Employment Collection (page 12)

Economy. The wood, woodcutters, carpenters..., c.1900 (chromo)
2636224 Economy. The wood, woodcutters, carpenters..., c.1900 (chromo); Private Collection; (add.info.: Economy. The wood, woodcutters, carpenters... Imagery, France, c.1900.); Photo © CCI

Tours: group photo of companions of the Tour de France carpenter with their masterpieces and their badges, 1925
LUX4749975 Tours: group photo of companions of the Tour de France carpenter with their masterpieces and their badges, 1925; (add.info.: France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37)

The Servant Problem, 1860
1574597 The Servant Problem, 1860; (add.info.: The servant problem: Housewife visits the kitchen to complain to her Good Plain Cook about caterpillars in vegetables)

Housewife washing dishes, 1890 (engraving)
1574598 Housewife washing dishes, 1890 (engraving); (add.info.: Housewife helping with washing the dishes while her maid puts the crockery away)

Woman carrying a load of coal up a turnpike spiral stair - Scotland, 1848. Engraving
530412 Woman carrying a load of coal up a turnpike spiral stair - Scotland, 1848. Engraving; (add.info.: From Matthias Dunn A Treatise on the Winning and Working of Collieries)

Silk weaver at work in his cottage at Bethnal Green, London, England, late 19th century
541950 Silk weaver at work in his cottage at Bethnal Green, London, England, late 19th century. The Spitalfields silk industry was founded by Huguenot refugees from France after Louis XIV's

The Clasp Maker's Workshop. By Jost Amman, 16th century (woodcut)
529948 The Clasp Maker's Workshop. By Jost Amman, 16th century (woodcut); Universal History Archive/UIG

Chimney sweeps in London, 1880
1579971 Chimney sweeps in London, 1880; (add.info.: Chimney sweeps in London circa 1880. Children were employed due to there small size, it permitted them to ascend into the chimney sacks)

The morning turn out (engraving)
8631271 The morning turn out (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The morning turn out, horse-drawn omnibuses ready to begin the day's work)

Queen Victoria visiting a sweetmeat factory (engraving)
8631355 Queen Victoria visiting a sweetmeat factory (engraving) by Comba, Pierra (1859-1934); Private Collection; (add.info.: Queen Victoria visiting a sweetmeat factory)

Interviewing a potential employee (colour litho)
8635623 Interviewing a potential employee (colour litho) by Howard, Charles Thomas (1865-1942); Private Collection; (add.info.: Interviewing a potential employee)

Preventing the spread of diseases carried by rats on ships (b/w photo)
8635906 Preventing the spread of diseases carried by rats on ships (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Women finishing gramophone records (b/w photo)
8626054 Women finishing gramophone records (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Women finishing gramophone records in a factory)

Women munitions workers filling shells, World War I, 1916 (b/w photo)
8626495 Women munitions workers filling shells, World War I, 1916 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Women munitions workers filling shells)

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Hop pickers in Kent (colour litho)
8626081 Hop pickers in Kent (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Hop pickers in Kent, with a verse from Directions for Cultivating a Hop Garden)

Transmitting a photograph by telegraphy (b/w photo)
8626059 Transmitting a photograph by telegraphy (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Transmitting a photograph by telegraphy)

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Women learning how to repair army boots, World War I (b/w photo)
8626593 Women learning how to repair army boots, World War I (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Women learning how to repair army boots)

Woman bus conductor, London, World War I, 1916 (b/w photo)
8626503 Woman bus conductor, London, World War I, 1916 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Woman bus conductor, London, World War I, 1916)

Trades: Burglar (colour litho)
8641500 Trades: Burglar (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Burglar. Illustration for one of a set of playing cards used in the game Jack of All Trades)

Trades: Blacksmith (colour litho)
8641497 Trades: Blacksmith (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Blacksmith. Illustration for one of a set of playing cards used in the game Jack of All)

Salvation Army laundry at Stoke Newington (engraving)
8631611 Salvation Army laundry at Stoke Newington (engraving) by Ward, Enoch (1859-1922); Private Collection; (add.info.: Salvation Army laundry at Stoke Newington. Illustration from Black and White)

Building charcoal kilns, 18th Century (engraving)
8655518 Building charcoal kilns, 18th Century (engraving) by French School, (18th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Building charcoal kilns, 18th Century)

Wot's it to be, Maud - ot ot cold lunch? (colour litho)
8656305 Wot's it to be, Maud - ot ot cold lunch? (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: "Wot's it to be, Maud - ot ot cold lunch)

Just a few words (colour litho)
8656527 Just a few words (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Just a few words. Two flower girls. Postcard, early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

What we wants is shorter hours (colour litho)
8656517 What we wants is shorter hours (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: "What we wants is shorter hours - sixty minutes is too long for an)

The salesman (colour litho)
8655836 The salesman (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The salesman. As a salesman you are clever. Handsome salesman in a suit with a suitcase)

The manicurist (colour litho)
8655790 The manicurist (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The manicurist. Woman giving a man a manicure. Postcard, early 20th century)

Nanny carrying a child (engraving)
8655779 Nanny carrying a child (engraving) by French School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Nanny carrying a child)

Centrifuge for separating blood serum (engraving)
8663685 Centrifuge for separating blood serum (engraving) by German School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Centrifuge for separating blood serum)

Tuna fishing off the Italian Mediterranean coast (litho)
8663604 Tuna fishing off the Italian Mediterranean coast (litho) by Sartorio, Giulio Aristide (1860-1932); Private Collection; (add.info.: Tuna fishing off the Italian Mediterranean coast)

Portland cement plant (litho)
8663603 Portland cement plant (litho) by Kranz, Wilhelm (1853-1930); Private Collection; (add.info.: Section through a Portland cement plant)

Crab fishing at Oldenburg in Holstein, Germany (colour litho)
8663557 Crab fishing at Oldenburg in Holstein, Germany (colour litho) by Saltzmann, Carl (1847-1923); Private Collection; (add.info.: Crab fishing at Oldenburg in Holstein, Germany)

Casting pewter vessels (engraving)
8663701 Casting pewter vessels (engraving) by French School, (18th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Casting pewter vessels. From Denis Diderot's Encyclopedie, 1771)

Siberian fur trapper, Kamchatka (engraving)
8663807 Siberian fur trapper, Kamchatka (engraving) by Russian School (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Siberian fur trapper, Kamchatka, Russia)

Portland cement plant (litho)
8663602 Portland cement plant (litho) by Kranz, Wilhelm (1853-1930); Private Collection; (add.info.: Section through a Portland cement plant)

Miners working in the gypsum mine, Mountfield, Sussex (b/w photo)
8675996 Miners working in the gypsum mine, Mountfield, Sussex (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Miners working in the gypsum mine, Mountfield)

Making trugs, Herstmonceux, Sussex (b/w photo)
8675991 Making trugs, Herstmonceux, Sussex (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Making trugs, Herstmonceux, Sussex)

Ox team on a farm on the Sussex Downs, c1905 (b/w photo)
8675968 Ox team on a farm on the Sussex Downs, c1905 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ox team on a farm on the Sussex Downs, c1905)

Making wooden fencing at the Stanley Underwood works (b/w photo)
8676075 Making wooden fencing at the Stanley Underwood works (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Making wooden fencing at the Stanley Underwood works)

Women's costume of a dairy worker of Rennes (colour litho)
8677229 Women's costume of a dairy worker of Rennes (colour litho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Women's costume of a dairy worker of Rennes)

Glassmaking, Baruther Glashutte, Germany (colour litho)
8663947 Glassmaking, Baruther Glashutte, Germany (colour litho) by Seeck, Otto (1868-1937); Private Collection; (add.info.: Glassmaking, Baruther Glashutte, Germany)

Pouring of a large casting in an iron foundry (colour litho)
8663946 Pouring of a large casting in an iron foundry (colour litho) by Montan, Anders (1845-1917); Private Collection; (add.info.: Pouring of a large casting in an iron foundry)

Mine in the Harz Mountains, 15th Century (engraving)
8663761 Mine in the Harz Mountains, 15th Century (engraving) by German School, (15th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Mine in the Harz Mountains, Germany, 15th Century)

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From the Royal Navy to the Metropolitan Police, employment opportunities have shaped history. Step into the past with a glimpse at iconic recruitment posters like the Royal Navy's vintage advertising poster and the German propaganda poster from WW1. Reflect on moments of resilience, as seen in The Jarrow March of 1936, where determined marchers sought better employment prospects. Witness diversity in roles through recruitment signs for organizations like WaC and WRNS, showcasing women's contributions during wartime. Celebrate empowerment as Welsh women road builders pave their way in South Wales. Explore solidarity through trades union membership certificates and witness craftsmanship within a dressmaker's workshop. Marvel at Ford Motor Company employees who drove innovation in Detroit, Michigan, USA. And finally, cheer for progress as seven women police officers form a netball team - breaking barriers one game at a time. Employment has always been more than just work; it is an ever-evolving tapestry that weaves together stories of ambition, dedication, and collective growth.