Working Man Collection

Salt farm, Noirmoutier-en-l?Ile, Ile de Noirmoutier, Pays de la Loire, France

Keel of NEW YORK, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
Keel of NEW YORK, 1911.

The Stevedores in Arles, 1888. Creator: Vincent van Gogh
The Stevedores in Arles, 1888.

Demolition of St. James' Hall, exterior, 1907. Creator: David Muirhead Bone
Demolition of St. James' Hall, exterior, 1907. Located on a site between Regent Street and Piccadilly, St James' Hall was a celebrated London concert hall where handsome performances were

The clock tower, Paris, 1852. Creator: Charles Meryon
The clock tower, Paris, 1852.

Escaped from Tampico, in launch, 1914. Creator: Bain News Service
Escaped from Tampico, in launch, 1914. Shows seven men who escaped in a small boat from Tampico, Mexico arriving in Galveston, Texas. The men left during the U.S

A visit to Penn's Marine Engine Factory, at Greenwich: turning a paddle shaft for a steam-ship, 1865. Illustration representing '...the enormous shaft for the paddles of a steam-ship

A visit to Penn's Marine Engine Factory, at Greenwich: turning a crank axle, 1865. Creator: Unknown
A visit to Penn's Marine Engine Factory, at Greenwich: turning a crank axle, 1865. Illustration representing '...the operation of turning a crank-axle in a mighty lathe...The various fitting

Penn's Machine-Engine Factory at Greenwich: the Large Machine-Shop and Turnery, 1865. Creator: Unknown
Penn's Machine-Engine Factory at Greenwich [London]: the Large Machine-Shop and Turnery, 1865. Engraving from a photograph by Mr. Nelson K

Penn's Machine-Engine Factory at Greenwich: the Erecting Shop, 1865. Creator: Unknown
Penn's Machine-Engine Factory at Greenwich [London]: the Erecting Shop, 1865. Engraving from a photograph by Mr. Nelson K

H.M.S. Leopard in dock at Shanghai, 1865. Creator: Unknown
H.M.S. Leopard in dock at Shanghai, 1865. 'An officer of H.M.S. Leopard has sent us a sketch of the position of that ship in Muirhead's Dock, Shanghai

"The Building of the New Castle on the Tyne, 1080", from a picture by W. B. Scott, 1865. Engraving of a painting

Laying of the Atlantic Telegraph Cable:...workmen on the road between Killarney and Valencia, 1865 Creator: Unknown
Laying of the Atlantic Telegraph Cable: encampment of workmen on the road between Killarney and Valencia, 1865. Engraving from a sketch by Robert Dudley

London Main-Drainage Works: view of the outfall of the Northern Drainage at Barking Creek, 1864. Creator: Unknown
London Main-Drainage Works: view of the outfall of the Northern Drainage at Barking Creek, 1864. Illustration of works on '...the great northern outfall on the Essex side of the Thames

The Metropolitan Main-drainage works at Crossness, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The Metropolitan Main-drainage works at Crossness, [Bexley], 1864. View of '...the works at this important outlet for the whole of the sewage drained from the area on the south side of

The railway works at Blackfriars and opening towards Ludgate Hill...from the temporary bridge, 1864
The railway works at Blackfriars and opening towards Ludgate Hill, viewed from the temporary bridge, [London], 1864. View '...overlooking, on its eastern side

The Shakspeare Pavilion at Stratford-on-Avon, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The Shakspeare Pavilion at Stratford-on-Avon, 1864. Building celebrating the tercentenary of William Shakespeare's birth,'...designed by Messrs

Barracks for British troops in course of erection at Yokohama...by our special artist in Japan, 1864 Creator: Unknown
Barracks for British troops in course of erection at Yokohama - from a sketch by our special artist in Japan, 1864. 'We engrave...[a] sketch taken by Mr

Interior of the Shakspeare Pavilion at Stratford-on-Avon, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The Shakspeare Pavilion at Stratford-on-Avon - interior, 1864. Building celebrating the tercentenary of William Shakespeare's birth,'...designed by Messrs

The works of the Metropolitan extension railway in Smithfield, 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson
The works of the Metropolitan extension railway in Smithfield, [London], 1864. View from the bottom of Cow-cross and St. John-street towards the south-west

Demolition of Lyon's Inn, Strand, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Demolition of Lyon's Inn, Strand, [London], 1862. A piece of old London - a long-neglected, out-of-the-way nook and corner - has disappeared

Demolition of Hungerford Market: view looking towards the Strand, 1862. Creator: Mason Jackson
Demolition of Hungerford Market: view looking towards the Strand, [London], 1862. The disappearance of Hungerford Market...is perhaps not a subject of much, if any

Germans rebuild bridge at Lemberg, between 1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Germans rebuild bridge at Lemberg, between 1914 and c1915. German soldiers on bridge at Lemberg, Austro-Hungarian Empire, (now Lviv, Ukraine), during World War I

Soon-to-be-finished portion of the lock, Kuzminskoe, 1912. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Soon-to-be-finished portion of the lock, Kuzminskoe, 1912

Demolition of Blackfriars Bridge, 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson
Demolition of Blackfriars Bridge, [London], 1864. View from the Surrey bank of the Thames, showing...the scaffolding which has been erected facilitate the removal of materials...[Also visible are]

An Underpass 42.4 Sazhens long at Verst 15, 1900-1904. Creator: Unknown
An Underpass 42.4 Sazhens long at Verst 15, 1900-1904. In the second half of the 19th century, Russia underwent a period of extensive rail development that culminated in the construction of

The Thames Embankment Works, viewed from King's College, 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson
The Thames Embankment Works, viewed from King's College, [London], 1864....when the embankment is finished, running as it will from Pimlico to Blackfriars-bridge, and beyond it

Working on a Tunnel, 1900-1904. Creator: Unknown
Working on a Tunnel, 1900-1904. In the second half of the 19th century, Russia underwent a period of extensive rail development that culminated in the construction of the Trans-Siberian Railroad

Tunnel Works, 1900-1904. Creator: Unknown
Tunnel Works, 1900-1904. In the second half of the 19th century, Russia underwent a period of extensive rail development that culminated in the construction of the Trans-Siberian Railroad

Trenches in Central Park, Mar 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Trenches in Central Park, Mar 1918. Probably shows a project to dig demonstration trenches in Central Park, New York City

Kamchadals on the river bank near the baht and logs prepared for hollowing out the baht, 1922-1923. From an album of 296 works which offer a glimpse of life in the Russian Far Northeast in the first

The American Centennial Exhibition at Philadelphia: transplanting trees in the grounds, 1876. Creator: Unknown
The American Centennial Exhibition at Philadelphia: transplanting trees in the grounds, 1876. From "Illustrated London News", 1876

The Paris Wine Market: the Brandy Quarter, Rues de Languedoc and de la Côte d'Or, the Cellars, 1860
The Paris Wine Market: the Brandy Quarter, Rues de Languedoc and de la Cote d'Or, the Cellars, 1860. Engraving after a sketch by M. Lancelot

The Revolution in Sicily - the Sicilians demolishing the Fort of Castellamare at Palermo... 1860. Creator: Unknown
The Revolution in Sicily - the Sicilians demolishing the Fort of Castellamare at Palermo - from a sketch by T. Nast, 1860

The Ship-yard in Amsterdam, mid-17th century. Creator: Reinier Zeeman
The Ship-yard in Amsterdam, mid-17th century

Stairwell in a Renaissance House, mid-18th century. Creator: Michele Marieschi
Stairwell in a Renaissance House, mid-18th century

Building the great steam-frigate "Warrior" at the Thames Ironworks, Blackwall, 1860. Creator: Smyth
Building the great steam-frigate "Warrior" at the Thames Ironworks, Blackwall, 1860. Admiral Sir Baldwin Wake Walker, Surveyor of the Navy

Removal of a large tree from Chiswick to the new gardens of the Horticultural Society at... 1860. Creator: Unknown
Removal of a large tree from Chiswick to the new gardens of the Horticultural Society at South Kensington, [London], 1860. The subject before us is a fine specimen of the deodar, 26ft. high and 18ft

The Revolution in Sicily - the Sicilians demolishing the Fort of Castellamare at Palermo... 1860. Creator: Unknown
The Revolution in Sicily - the Sicilians demolishing the Fort of Castellamare at Palermo - from a sketch by T. Nast, 1860

Kondo Sato, c1802. Creator: Hokusai
Kondo Sato, c1802

Un Propriétaire méfiant, 1853. Creator: Honore Daumier
Un Proprietaire mefiant, 1853. - Ce blanc la a-t-il ete fait avec du vrai zinc?...c'est que j'ai entendu dire sou...'. (A suspicious landlord)

Fichtre!...que ces êtres-là sont sciants!, 1839. Creator: Honore Daumier
Fichtre!...que ces etres-la sont sciants!, 1839. Man tripping over sawn logs: Damn!...how clever these things are!'. Pun on the French word sciant which can mean surprising or sawing

Old House in Fetter-Lane, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Old House in Fetter-Lane, [London], 1858. Sketch of...a characteristic example of the substantial brick buildings erected, some in the reign of Charles I

V'la, v'la l'coco! il est frais... 1833. Creator: Honore Daumier
V'la, v'la l'coco! il est frais... 1833. V'la, v'la l'coco! il est frais - tu nous embetes avec to coco, nous n'en voulons plus'. Woman: Get your hot cocoa!'

Destruction of the Martello Tower, Eastbourne, Sussex, by Sir W. Armstrong's guns, at a... 1860. Creator: Unknown
Destruction of the Martello Tower, Eastbourne, Sussex, by Sir W. Armstrong's guns, at a distance of 1032 yards, 1860. The guns employed were a 40-pounder of 31 cwt. an 80-pounder of 63 cwt

Surugacho Echigoya, c1802. Creator: Hokusai
Surugacho Echigoya, c1802

Progress of the Embankment of the Thames at Chelsea, 1857. Creator: Unknown
Progress of the Embankment of the Thames at Chelsea, [London], 1857. View of...a portion in progress by Mr. Jay, the contractor, under the Woods and Works

Workmen in line with a client, 1860-1865. Creator: Anon
Workmen in line with a client to carry out work on a house, 1860-1865

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In the picturesque Salt farm of Noirmoutier-en-l’Ile, nestled on the beautiful Ile de Noirmoutier in Pays de la Loire, France, a working man finds solace. Like a verse from a poem by Ise, he toils tirelessly under the sun's warm embrace. His hands weathered and calloused, he is a testament to resilience and dedication. Captured in time through a plaster cast figurine created by Austin L. Davison in 1940, this working man stands as an emblem of strength and perseverance. In his eyes lies the story of countless others who have labored for their livelihoods. Across oceans and continents, we find glimpses of these unsung heroes. A government truck rolls through Washington D. C. , bearing witness to their unwavering commitment during uncertain times in 1942 - captured by none other than Gordon Parks himself. In New York City's bustling Fulton fish market, city sanitation workmen wash streets while dock stevedores pack and ice fish with precision - all immortalized through Parks' lens in 1943. Their efforts ensure that life continues to flow smoothly amidst chaos. The construction workman becomes both creator and destroyer as they wreck buildings on Independence Avenue in Washington D. C. , preparing the ground for new beginnings during wartime struggles - another poignant image from Parks' collection. As evening descends upon the Fulton fish market once again, these tireless workers persistently carry out their duties under dim lights - shadows dancing around them like echoes of their laborious day. And when dawn breaks anew, workmen from the sanitary department flush streets clean before sunrise; their contribution often overlooked but essential nonetheless. These snapshots remind us that behind every thriving society lies an army of dedicated individuals who keep its wheels turning. The working man embodies determination etched into history's tapestry – forever woven into our collective memory as silent heroes whose sweat forms the foundation of progress.