Dirty Talk

A dustman chats up the ladies, 1935, London.  Photographer unknown.

Meat Men

So-called meat porters, 1935, London, carrying pork.  Interestingly enough, the photographer is one E. Bacon.

I've been Working on the Railroad

Track workers, Paris, 1911.  Photo by Roger Viollet.

We are the Dustmen

Ash removal, Potsdam, Germany, 1928.  Photographer unknown.

Paint Your Wagon

Trolley painters, Scotland, 1911.  Photographer unknown.

Prop Men

Workers grease the way for a new ship (the SS Strathaird) to hit the surf, July 19, 1931, Barrow-in-Furness, England.  Photo by Douglas Miller.

Big Wheel Keep on Turning

Construction crew with massive gear.  London, 1930.  Photographer unknown. 

Strike!

Workers protest the Waterman Repair Division, Maryland, 1935.  Photo by Harold M. Lambert.

After the Fire

Firemen, exhausted and beaten, after the infamous Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire, March 25, 1911, New York.

Take Out the Papers and the Trash

Paris, 1910. Photo by Albert Harlingue.

There's One on Your Shoulder

Rat hunter, Paris, 1910.  Photographer, Roger Violett.

Subterranean Homesick Blues

Maintaing the sewers in London.  Date and photographer unknown.

Roadwork Ahead

Working on Route 40, Ohio, 1935.  Photographer unknown.

The Pit Brow Girls

Girls and women working a coal production line in the U.K., exact location unknown.  Commonly referred to as "pit brow girls."  Circa 1912, photographer unknown.

For Those Who Labor on this Day

A migrant farm worker in Belcross, NC, 1940, takes a short break.  Photo by Jack Delano.