Occupations Gallery

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

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1800s, 19th Century, America, American, Art, Business, Commerce, Handset Type, Heritage, Historic, History, Hoe Press, Hoe Printing Press, Illustration, News Paper, Newspaper Office, North America, Printer, Printing, Printing Press, Publisher, Trade, Traditional, United States, Us A, Vintage

Apprentice carpenter

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

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1700s, 1800s, 18th Century, 19th Century, Apprentice, Art, Business, Carpenter, Child, Child Labor, Child Labour, Chisel, Commerce, Heritage, Historic, History, Illustration, Labor, Labour, Manual, Skill, Tool, Trade, Traditional, Vintage, Wood, Wood Worker, Woodworking, Work, Worker

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Miners digging and loading coal into an underground mule-drawn cart in Pennsylvania, 1860s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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1800s, 1860s, 19th Century, American, Animal, Animal Power, Art, Cart, Coal, Davy Lamp, Energy, Fossil Fuel, Historic, History, Illustration, Industry, Lamp, Mine, Mineral, Mining, Mule, Mule Drawn, North America, Ore, Pennsylvania, Power, Transportation, Tunnel, Under Ground, United States, Us A, Vintage