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Blowing glass in a British factory, 1800sWorkers in a crown-glass factory, Great Britain, early 1800s. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century illustration
Glass factory workers in Britain, 1800sManufacturing glass at a flint-glass factory, Great Britain, 1800s. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century illustration
Chinese immigrants working on the transcontinental railroadChinese laborers constructing the Central Pacific Railroad, 1860s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Workers cheering the first train over the mountains from CaliforniaSnowsheds protecting a transcontinental railroad train in the Sierra Nevada mountains. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Medieval peasantPeasant carrying a shovel in the 1400s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration
Building the transcontinental railroadImmigrants and other workers laying track for the transcontinental railroad across Nebraska, 1860s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Transcontinental railroad workers attacked by Native AmericansCheyenne Indians attacking workers building the transcontinental railroad on the Great Plains, 1867. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Immigrants building the transcontinental railroadAsian and European immigrants working on the last mile of the transcontinental railroad, 1869. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Dining car on the transcontinental railroadPalace Hotel dining car on the Union Pacific Railroad, 1869. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Laying railroad track across the Great PlainsWorkers laying track for the transcontinental railroad, 1860s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Freight train brakemen in a blizzardRailroad brakemen working atop boxcars in a snowstorm, 1890s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Labor strike, late 1800sStriking workers on parade in the U.S. late 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Black stevedores in St. Louis, Missouri, 1890sAfrican-American roustabouts on the levee, St. Louis, Missouri, 1890s. Albertype reproduction of a photograph
Silversmith in ancient EgyptAncient Egyptian worker in silver. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Fishing with nets in ancient EgyptFishermen using nets in ancient Egypt. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Work party on the transcontinental railroadTranscontinental railroad constructed across the western prairie, 1860s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Communist demonstration broken up by New York policeCommunist workers driven from a demonstration in Tompkins Square by mounted police, New York City, 1871. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Excavating the Panama CanalWorkers using explosives to excavate the Panama Canal, 1900s. Printed color halftone reproduction of an early 20th-century illustration
GAFR2A-00053Native workers descending into a diamond mine near Johannesburg, South Africa, 1890s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration
Railroad tunnel under constructionPortal of a railroad tunnel under construction, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Digging a railroad tunnelWorkers building a railroad tunnel, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Danger ahead for a steam locomotiveFlagger warning a railroad crew to brake for danger ahead on the tracks. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Pittsburgh coke ovens, 1880sSteel workers at the Pittsburgh coke ovens, showing their dwellings on the hilltop, 1880. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
GGBR2A-00056Irish potato harvesters on their way to England to find work, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration