Workman Collection

The Road Digger
People You See. From Teddy Bear (artwork dated 4 March)

Signpost painter
People You See. Signpost painter. From Teddy Bear (20 June 1970)

British Peace Poster, WW1
Labour Fights Wars and then Pays for them -- Disarm! Chromolithograph poster, by Grafton Art Limited, Peace Poster No 2. 1918

Repairs on a VW Beetle car
A motor mechanic carrying out repairs on a VW Beetle car, whose engine is, of course, in the boot! Date: 1963

Workman at slate mill, Blaenau Ffestiniog, Wales
A workman expertly splitting a slate at slate mill, Blaenau Ffestiniog, Wales. Date: 1962

Workmen at slate mill, Blaenau Ffestiniog, Wales
Men at work in a slate mill, Blaenau Ffestiniog, Wales, splitting the slate into usable pieces. Date: 1962

Poster advertising War Savings Certificates. One workman tells another that its worth while. 1940s

Coolie in grass coat, Japan
Coolie (manual labourer) in grass coat, Japan. circa 1890s

Sketch of workman and old woman
Sketch of a workman carrying something on his shoulder, and an old woman. 1922

Advertisement for Arthur Handler & Co, Berlin, Germany

Workman in a factory operating machinery

Workman in a factory
A workman in a factory, having a break from his work

Workman in apron with barrels
A workman in a dirty apron stands smiling, surrounded by barrels

Workman standing in a yard
A workman in waistcoat and trousers, standing in a yard with a sack on a trolley behind him. Two other men look out from a doorway

Elderly workman in a yard

Workman standing outside a building
A middle-aged workman in dirty clothes, standing outside a building with his glasses on his forehead

Workman with spade
A middle-aged workman standing in a yard with a large spade

Workman in overalls with barrel
A middle-aged workman in overalls, standing next to a barrel

Poster advertising Pollards Storefitters, showing workmen busy with their carpentry. 20th century

Mending a Lamp Post
A crowd gathers to watch a workman up a ladder mending a broken lamp post, England. Date: early 1930s

A road sweeper
A rather ragged dustman or road sweeper with his sweeping brushes and shovel, cart and empty bottle of ale! Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts Date: 1915

Urban Chicken
Why did the chicken cross the road? A cheeky chicken becomes the talk of the town. Date: 1930s

Oiling Bridge Pulleys
This brave workman risks his life to oil one of the pulleys used to construct the new Lambeth Bridge, designed by George Humphreys, opened by George V in 1932. Date: early 1930s

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