Laborers Collection

The parable of the laborers in the vineyard: The payment of the denarius. ca. 1500. Second Series cloth. Manufacturing in Brussels, possibly in the workshops of Pieter van Aelst

Trade union. Manifest published by the World Congress in London
Trade union. Emerged from the development of the Industrial Revolution in the late nineteenth century in Great Britain. Manifest published by the World Congress in London. 1896

Agricultural labourers at the time of the Poor Law Reform Act in England, 1834
3083159 Agricultural labourers at the time of the Poor Law Reform Act in England, 1834.; Private Collection; (add.info.: From The Century Edition of Cassell's History of England, published c)

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Vietnam, Painting of Vietnamese agricultural workers planting rice plants in a paddy field

View in Kingsway during the progress of the Improvement, 1905 (photo)
3038392 View in Kingsway during the progress of the Improvement, 1905 (photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Harvesting sugar cane in Cuba, c. 1910 (b/w photo)
2962915 Harvesting sugar cane in Cuba, c.1910 (b/w photo) by American Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection

Loading sugar cane onto a cart in Cuba, c. 1910 (b/w photo)
2962916 Loading sugar cane onto a cart in Cuba, c.1910 (b/w photo) by American Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection

New York, Hod Carriers, 1900 (oil on canvas)
712200 New York, Hod Carriers, 1900 (oil on canvas) by Hassam, Childe Frederick (1859-1935); 27x23.5 cm; Private Collection

Miners, 1908 (charcoal)
3367029 Miners, 1908 (charcoal) by Stella, Joseph (1877-1946); 37.9x49.9 cm; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT, USA; (add.info)

Ox Team, Wharf at Matinicus, 1916 (oil on lumbercore panel)
3492902 Ox Team, Wharf at Matinicus, 1916 (oil on lumbercore panel) by Bellows, George Wesley (1882-1925); 55.9 x 71.1 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA; American, out of copyright

Three Young Newsboys Smoking, Saint Louis, Missouri, USA, 1910 (b / w photo)
3615938 Three Young Newsboys Smoking, Saint Louis, Missouri, USA, 1910 (b/w photo) by Hine, Lewis Wickes (1874-1940); Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA; (add.info.: 11:00 A.M)

The Mid-day Meal, 19th century (w / c)
6199872 The Mid-day Meal, 19th century (w/c) by Artz, David Adolph Constant (1837-90); 47x65.8 cm; The McManus, Dundee, UK; Dundee Art Galleries and Museums; Dutch, out of copyright

Trades in Regency England. Brick making, butter churning and rabbit warren. Brickmaker with bricks, hod, kiln and wheelbarrow in Woolpit 31, woman churning butter in an urn in Bury dairy 32

French womens costumes of the 15th century. Poetess Christine de Pizan writing in her room A, women in hennin headdresses B, D, and woman in tall headdress hawking on horseback C

Road painters carrying broken white line stencil, Sept 1939
Road painters carrying the " blackout stencil" which enabled workmen to paint broken white lines down the centre of roads with ease, in order to reduce accidents when driving in blackouts

Womens Land Army volunteers in training, September 1939
Volunteers for the Womens Land Army learning basic agricultural skills, courtesy of the East Sussex Agricultural College. The Sphere comments on the health benefits of country life. 1939

Women building the elevated railway in Tokyo, October 1904
Female labourors as they carry bricks for use in the construction of the elevated railway, Tokyo. The caption describes how women working in manual labour was not uncommon in Japan. Date: 1904

Female land army workers resting after a full day 1918
Women in Theydon, Essex, resting, socialising and reading in their club room after a days training for land army work. The Womens Land Army was established in 1917 to replace male workers in

Women farm workers loading a cart, May 1918
Two female farm workers as they load a cart with " roots for cattle", possibly swedes. The Sphere gives an extremely complimentary report of female work on farms describing how " there

Woman harvesting apples as old man watches 1918
Old man watches, " not altogether unmixed with disapproval", as women harvest apples in an English garden. The Sphere comments on the mixed reaction of the old man

Gulliver sees farm laborers as high as steeples and hides in a wheat field
3514763 Gulliver sees farm laborers as high as steeples and hides in a wheat field, from French Edition of Gullivers Travels by Jonathan Swift by Gavarni

Farmhands fetching Ice, 1927 (oil on canvas)
3588430 Farmhands fetching Ice, 1927 (oil on canvas) by Syberg, Fritz (1862-1939); 137x201 cm; National Museum, Stockholm, Sweden; Danish, out of copyright

Haying Scene, 1836 (oil on wood panel)
1079429 Haying Scene, 1836 (oil on wood panel) by Durand, Asher Brown (1796-1886); 61.9x28.9x1.3 cm; Collection of the New-York Historical Society

Rail Track laying machine, Blackwell, Oklahoma, 1909 (b / w photo)
PNP246916 Rail Track laying machine, Blackwell, Oklahoma, 1909 (b/w photo) by American Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; Peter Newark American Pictures; American, out of copyright

Factory workers stand strong united, 1900 (pen on paper)
1765778 Factory workers stand strong united, 1900 (pen on paper) by Vaardt, Jan van der (1647-1721); 64.8A--48.3 cm; Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Workmen prepare logs for the smelting of iron ore, 1905-1915 (photo)
1273944 Workmen prepare logs for the smelting of iron ore, 1905-1915 (photo) by Prokudin-Gorsky, Sergey (1863-1944); Private Collection; (add.info)

Paris Seen From Montmartre, 1887 (oil on canvas)
5615431 Paris Seen From Montmartre, 1887 (oil on canvas) by Chittussi, Antonin (1848-91); 124x150 cm; Narodni Galerie, Prague, Czech Republic; Czech, out of copyright

A family, with shovels and horse-drawn carts, working at the iron mines in the Bakaly
1273929 A family, with shovels and horse-drawn carts, working at the iron mines in the Bakaly hills, 1905-1915 (photo) by Prokudin-Gorsky

Encampment of workmen of the telegraph company on the road between Killarney and Valencia
3037837 Encampment of workmen of the telegraph company on the road between Killarney and Valencia, 1865 (engraving) by English School

Union work-detail preparing to install mortars near Petersburg, Virginia
867768 Union work-detail preparing to install mortars near Petersburg, Virginia, summer 1864 (b/w photo) by American Photographer

The Laborers in the Vineyard (engraving)
2791991 The Laborers in the Vineyard (engraving) by English School, (18th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Laborers in the Vineyard)

Completion of the Great Northern Railroad, 6th January 1893 (b / w photo)
PNP246915 Completion of the Great Northern Railroad, 6th January 1893 (b/w photo) by American Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Two Boys Showering at Postal Telegraph Company, Broadway, New York City, New York, USA, c
5858511 Two Boys Showering at Postal Telegraph Company, Broadway, New York City, New York, USA, c.1910 (sepia photograph) by Hine, Lewis Wickes (1874-1940); Private Collection; American

Young Boys Setting Up Bowling Pins at Arcade Bowling Alley Late at Night, Trenton
5858508 Young Boys Setting Up Bowling Pins at Arcade Bowling Alley Late at Night, Trenton, New Jersey, USA, c.1909 (sepia photo) by Hine, Lewis Wickes (1874-1940); Private Collection; American

Robert Owen, 1834 (oil on canvas)
3740340 Robert Owen, 1834 (oil on canvas) by Brooke, William Henry (1772-1860); 27.3x21.6 cm; National Portrait Gallery, London, UK; (add.info.: Robert Owen (1771-1858) Welsh social reformer

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Myanmar, Farm labourers collecting crops in a field, near Mandalay

Reapers Resting in a Wheat Field, 1885 (oil on canvas)
3471309 Reapers Resting in a Wheat Field, 1885 (oil on canvas) by Sargent, John Singer (1856-1925); 71.1x91.4 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA; American, out of copyright

Fuji from Mishima pass, Edo, c. 1830 (woodblock print)
3471171 Fuji from Mishima pass, Edo, c.1830 (woodblock print) by Hokusai, Katsushika (1760-1849); Private Collection; (add.info.: Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji is an ukiyo-e series of large)

Men at an Anvil, study for The Spirit of Vulcan, c. 1904-8 (oil on canvas)
3366988 Men at an Anvil, study for The Spirit of Vulcan, c.1904-8 (oil on canvas) by Abbey, Edwin Austin (1852-1911); 76.2x101.6 cm; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT

Builders of Ships, 1916 (oil on canvas)
3366980 Builders of Ships, 1916 (oil on canvas) by Bellows, George Wesley (1882-1925); 76.2x111.8 cm; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT, USA; American, out of copyright

View of Haarlem with Bleaching Grounds, c. 1670-75 (oil on canvas)
3247748 View of Haarlem with Bleaching Grounds, c.1670-75 (oil on canvas) by Ruisdael, Jacob Isaaksz. or Isaacksz. van (1628/9-82); 55.5x62 cm; Mauritshuis, The Hague

Two men outside Enfield cottage, c. 1890 (b / w photo)
3086735 Two men outside Enfield cottage, c.1890 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Chinese laborers working on the Transiberian railway works, engraving, 1890

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Orange Packing at Redlands, California, USA. After a photo-chromolithograph by an unidentified photographer, published circa 1899 by the Detroit Photographic Co; Redlands, California

Attributed David Ryckaert Parable Laborers Vineyard
Attributed to David Ryckaert, The Parable of the Laborers in the Vineyard, The Parable of the Vineyard, painting, oil on canvas, Height, 69 cm (27.1 inches), Width, 129 cm (50.7 inches)

Peace pleasant mourning tomb Joan-Derk Baron van der Capellen tot den Pol
Peace and a pleasant mourning on a tomb or Joan-Derk, Baron van der Capellen tot den Pol, The personifications of Freedom

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"Laborers: A Tale of Equality and Struggle" In the parable of the laborers in the vineyard, we learn about fairness and justice. Regardless of when they were hired, all workers received equal pay for their efforts. This timeless lesson resonates with trade unions worldwide, as seen in the Manifest published by the World Congress in London. A glimpse into history takes us to Kingsway during the progress of Improvement in 1905. The bustling view captures laborers tirelessly working towards a better future. Similarly, photographs from Cuba around 1910 depict harvesting sugar cane and loading it onto carts – a testament to the arduous tasks undertaken by these dedicated individuals. The Industrial Revolution brought significant changes to labor conditions, as shown through an image showcasing an English factory's interior in London. It serves as a reminder of how far we have come since then, thanks to the tireless efforts and sacrifices made by countless workers. However, not all stories are filled with progress; some highlight struggles faced by laborers throughout history. The depiction of striking workers in Jumet (Belgium) on March 26th, 1886 reminds us that unity is often necessary to fight for fair treatment and improved working conditions. Traveling back further in time brings us to late 15th-century Italy where farmers plow and sow fields diligently. Their hard work laid foundations for agricultural practices still relevant today. Sadly, discrimination has also plagued labor history – symbolized vividly through "The anti-Chinese wall" chromolithograph from 1882 depicting America building barriers while Chinese culture suffers setbacks elsewhere. Artistic expressions like "New York Hod Carriers" painted on canvas or "Miners" sketched using charcoal capture moments frozen in time but forever etched into our collective memory - reminding us of both physical challenges faced daily and resilience displayed by these unsung heroes. From ancient times till now, they have been the backbone of societies, shaping our world through their unwavering dedication.