Labour Exchange Collection

24 hour strike in Paris (colour litho)
2779427 24 hour strike in Paris (colour litho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: 24 hour strike in Paris. Scuffles outside the Labour Exchange. La greve de 24 heures)

Meeting of striking tailors and dressmakers at the Paris Labour Exchange (colour litho)
2782178 Meeting of striking tailors and dressmakers at the Paris Labour Exchange (colour litho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Labour Exchange, Whitechapel Road, London, 1890 (b / w photo)
5999341 Labour Exchange, Whitechapel Road, London, 1890 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Labour Exchange, Whitechapel Road, London, 1890)

Troubles in Paris (colour litho)
2818412 Troubles in Paris (colour litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Troubles in Paris. The closure of the Labour Exchange. Les troubles a Paris)

Page from Jordans Enamelled Signs (colour litho)
982956 Page from Jordans Enamelled Signs (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Page from Jordans Enamelled Signs, published by J A Jordan & Sons Ltd)

Registering for Military Training 3rd June 1939. Six thousand five hundred young men presented themselves at employment exchanges in the Greater Birmingham area on Saturday afternoon

Unemployed men seen here queueing up at the Labour Exchange in the Midlands. 23rd October 1931

Register Office for the Hiring of Servants, c. 1805 (pen & ink with watercolour on paper)
XYC281135 Register Office for the Hiring of Servants, c.1805 (pen & ink with watercolour on paper) by Rowlandson, Thomas (1756-1827); 30.5x42.5 cm; Yale Center for British Art

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From the turbulent streets of Paris, where a 24-hour strike by tailors and dressmakers disrupted the city's colorful lithographic industry, to the orderly queues of unemployed men seeking work at London's Labour Exchange in Whitechapel Road, the history of labor exchange is marked by both strife and necessity. This collection showcases a range of historical images, from the colorful lithographs depicting the Parisian labor unrest, to the black and white photograph of the London Labour Exchange, and the enamelled signs of Jordans. As the world geared up for war in 1939, thousands of young men registered for military training at Labour Exchanges, while the Register Office for the Hiring of Servants continued to match employers with domestic help. Through these images, we gain a glimpse into the past, where labor and employment were the driving forces of society.