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.