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Coal mine in England, 1850s
Removing coal in the Bradley mine, Staffordshire, England, 1850s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

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

Black slave on a sugar plantation
Slave woman hoeing sugar plants on a plantation in Louisiana, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Riverboats at Shreveport, Louisiana, 1870s
Stevedores loading barrels at the Red River levee at Shreveport, Louisiana, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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

Cotton loaded on steamboats by black slaves, New Orleans
Slaves loading cotton bales on riverboats at the New Orleans levee, 1850s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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

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

Cotton bale loaded on a boat in New Orleans, 1800s
Young African-American stevedore loading cotton onto a steamboat at New Orleans, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Afroamerican slaves picking cotton. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Slaves planting rice in North Carolina, 1800s
Planting rice on a North Carolina plantation, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Blacksmith shop
Blacksmith and his apprentices at their forge. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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

Apple pickers
Young woman carrying a basket of apples from an orchard. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Street vendor in London, 1800s
Peddler on a street in London, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century Gustave Dore illustration

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White overseer with African-American field-hands cutting sugar-cane, 1800s Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Picking cotton on a plantation in the Deep South, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Nevada silver miners changing the shift, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Street-sweepers answering a roll-call, New York City, 1860s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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

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Sacks of coffee carried into a warehouse in Brazil, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Women loading oranges on a ship at San Antonio, Paraguay, 1890s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Coffee berries spread in the plantation yard to ferment and dry, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Spring farmers work to clear away stones with an ox team. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Cultivation of tobacco in colonial Virginia. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Women screening coal coming out of a mine in England, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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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African-American slaves unloading rice barges in South Carolina 1800s Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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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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African-American woman carrying sheaves on a rice plantation. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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African-American field hands hooking up sugar cane in Louisiana, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century Kemble illustration

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