After the Gold Rush

Dawson City, Yukon (present day Nome, Alaska), circa 1890.  Photographer unknown.

Street Sweeping

Street sweeper takes a break.  London, East End, 1965.  Photo by Steve Lewis.

Florence, Italy, circa 1940. A trucker stops to refuel. Photo by Alberto Lattuada.

Before Rosie

Long before America's Rosie the Riveter represented women in the workplace during war, the French were already in the game.  Women like these worked in munitions factories from 1914 through 1918 to support the war effort while troops fought under the hellish conditions of trench warfare at the front.  Photo by Roger Viollet, 1914. 

Scraping the Sky

Steel beam workers in New York City, 1925.  Photographer unknown. 

Catch of the Day: Abalone

Abalone fisherman sort the catch.  California, 1940, photographer unknown.

Checking the Plaque

After completing the Williamsburg Bridge (New York City) workers check the finish on the plaque. Circa 1903, photographer unknown.

Boiling Sausages

Boiling sausages at the sausage factory.  Photographer and location unknown.  Circa 1920.

French Opera Parking

New Orleans, circa 1955. Photographer Roger Viollet.

Workers on the Silent Highway

 From the series "Street life in London,"  1877.  Photo by John Thomson

Youngsters in Harlem

Youngsters play in the street, Harlem, 1920s.  Photo by New York Daily News.

"London Contrast"

Circa 1860, published by London Stereoscopic Company, photographer unknown.  Staged split-screen to illustrate the difference between rich and poor children in London, England. 

Roadhouse

Roadhouse in the southern United States.  Exact location not listed.  Photographer, Michael Ochs. 

Lunch Break

Workers take a break, London, 1920s.  Photographer unknown.

Spring Clean

Docker cleans figurehead at Chatham Dockyard in Kent, 1931.  Photographer unknown.

Glass Factory kids

Outside the glass factory, Alexandria, VA, 1911.  Photographer unknown.

Tow Rope

Dock worker hoisting tow rope, London, 1912.  Photographer unknown.

Street Scene

Street scene in Harlem, 1920s.  Photo by New York Daily News. 

Last Call

Last call - Covington KY, 1919, the day before Prohibition was enacted.  

Welding at the Shipyard

Two female welders at the Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyards in Baltimore, MD.  Photo by Arthur Siegel.

The Purple Sage Tavern

The Purple Sage Tavern, Texas, 1939.  Photo by Carl Mydan.

Aftermath

Day after Harlem riots of 1943.  Photo by New York Daily News. 

On the Waterfront

Dock workers in New York, circa 1920s.  Photographer unknown.

Liverpudlian Neighbors

Neighbors sit on a stoop in Liverpool, July, 1949.  Photographer unknown.

Park College Diner, Open 24 Hours

College Park, MD, 1930s. Photo by Nancy Foutz.

Man it's hard...

Baltimore,1940.  Photo by Frederic Lewis.

Drinking at Art's

Art's Sportsmen's Tavern, Colchester Connecticut, 1940.  Photo by Jack Delano

Children and wagon

Children with bucket and wagon in Washington, DC, 1911.  Photographer unknown.

Albert Docks

Loading the Arawa.  London, circa 1885, photographer unknown.

"A Rope Walk"

From Wild Life on a Tidal Water, 1890.  Photograph by Peter Henry Emerson.

"Breydon Smelter"

From Wild Life on a Tidal Water, 1890. Photograph by Peter Henry Emerson.