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Background imageOccupations Collection: Barber shaving a customer with a razor

Barber shaving a customer with a razor
Barber of 1789 shaving a customer, shown in a Pears Soap ad, 1880s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageOccupations Collection: Logging in Wisconsin, 1800s

Logging in Wisconsin, 1800s
Hauling logs with a horse-drawn sledge in northern Wisconsin, 1880s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageOccupations Collection: Wigs for English lawyers, 1800s

Wigs for English lawyers, 1800s
Lawyer selecting the proper wig for appearance in court, London, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageOccupations Collection: Blowing glass in a British factory, 1800s

Blowing glass in a British factory, 1800s
Workers in a crown-glass factory, Great Britain, early 1800s. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageOccupations Collection: Gutenbergs printing press, 1450s

Gutenbergs printing press, 1450s
Gutenberg and Fust with the first printing press, Germany, 1450s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageOccupations Collection: Abandoned baby found by police, New York City, 1890s

Abandoned baby found by police, New York City, 1890s
Policeman bringing in an abandoned infant found in an alley on a winter night, New York City, 1890s. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of a 19th-century photograph

Background imageOccupations Collection: Cylinder printing press, 1800s

Cylinder printing press, 1800s
Hoe printing press, showing type locked on the bed and overlays fixed on the cylinder; ink rollers on far right, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageOccupations Collection: Colonial sawmill, Virginia, 1600s

Colonial sawmill, Virginia, 1600s
Water-powered sawmill used in Jamestown Colony before 1650. Hand-colored woodcut from " Virginia Truly Valued" by Edward Williams, 1650

Background imageOccupations Collection: Bakers at their trade in the late Middle Ages

Bakers at their trade in the late Middle Ages
Bakers of York, showing their guild ordinances, England, 1590s. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction of an earlier illustration

Background imageOccupations Collection: PPRE2A-00193

PPRE2A-00193
Young George Washington working as a surveyor in Virginia. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageOccupations Collection: BUSN2A-00095

BUSN2A-00095
Loggers with an ordinary haul on an ox-drawn sledge, Minnesota, 1890s. Hand-colored halftone of a 19th-century photograph

Background imageOccupations Collection: Typesetter at work, 1800s

Typesetter at work, 1800s
Setting type by hand in a print-shop. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageOccupations Collection: Blacksmith shoeing a horse

Blacksmith shoeing a horse
Blacksmith fitting a horseshoe, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageOccupations Collection: Glass factory workers in Britain, 1800s

Glass factory workers in Britain, 1800s
Manufacturing glass at a flint-glass factory, Great Britain, 1800s. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageOccupations Collection: Working in a shoe factory, late 1800s

Working in a shoe factory, late 1800s
Shoe industry worker making lasts, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageOccupations Collection: Reading lesson in a Pennsylvania classroom, 1700s

Reading lesson in a Pennsylvania classroom, 1700s
School reading lesson in colonial Pennsylvania. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century Howard Pyle illustration

Background imageOccupations Collection: Students in a one-room school, 1800s

Students in a one-room school, 1800s
Young orator in a village public school, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageOccupations Collection: Printing the Gutenberg Bible, 1453

Printing the Gutenberg Bible, 1453
The first proof sheet from Gutenbergs press, 1453. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageOccupations Collection: Small office in the late 1800s

Small office in the late 1800s
Man and woman at a desk, late 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageOccupations Collection: Pharmacy at Fort Howard, Green Bay, Wisconsin

Pharmacy at Fort Howard, Green Bay, Wisconsin
Pharmacy at Fort Howard, US Army outpost on the Wisconsin frontier in the early 1800s, Heritage Hill, Green Bay. Photograph

Background imageOccupations Collection: School board interviewing a teacher, 1800s

School board interviewing a teacher, 1800s
Prospective teacher interviewed by a rural school board, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageOccupations Collection: BUSN2P-00001

BUSN2P-00001
Book and magazine printing press at Harper & Bros. New York City, early 1900s. Printed halftone of a photograph

Background imageOccupations Collection: School for poor children in Brooklyn, 1870

School for poor children in Brooklyn, 1870
Schoolroom of the Brooklyn Bethel, New York, 1870. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageOccupations Collection: Chicago police arresting a suspect, 1890s

Chicago police arresting a suspect, 1890s
Police making a patrol-box arrest in Chicago, 1890s. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century Thulstrup illustration

Background imageOccupations Collection: Surveyors compass, 18th century

Surveyors compass, 18th century
Surveyors compass from the 1700s, displayed during a reenactment at Yorktown Battlefield, Colonial National Park. Digital photograph

Background imageOccupations Collection: Apprentice carpenter

Apprentice carpenter
Young carpenters apprentice planing a block of wood, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageOccupations Collection: Kindergarten children playing a game, 1870s

Kindergarten children playing a game, 1870s
Kindergarten class playing an active game, " the windmill, " 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageOccupations Collection: Kindergarten class in Boston, 1870s

Kindergarten class in Boston, 1870s
Public kindergarden students modeling clay, Boston, Massachusetts, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageOccupations Collection: Reading lesson in a 19th-century classroom

Reading lesson in a 19th-century classroom
Boys reading aloud in a schoolroom, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageOccupations Collection: Students reciting in a one-room school, 1800s

Students reciting in a one-room school, 1800s
Pupils reciting poetry in a one-room school, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageOccupations Collection: PPRT2A-00006

PPRT2A-00006
Gutenbergs printing press, Mainz, Germany, 1450s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageOccupations Collection: PPRT2A-00002

PPRT2A-00002
Johannes Gutenberg examining a proof. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th century illustration

Background imageOccupations Collection: William Caxton, the first English printer

William Caxton, the first English printer
William Caxton examining his first proof sheet in Westminster Abbey, England, 1475. Printed reproduction of a color lithograph illustration

Background imageOccupations Collection: Silversmith in ancient Egypt

Silversmith in ancient Egypt
Ancient Egyptian worker in silver. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageOccupations Collection: BUSN2A-00015

BUSN2A-00015
Villagers watching a blacksmith working at his forge, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageOccupations Collection: BUSN2A-00073

BUSN2A-00073
Iron foundry, circa 1803-1806. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageOccupations Collection: BUSN2A-00078

BUSN2A-00078
Coal miners tamping an explosive charge in a tunnel, 1860s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageOccupations Collection: BUSN2A-00085

BUSN2A-00085
Blacksmith making horse-nails by hand on an anvil. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageOccupations Collection: BUSN2A-00086

BUSN2A-00086
Blacksmith and his assistant at a forge. Hand colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageOccupations Collection: BUSN2A-00087

BUSN2A-00087
Blacksmith working at an anvil. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageOccupations Collection: BUSN2A-00088

BUSN2A-00088
Pat Lyon, blacksmith, at the forge. Hand-colored woodcut

Background imageOccupations Collection: BUSN2A-00126

BUSN2A-00126
Tunnel in a California mine, 1850s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageOccupations Collection: BUSN2A-00134

BUSN2A-00134
Woodworker showing young boy his tools and techniques. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageOccupations Collection: BUSN2A-00099

BUSN2A-00099
Lumbermen clearing a log-jam on a river, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageOccupations Collection: BUSN2A-00151

BUSN2A-00151
Old-time shoemaker working outdoors. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageOccupations Collection: BUSN2A-00149

BUSN2A-00149
Iron industry workers manufacturing steel in England, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageOccupations Collection: BUSN2A-00156

BUSN2A-00156
A big load of logs on a skidder in Michigan, 1880s. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of a 19th-century photograph

Background imageOccupations Collection: BUSN2A-00153

BUSN2A-00153
Rural newspaper editor considering farm products as payment for a subscription, 1800s Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration



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