymaker sharpening his scythe with a whetstone (also called a side stone)
Reaper/Haymaker sharpening his scythe with a whetstone (also called a side stone) Early nineteenth century hand-coloured lithograph

Mining: In the foreground a labourer is breaking ore with a hammer supervised by an overseer. In the background aman is wheeling truck full of ore out the mine on track with wooden rails

French agriculture. Sowing seed broadcast. From late 18th century edition of La Fontaine Fables Engraving

Evening Father coming home. Agricultural labourer returning from work to family and evening meal eagerly greeted by 4 children. Cottage door opens directly into living room. Chromolithograph c1880

Sunday Morning Agricultural labourer and family returning home from church. Chromolithograph c1880

Les raboteurs (The Floor Scrapers) 1875. Oil on canvas. Impressionism Realist School Labourer Interior

Rent Day - The Cellar and Model Lodging-House. The difference in accommodation for the urban worker and family between the casual labourer, top, and the artisan

The Home of the Rick-Burner : Cartoon by John Leech from Punch, London, February 1844, showing the poverty-stricken living conditions of the agricultural labourer

The birthplace of Robert Bloomfield (1766-1823) at Honington, Suffolk. Bloomfield, English farm labourer, shoemaker and poet

Coal-Heavers measuring and bagging coal for delivery to customers. In an era of bad roads, it was most economic to transport heavy cargoes such as coal by water, either by sea or by inland waterway

Farm labourers threshing corn with flails on the barn floor. The sheaves of corn had been brought in at Autumn harvest time and stacked in the barn

Winter ploughing with horses. The man leading the horse is wearing a smock, a traditional agricultural workers garment. Kronheim chromolithograph from Pictures from Nature by Mary Howitt (London)

French Agricultural Labourer

The Peasantry of Dorsetshire: Interior of a Dorsetshire Labourers Cottage, 1846

Sheepherder filling water bag, 1939
Sheepherder filling water bag, Rosebud County, Montana, USA. Photographed in June 1939 by photographer Arthur Rothstein (1915-1985)

Passenger wheelbarrows, China C014 / 0452
Passenger wheelbarrows, China. Early 20th-century photograph of women in China travelling in passenger wheelbarrows that are being pushed by men

Harvesting cabbages
Harvest. Workers harvesting cabbages by hand in a field in Belarus. Photographed in 2011

Building the pyramids, artwork
Building the pyramids. Computer artwork of ships transporting the stone blocks used to build the pyramids of Ancient Egypt

Sugar cane harvest, Mauritius
Sugar cane harvest. Woman manually harvesting burnt sugarcane (Saccharum sp.). Burning the sugarcane before harvesting reduces the costs of transporting

DuPont Highway construction, 1920s C018 / 0612
DuPont Highway construction. Workers on benches smoothing concrete on the Coleman du Pont Road in Delaware, USA. Also known as the DuPont Highway

19th Century steam laundry, artwork C018 / 7071
19th Century steam laundry, artwork

Refrigerating crates of oranges, 1940s C014 / 0534
Refrigerating crates of oranges. Worker loading oranges into a refrigerator railway car at a co-operative orange packing factory, Redlands, California, USA

Allegory of the elements, 17th century
Allegory of the elements. 17th-century artwork showing an allegorical scene depicting a central nude female figure surrounded by men engaged in occupations symbolising the four Aristotelian elements

Dodge Main automobile factory, 1950 C014 / 2063
Dodge Main automobile factory. Workers leaving the Joseph Campau gate of the Dodge Main Chrysler factory in Hamtramck, Wayne County, Michigan, USA

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"The Labourer: A Glimpse into the World of Hard Work and Dedication" Step back in time with Harold Harvey's painting "The Clay Pit, " capturing the toil and sweat of labourers as they extract clay from the earth. Transport yourself to a bustling Hong Kong street scene in the 1890s, where C016/4499 showcases labourers immersed in their daily tasks. Witness the sheer strength and teamwork of a four-horse ploughing team at work on South Downs, East Sussex. In Knights Hill during the 18th century, social dynamics come alive as labourers engage in various trades that shape society. Marvel at the determination displayed while making Shoreham Railroad in c. 1840, depicted through a watercolor on paper masterpiece. Explore an intriguing coal riddling workshop set amidst Blanzy's mines around 1860, revealing both skill and perseverance. Travel across waters with a pioneer flatboat on Ohio River circa 1845; witness how laborious efforts pave new paths for progress. Delve into history as an old Kikuyu lady delicately picks coffee beans during the 1960s—a testament to generations of hardworking individuals sustaining livelihoods. Discover innovation through cast iron tunnel lining captured by MTA01_01_16—an emblematic symbol of modern infrastructure built upon countless hours of laborious craftsmanship. Observe a woodcutter diligently working amidst Findon's natural beauty—showcasing man's harmonious relationship with nature. Experience Peter I, The Great overseeing Deptford Dockyard in 1857—an oil-on-canvas portrayal embodying leadership intertwined with manual labor. Uncover King Henry I's visions dreamt in Normandy during 1130-40 through intricate vellum details from MS CCC157 p. 382—a glimpse into medieval perceptions surrounding labor and divine intervention.