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Overalls Collection (#7)

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: Former tenant farmer from Texas now working in California as a pea picker, Nipomo, California, 1937

Former tenant farmer from Texas now working in California as a pea picker, Nipomo, California, 1937
A former tenant farmer from Texas now working in California as a pea picker. Nipomo, California

Background imageOveralls Collection: Tulare County, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Tulare County, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Visalia (vicinity), Tulare County, California. The Farm Security Administration. Miners's cooperative farm. Ten families have been established on the old ranch of 500 acres

Background imageOveralls Collection: Board of directors of the Mineral King Farm Association, Tulare County, California, 1938

Board of directors of the Mineral King Farm Association, Tulare County, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
These three men comprise the board of directors of the Mineral King Farm Association, Tulare County, California. They were elected by their own group to direct this farm unit

Background imageOveralls Collection: Ten families established by the FSA on the... Tulare County, CA, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Ten families established by the FSA on the... Tulare County, CA, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Ten families have been established by the Farm Security Administration (FSA) on the Mineral King Cooperative Farm, an old ranch of 500 acres, which they will operate as a farm unit, raising cotton

Background imageOveralls Collection: Children of migratory carrot pullers, Mexicans, Imperial Valley, California, 1937

Children of migratory carrot pullers, Mexicans, Imperial Valley, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Children of migratory carrot pullers, Mexicans. Imperial Valley, California

Background imageOveralls Collection: Ex-tenants, now day laborers, Ellis County, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Ex-tenants, now day laborers, Ellis County, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Ex-tenants, now day laborers. Ellis County, Texas

Background imageOveralls Collection: Ten families established by the FSA on the Mineral King Cooperative Farm, Tulare County, CA, 1938

Ten families established by the FSA on the Mineral King Cooperative Farm, Tulare County, CA, 1938
Visalia (vicinity), Tulare County, California. The Farm Security Administration. Miners's cooperative farm. Ten families have been established on the old ranch of 500 acres

Background imageOveralls Collection: Children of migratory carrot pullers, Mexicans, Imperial Valley, California, 1937

Children of migratory carrot pullers, Mexicans, Imperial Valley, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Children of migratory carrot pullers, Mexicans. Imperial Valley, California

Background imageOveralls Collection: This man was a tenant on the same farm for eighteen years... Ellis County, Texas, 1937

This man was a tenant on the same farm for eighteen years... Ellis County, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
This man was a tenant on the same farm for eighteen years. He has six children. This year he was forced into status of day laborer on the same farm

Background imageOveralls Collection: Ten families established by the FSA on the Mineral King Cooperative Farm, Tulare County, CA, 1938

Ten families established by the FSA on the Mineral King Cooperative Farm, Tulare County, CA, 1938
Ten families have been established by the Farm Security Administration (FSA) on the Mineral King Cooperative Farm, an old ranch of 500 acres, which they will operate as a farm unit, raising cotton

Background imageOveralls Collection: Ten families established by the FSA on the Mineral King Cooperative Farm, Tulare County, CA, 1938

Ten families established by the FSA on the Mineral King Cooperative Farm, Tulare County, CA, 1938
Ten families have been established by the Farm Security Administration (FSA) on the Mineral King Cooperative Farm, an old ranch of 500 acres, which they will operate as a farm unit, raising cotton

Background imageOveralls Collection: Thirteen-year old sharecropper boy near Americus, Georgia, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Thirteen-year old sharecropper boy near Americus, Georgia, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Thirteen-year old sharecropper boy near Americus, Georgia

Background imageOveralls Collection: FSA rural rehabilitation client, Tulare County, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange

FSA rural rehabilitation client, Tulare County, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Farm Security Administration (FSA) rural rehabilitation client. Tulare County, California

Background imageOveralls Collection: Farm Security Administration (FSA) rural rehabilitation client, Tulare County, California, 1938

Farm Security Administration (FSA) rural rehabilitation client, Tulare County, California, 1938
Farm Security Administration (FSA) rural rehabilitation client. Tulare County, California

Background imageOveralls Collection: Farm Security Administration (FSA) rural rehabilitation client, Tulare County, California, 1938

Farm Security Administration (FSA) rural rehabilitation client, Tulare County, California, 1938
Farm Security Administration (FSA) rural rehabilitation client. Tulare County, California

Background imageOveralls Collection: Migratory field worker picking cotton in San Joaquin Valley, CA, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Migratory field worker picking cotton in San Joaquin Valley, CA, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migratory field worker picking cotton in San Joaquin Valley, California. These cotton pickers are being paid seventy-five cents per one hundred pounds

Background imageOveralls Collection: Migratory field worker picking cotton in San Joaquin Valley, California, 1938

Migratory field worker picking cotton in San Joaquin Valley, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migratory field worker picking cotton in San Joaquin Valley, California. These cotton pickers are being paid seventy-five cents per one hundred pounds

Background imageOveralls Collection: Sharecropper cultivating cotton with team, Near Shreveport, Louisiana, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Sharecropper cultivating cotton with team, Near Shreveport, Louisiana, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Sharecropper cultivating cotton with team. This is a step above the primitive method. Near Shreveport, Louisiana

Background imageOveralls Collection: Halloween party at Shafter camp for migrants, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Halloween party at Shafter camp for migrants, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Young migrants waiting for signal to come for refreshments. Halloween party at Shafter camp for migrants, California

Background imageOveralls Collection: White sharecropper family, formerly mill workers, Hartwell, Georgia, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

White sharecropper family, formerly mill workers, Hartwell, Georgia, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
White sharecropper family, formerly mill workers in the Gastonia textile mills. When the mills closed down seven years ago, they came to this farm near Hartwell, Georgia

Background imageOveralls Collection: Wife and child of sharecropper near Gaffney, South Carolina, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Wife and child of sharecropper near Gaffney, South Carolina, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Wife and child of sharecropper near Gaffney, South Carolina. The farmer does a little day labor for his landlord. He received fifty cents a day in 1936, sixty to seventy-five cents in 1937

Background imageOveralls Collection: Oklahoman from Chickasaw in potato pickers camp, Kern County, California, 1937

Oklahoman from Chickasaw in potato pickers camp, Kern County, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Texans and Oklahomans, drought-stricken ex-farmers, are fast supplanting Mexican labor in the California harvests. Oklahoman from Chickasaw in potato pickers camp. Kern County, California

Background imageOveralls Collection: The cotton sharecropper's unit, Greene County, Georgia, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

The cotton sharecropper's unit, Greene County, Georgia, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
The cotton sharecropper's unit is one mule and the land he can cultivate with a one-horse plow. Greene County, Georgia

Background imageOveralls Collection: Turpentine still near Valdosta, Georgia, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Turpentine still near Valdosta, Georgia, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Turpentine still near Valdosta, Georgia. The "cooper" makes barrels to hold the gum. [Signs: Malarial - Groves Chill Tonic'; 666 Liquid - Tablets - Salve - Colds

Background imageOveralls Collection: Home of farmer who has raised cotton for fifty years on his own land, Greene County, Georgia, 1937

Home of farmer who has raised cotton for fifty years on his own land, Greene County, Georgia, 1937
Home of farmer who has raised cotton for fifty years on his own land. Greene County, Georgia

Background imageOveralls Collection: Aged cotton farmer, Greene County, Georgia, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Aged cotton farmer, Greene County, Georgia, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Aged cotton farmer, Greene County, Georgia. He inherited his lands which are now heavily mortgaged

Background imageOveralls Collection: Aged cotton farmer, Greene County, Georgia, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Aged cotton farmer, Greene County, Georgia, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Aged cotton farmer, Greene County, Georgia. He inherited his lands which are now heavily mortgaged

Background imageOveralls Collection: Turpentine worker's home, Georgia, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Turpentine worker's home, Georgia, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Turpentine worker's home. Georgia

Background imageOveralls Collection: Turpentine worker's home, Georgia, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Turpentine worker's home, Georgia, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Turpentine worker's home. Georgia

Background imageOveralls Collection: Turpentine workers, Georgia, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Turpentine workers, Georgia, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Turpentine workers. Georgia

Background imageOveralls Collection: Turpentine dipper near Waycross, Georgia, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Turpentine dipper near Waycross, Georgia, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Turpentine dipper near Waycross, Georgia

Background imageOveralls Collection: From Wyoming and Missouri eight years...working in lemons... near Strathmore, CA, 1939

From Wyoming and Missouri eight years...working in lemons... near Strathmore, CA, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Near Strathmore, California. From Wyoming and Missouri. Eight years in California. Working in lemons. "It's easy for us because we haven't got a bunch of kids to get drug around."

Background imageOveralls Collection: Cotton hoers loading at Memphis, Tennessee for the day's work in Arkansas, 1937

Cotton hoers loading at Memphis, Tennessee for the day's work in Arkansas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Cotton hoers loading at Memphis, Tennessee for the day's work in Arkansas

Background imageOveralls Collection: One of the evicted sharecroppers from Arkansas now settled at Hill House, Mississippi, 1936

One of the evicted sharecroppers from Arkansas now settled at Hill House, Mississippi, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
One of the evicted sharecroppers from Arkansas now settled at Hill House, Mississippi. [J.M. Rees?]

Background imageOveralls Collection: On the steps of the bank in the town square, Memphis, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

On the steps of the bank in the town square, Memphis, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
On the steps of the bank in the town square. Memphis, Texas

Background imageOveralls Collection: Farmer and son near Stanton, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Farmer and son near Stanton, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Farmer and son near Stanton, Texas. Haven't made a crop of cotton since 1932

Background imageOveralls Collection: Lineup outside of Farm Security Administration grant office early in the morning, Tulare, CA, 1938

Lineup outside of Farm Security Administration grant office early in the morning, Tulare, CA, 1938
Lineup outside of Farm Security Administration grant office (relief to farm laborers) early in the morning, before the office has opened. Tulare, California

Background imageOveralls Collection: Lineup outside of Farm Security Administration grant office early in the morning, Tulare, CA, 1938

Lineup outside of Farm Security Administration grant office early in the morning, Tulare, CA, 1938
Lineup outside of Farm Security Administration grant office (relief to farm laborers) early in the morning, before the office has opened. Tulare, California

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: Self-Portrait with Model II, 1899. Creator: Anders Leonard Zorn

Self-Portrait with Model II, 1899. Creator: Anders Leonard Zorn
Self-Portrait with Model II, 1899

Background imageOveralls Collection: Self-Portrait with Model II, 1899. Creator: Anders Leonard Zorn

Self-Portrait with Model II, 1899. Creator: Anders Leonard Zorn
Self-Portrait with Model II, 1899

Background imageOveralls Collection: Zorn and His Model, 1897. Creator: Anders Leonard Zorn

Zorn and His Model, 1897. Creator: Anders Leonard Zorn
Zorn and His Model, 1897

Background imageOveralls Collection: Formula One World Championship

Formula One World Championship
Jackie Stewart (GBR) Matra, won his first World Championship tile as a result of taking his sixth victory of the season. He's pictured here with his wife Helen Stewart (GBR)

Background imageOveralls Collection: John Irwin grocers, Pensby Road, Heswall, Merseyside

John Irwin grocers, Pensby Road, Heswall, Merseyside
John Irwin Sons & Co Ltd, cash grocers, Pensby Road, Heswall, Wirral, Merseyside, with delivery van and staff posing in a group outside. Date: circa 1920

Background imageOveralls Collection: The last shift at Cotgrave Colliery, one of the last miners underground holds a Davy lamp

The last shift at Cotgrave Colliery, one of the last miners underground holds a Davy lamp. Circa 1992

Background imageOveralls Collection: Delegate Wickersham, the assayer and Frank G. Carpenter in front of... between c1900 and 1916

Delegate Wickersham, the assayer and Frank G. Carpenter in front of... between c1900 and 1916. Creator: Unknown
Delegate Wickersham, the assayer and Frank G. Carpenter in front of Assayer's Office, between c1900 and 1916

Background imageOveralls Collection: Formula One World Championship

Formula One World Championship
Jackie Stewart (GBR) Matra, won his first World Championship tile as a result of taking his sixth victory of the season. Italian Grand Prix, Rd8, Monza, Italy, 8 September 1969

Background imageOveralls Collection: Formula One World Championship

Formula One World Championship
Lewis Hamilton (GBR) McLaren. Formula One World Championship, Rd 1, Australian Grand Prix, Practice Day, Albert Park, Melbourne, Australia, Friday 16 March 2007. DIGITAL IMAGE




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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.