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Coal mine disaster in England, 1860s

Volunteers lowered into a coal mine to attempt rescue of trapped miners in England, 1860s.
Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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1800s, 1860s, 19th Century, Art, Boys, Britain, British, British Isles, Business, Candle, Coal, Commerce, Danger, Dark, Disaster, Energy, England, English, Europe, European, Fossil Fuel, Gb, Great Britain, Hazard, Heritage, Historic, History, Illustration, Industrial Revolution, Industry, Job, Job Safety, Labor, Labour, Light, Manual, Mine, Miner, Mineral, Mining, Power, Rescue, Rescuer, Safety, Traditional, Tunnel, Uk, Under Ground, Unsafe Working Conditions, Vintage, Work, Worker

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

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1800s, 1880s, 19th Century, American, Art, Cargo, Cold, Forest, Historic, History, Horse, Horse Drawn, Illustration, Job, Labor, Labour, Log, Logger, Lumber, Lumberjack, Lumberman, Manual, Michigan, North America, Pine, Pine Tree, Skidder, Sled, Sledge, Snow, Timber, Timber Industry, Transportation, Tree, United States, Us A, Vintage, Winter, Wood, Woodsman, Work, Worker

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African-American slaves returning from the fields at twilight on a sugar plantation, 1800s.
Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

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1800s, 19th Century, African American, Agriculture, American, Art, Child, Crop, Farm, Field, Field Hand, Food, Harvest, Historic, History, Hoe, Illustration, Labor, Labour, Louisiana, Manual, Mississippi, North America, Slave, Slavery, South, Southern, Sugar, United States, Us A, Vintage, Woman, Work