Working class laborer who performs skilled or unskilled manual labor

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Indian workmen mixing and balling opium in a courtyard in Calcutta. Process print after a photograph by Bourne & Shepherd, c. 1900.

A busy balling room in the opium factory at Patna, India. Lithograph after W. S. Sherwill, c. 1850.

A busy mixing room in the opium factory at Patna, India. Lithograph after W. S. Sherwill, c. 1850.

A busy stacking room in the opium factory at Patna, India. Lithograph after W. S. Sherwill, c. 1850.

A busy examining hall in the opium factory at Patna, India. Lithograph after W. S. Sherwill, c. 1850.

Saints who, though noble, were condemned to work in mines, dig the fields, cut the crops, act as herders, or look after camels. Woodcut.

A busy drying room in the opium factory at Patna, India. Lithograph after W. S. Sherwill, c. 1850.

Sick, not dead : the health of British workingmen during the mortality decline / James C. Riley.

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Blue collar workers

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Images about Blue collar workers

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A busy examining hall in the opium factory at Patna, India. Lithograph after W. S. Sherwill, c. 1850.

Sick, not dead : the health of British workingmen during the mortality decline / James C. Riley.

A busy mixing room in the opium factory at Patna, India. Lithograph after W. S. Sherwill, c. 1850.

Indian workmen mixing and balling opium in a courtyard in Calcutta. Process print after a photograph by Bourne & Shepherd, c. 1900.

Saints who, though noble, were condemned to work in mines, dig the fields, cut the crops, act as herders, or look after camels. Woodcut.

Blue collar workers

Images from the collections

Images about Blue collar workers

Works from the collections

A busy examining hall in the opium factory at Patna, India. Lithograph after W. S. Sherwill, c. 1850.

Sick, not dead : the health of British workingmen during the mortality decline / James C. Riley.

A busy mixing room in the opium factory at Patna, India. Lithograph after W. S. Sherwill, c. 1850.

Indian workmen mixing and balling opium in a courtyard in Calcutta. Process print after a photograph by Bourne & Shepherd, c. 1900.

Saints who, though noble, were condemned to work in mines, dig the fields, cut the crops, act as herders, or look after camels. Woodcut.

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