Occupation Gallery

Lancashire Mill Town; Cotton mill worker Alice Nelson sets out for work at the Lilac Mill in Shaw

Cotton mill worker Alice Nelson sets out for work at the Lilac Mill in Shaw, Lancashire, January 1955. Original publication: Picture Post - 7474 - Cotton's Amazing Recovery - pub. 15th January 1955 (Photo by Bert Hardy/Picture Post/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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The Running Well Teahouse, Otsu, from the series '

1766548 The Running Well Teahouse, Otsu, from the series The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido (colour woodblock print) by Hiroshige, Ando or Utagawa (1797-1858); 24x36.2 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: The Running Well Teahouse, Otsu, from the series The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido'. Ando Hiroshige (1797-1858). Oban yoko-e. 24 x 36.2cm.); Photo A© Christie's Images; Japanese, out of copyright

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Children on the Beach, St. Ives, 1886 (oil on canvas)

658034 Children on the Beach, St. Ives, 1886 (oil on canvas) by Forbes, Stanhope Alexander (1857-1947) ; 30.5x40 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Children on the Beach, St. Ives. Stanhope Alexander Forbes (1857-1947). Oil on canvas laid on panel. 30.5 x 40cm); Photo A© Christie's Images; English, out of copyright

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