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Background imageOccupation Collection: Whitby Harbour, Yorkshire

Whitby Harbour, Yorkshire
19th century vintage photograph: Whitby Harbour, Yorkshire, fishing boats in the harbour

Background imageOccupation Collection: Free French - Honour the Maquis

Free French - Honour the Maquis. The Maquis were rural guerrilla bands of French Resistance fighters, called maquisards, during the Occupation of France in World War II Date: circa 1941

Background imageOccupation Collection: WW2 poster, Fly with the RAF

WW2 poster, Fly with the RAF
WW2 poster, Men in reserved occupations can now fly with the RAF as pilot or observer. Apply nearest combined recruiting centre. Date: 1941

Background imageOccupation Collection: Staff cooks at King George Military Hospital, London, England, 1915

Staff cooks at King George Military Hospital, London, England, 1915
A group portrait of staff cooks at King George Military Hospital, London, England. Two military personnel are sitting in the front row, 1915

Background imageOccupation Collection: Milk Cart

Milk Cart
A horse drawn milk cart

Background imageOccupation Collection: Illustration of ancient East African city of Axum showing people working marble in the foreground

Illustration of ancient East African city of Axum showing people working marble in the foreground, conical grass huts, and royal palace in background

Background imageOccupation Collection: Direction finding tower MP2, La Corbiere, Jersey, May 1945

Direction finding tower MP2, La Corbiere, Jersey, May 1945
A view of a German concrete watch tower on the coast of Jersey

Background imageOccupation Collection: Wringer, wet clothes dryer

Wringer, wet clothes dryer
Antique illustration of a wringer, wet clothes dryer

Background imageOccupation Collection: Snake charmer playing flute-like instrument, snake emerging from basket in front

Snake charmer playing flute-like instrument, snake emerging from basket in front

Background imageOccupation Collection: Rear view of engineers working in a drafting room

Rear view of engineers working in a drafting room, Consolidated Engineering Company, Rochester, New York State, USA

Background imageOccupation Collection: The Mystic Nativity, Painting by Sandro Botticelli (1 March 1445)

The Mystic Nativity, Painting by Sandro Botticelli (1 March 1445)
The Mystic Nativity, Painting by Sandro Botticelli (1 March 1445, 1510), one of the most important Italian painters and draughtsmen of the early Renaissance, Historic

Background imageOccupation Collection: Die Geburt der Venus, Birth Of Venus (1485)

Die Geburt der Venus, Birth Of Venus (1485), Painting by Sandro Botticelli (1 March 1445, 1510), one of the most important Italian painters and draughtsmen of the early Renaissance, Historic

Background imageOccupation Collection: Portrait of Thomas Henry Huxley

Portrait of Thomas Henry Huxley, 1825 - 1895, English biologist and anthropologist, specialized in comparative anatomy, frontispiece to his book „Evidence as to Man's Place in Nature", 1863

Background imageOccupation Collection: Portrait of telephone operator

Portrait of telephone operator

Background imageOccupation Collection: Sale of Russian horses in Goldap, 1914

Sale of Russian horses in Goldap, 1914 Sale of Russian horses in Goldap, 1914. Captured Russian horses are sold to civilians in Goldap in East Prussia after the Battle of Tannenberg

Background imageOccupation Collection: Boadicea leading Iceni revolt by Fortunino Matania

Boadicea leading Iceni revolt by Fortunino Matania
Boadicea (variously spelt, eg Boudicca), Queen of the Iceni, wife of Prasutagus

Background imageOccupation Collection: London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange LIFFE LIFFE

London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange LIFFE LIFFE

Background imageOccupation Collection: Under Tilmanstone

Under Tilmanstone
A miner working underground in Tilmanstone Colliery, in Kent. Photograph taken using Sashalite lighting equipment

Background imageOccupation Collection: Miners coming off shift at the end of a hard day at the coal face. Circa 1960s

Miners coming off shift at the end of a hard day at the coal face. Circa 1960s

Background imageOccupation Collection: Window Cleaners a 1000 foot above the side walk cleaning the windows of the Empire State

Window Cleaners a 1000 foot above the side walk cleaning the windows of the Empire State Building December 1964 © Mirrorpix new4nov © Mirrorpix

Background imageOccupation Collection: Reconstruction of the Templo Mayor complex in the

Reconstruction of the Templo Mayor complex in the city of Mexico-Tenochtitlan, founded in 1325

Background imageOccupation Collection: Standing African woman in traditional Somalian clothing pounding grain in a clay pot using a stick

Standing African woman in traditional Somalian clothing pounding grain in a clay pot using a stick, front view

Background imageOccupation Collection: Jump To The Salute

Jump To The Salute
2nd June 1959: Two London office workers clasp their hands over their ears

Background imageOccupation Collection: Lancashire Mill Town; Cotton mill worker Alice Nelson sets out for work at the Lilac Mill in Shaw

Lancashire Mill Town; Cotton mill worker Alice Nelson sets out for work at the Lilac Mill in Shaw
Cotton mill worker Alice Nelson sets out for work at the Lilac Mill in Shaw, Lancashire, January 1955. Original publication: Picture Post - 7474 - Cottons Amazing Recovery - pub

Background imageOccupation Collection: Racing team working at pit stop

Racing team working at pit stop 20-25, 20-30, 20's, 20s, 25-30, 30-35, 30-40, 30's, 30s, 35-40, 40-45, 40-50, 40's, 40s, 45-50, 50-55, 50-60, 55-60, accelerating, accessory, adult

Background imageOccupation Collection: Racing team working at pit stop

Racing team working at pit stop 20-25, 20-30, 20's, 20s, 25-30, 30-35, 30-40, 30's, 30s, 35-40, 40-45, 40-50, 40's, 40s, 45-50, 50-55, 50-60, 55-60, accelerating, accessory, adult

Background imageOccupation Collection: Workmen posing outside a house with a bullock cart

Workmen posing outside a house with a bullock cart, Kingston Lisle, Oxfordshire, c1860-c1922

Background imageOccupation Collection: A female butcher seen here at work in her shop, cutting up a joint of meat. 1963

A female butcher seen here at work in her shop, cutting up a joint of meat. 1963

Background imageOccupation Collection: horse-powered threshing machine

horse-powered threshing machine
Illustration of a horse-powered threshing machine

Background imageOccupation Collection: Illustration Of Black Union Regiment, Civil War, 1860s

Illustration Of Black Union Regiment, Civil War, 1860s
Recruitment illustration of a Black Union regiment of soldiers and their White commanding officer, labeled Come and join us, brothers, 1860s. (Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Background imageOccupation Collection: Sailors demonstrating flag semaphore system

Sailors demonstrating flag semaphore system

Background imageOccupation Collection: Ross Bridge, Ross, Central Tasmania, Australia

Ross Bridge, Ross, Central Tasmania, Australia
Ross Bridge is an historic bridge in the town of Ross in central Tasmania, Australia which crosses the Macquarie River

Background imageOccupation Collection: Flinders street station the iconic landmark of Melbourne

Flinders street station the iconic landmark of Melbourne
Flinders Street railway station is a railway station on the corner of Flinders and Swanston Streets in Melbourne, Australia. It serves the entire metropolitan rail network

Background imageOccupation Collection: Rooftop Rifle Range

Rooftop Rifle Range
18th June 1940: London workers at lunchtime target practice on the roof of their office building. (Photo by Gerry Cranham/Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageOccupation Collection: Digitally restored war propaganda poster

Digitally restored war propaganda poster. This vintage World War II poster features the hand of a worker punching a time clock. It declares - Victory Starts Here!

Background imageOccupation Collection: Spring Forward In London

Spring Forward In London
A railway worker stands on a ladder and changes a clock ahead one hour to begin Daylight Savings (or Summer) time, at Liverpool Street Station, London, early 20th Century. (Photo by FPG/Getty Images)

Background imageOccupation Collection: Mass Production

Mass Production
Full-length image of auto workers lowering the body of a Model T onto its chassis on an assembly line ramp outdoors at the Ford Motor Company, Highland Park, Michigan

Background imageOccupation Collection: St. James Street Montreal, Canada

St. James Street Montreal, Canada
19th century vintage photograph: St. James Street Montreal, Canada, pedestrian and horse drawn traffic

Background imageOccupation Collection: Crossing the Mer de Glace glacier near Chamonix, French Alps

Crossing the Mer de Glace glacier near Chamonix, French Alps
19th century vintage photograph: Crossing the Mer de Glace glacier near Chamonix in the French Alps

Background imageOccupation Collection: Basket maker weaving a basket from willow

Basket maker weaving a basket from willow taken from an osier-bed. Handcoloured woodcut engraving from The Book of English Trades and Library of the Useful Arts, Tabart, London, 1810

Background imageOccupation Collection: London 1908 Olympic Games One of the earliest Olympic dramas to be captured on film

London 1908 Olympic Games One of the earliest Olympic dramas to be captured on film. Pietri Dorando collapses after crossing the finishing line in the 1908 Olympic Marathon

Background imageOccupation Collection: A birds eye view of the island of Taiwan

A birds eye view of the island of Taiwan featuring Taipei and Yushan (also known as Mount Yu or Jade Mountain ) - the highest mountain in Taiwan. Created during the Japanese occupation

Background imageOccupation Collection: Illustration of two engineers looking at blueprint for bridge that is under construction in the background

Illustration of two engineers looking at blueprint for bridge that is under construction in the background

Background imageOccupation Collection: Illustration of a bible scene, Exodus 3

Illustration of a bible scene, Exodus 3, Moses and the Burning Bush, God reveals himself to Moses and instructs him to lead the Israelites out of Israel

Background imageOccupation Collection: Three women chippers working in a shipbuilding shipyard

Three women chippers working in a shipbuilding shipyard, 1942

Background imageOccupation Collection: Ceramic artist working in her workshop with a potters wheel

Ceramic artist working in her workshop with a potters wheel, turning a vase, Geisenhausen, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Background imageOccupation Collection: Library of Congress Mural - The Occupation of the Day

Library of Congress Mural - The Occupation of the Day
Washington DC, USA - Mural - The Occupation of the Day by Charles Sprague Pearce (1851-1914). Found in the Library of Congress, Thomas Jefferson Building. Religion. Worship before an altar of Fire

Background imageOccupation Collection: The Heroines of 1940 : Greek poster

The Heroines of 1940 : Greek poster
WWII: GREEK POSTER, 1940. " The Heroines of 1940" : Greek poster, c1946, commemorating the women of the Greek Resistance Movement in World War II

Background imageOccupation Collection: Isamu Noguchi With Paphnutius

Isamu Noguchi With Paphnutius
New York, New York: August 10, 1924 Isamu Noguchi, the young Japanese art student with his most recent creation, Paphnutius

Background imageOccupation Collection: Businessmen smoking cigarettes and smiling

Businessmen smoking cigarettes and smiling

Background imageOccupation Collection: One of H.M.'s Marshalmen, 1937

One of H.M.'s Marshalmen, 1937. From "The Coronation of H.M. King George VI and H.M. Queen Elizabeth 1937". [John Player & Sons, London, 1937]

Background imageOccupation Collection: Claude Monet, French Impressionist painter, 1923

Claude Monet, French Impressionist painter, 1923.Claude Monet, French Impressionist painter, 1923

Background imageOccupation Collection: Woodsman during a break from forest work

Woodsman during a break from forest work
7279735 Woodsman during a break from forest work, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the 19th century by Unknown Artist

Background imageOccupation Collection: The Maquis (French Resistance) attack a group of German soldiers. Date: 1944

The Maquis (French Resistance) attack a group of German soldiers. Date: 1944

Background imageOccupation Collection: Two 19Th Century Chefs. From L illustration Published 1897

Two 19Th Century Chefs. From L illustration Published 1897

Background imageOccupation Collection: Occupations 1883 - London Street Dog Seller

Occupations 1883 - London Street Dog Seller. 1883

Background imageOccupation Collection: Stanislau Urbans partisan hat. Latvia

Stanislau Urbans partisan hat. Latvia
Latvian national partisans. Stanislau Urbans partisan hat. Occupation Museum of Latvia. Riga

Background imageOccupation Collection: East Hampton Windmill

East Hampton Windmill
Illustration of a grist windmill in East Hampton, New York circa 1880. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Background imageOccupation Collection: Atlantic Cable Laying

Atlantic Cable Laying
Illustration of workers on board the Great Eastern passing out cable for the Trans-Atlantic telegraph cable in July 1866. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Background imageOccupation Collection: Welding

Welding
A welder at work on the construction of the liner Queen Mary at Clydebank

Background imageOccupation Collection: Male pharmacist working with test tubes in laboratory, (B&W)

Male pharmacist working with test tubes in laboratory, (B&W)

Background imageOccupation Collection: Waitress taking two couples order, (B&W)

Waitress taking two couples order, (B&W)

Background imageOccupation Collection: LMR Train

LMR Train
London Midland Regional Railways locomotive, the City of Edinburgh gets a new coat of paint

Background imageOccupation Collection: Working For Suffrage

Working For Suffrage
circa 1913: A crowd of women representing the various professions on a Womens Suffrage Movement parade through New York City. (Photo by Paul Thompson/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageOccupation Collection: Scientist Working In A Fusion Reactor F003 / 6438

Scientist Working In A Fusion Reactor F003 / 6438
Scientist Working In A Fusion Reactor

Background imageOccupation Collection: St. Tropez, (oil on canvas)

St. Tropez, (oil on canvas)
657448 St. Tropez, (oil on canvas) by Hankey, William Lee (1869-1952); Private Collection; (add.info.: St.Tropez. William Lee Hankey (1869-1952). Oil on canvas

Background imageOccupation Collection: The Merry-Go-Round, 1930 (linocut printed in colours on tissue Japan)

The Merry-Go-Round, 1930 (linocut printed in colours on tissue Japan)
659541 The Merry-Go-Round, 1930 (linocut printed in colours on tissue Japan. Dated 1930)

Background imageOccupation Collection: The Running Well Teahouse, Otsu

The Running Well Teahouse, Otsu
1766548 The Running Well Teahouse, Otsu, from the series The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido (colour woodblock print) by Hiroshige

Background imageOccupation Collection: Buster Keaton plays golf, silent film Three Ages 1923

Buster Keaton plays golf, silent film Three Ages 1923
Buster Keaton plays golf in the silent film Three Ages 1923

Background imageOccupation Collection: Holy Land Lebanon - peasant with hookah pipe

Holy Land Lebanon - peasant with hookah pipe
c.1890 - Holy Land Lebanon - peasant with hookah pipe



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EDITORS COMMENTS

"Occupation: A Tapestry of Time and Place" Step into the past and explore the diverse occupations that have shaped our world. From a captivating WW2 poster urging you to "Fly with the RAF, " to a heartfelt tribute honoring the bravery of Free French fighters in the Maquis, each hint unveils a unique story. Transport yourself back to London, England in 1915, where staff cooks at King George Military Hospital diligently prepared nourishing meals for wounded soldiers. As you stroll along the streets, don't miss the milk cart making its rounds or catch sight of a wringer, wet clothes dryer symbolizing hard work and domestic chores. Intrigue awaits as you witness a snake charmer playing an enchanting flute-like instrument while a mesmerizing serpent emerges from its basket. This ancient art form has captivated audiences for centuries. Journey further east to Axum, an ancient East African city bustling with activity. Marvel at skilled workers extracting marble while conical grass huts dotting the landscape create an intriguing contrast against a majestic royal palace in the background. Discover history's guiding beacons as you encounter La Corbiere's Direction Finding Tower MP2 on Jersey Island during May 1945. Witness how this structure played a crucial role in navigation during wartime. Immerse yourself in simpler times as children frolic on St. Ives Beach in 1886 captured beautifully on canvas by an artist's brushstrokes. Feel their joy and innocence amidst sun-kissed sands and crashing waves. Witness architectural wonders come alive through reconstruction as Templo Mayor complex stands tall once again before your eyes—a testament to human ingenuity spanning centuries. Descend beneath Tilmanstone and delve into mysterious underground tunnels—echoes of laborious efforts shaping hidden spaces throughout history. Finally, cast your gaze upon large ships majestically sailing down Calcutta's Hooghly River—an awe-inspiring sight capturing the essence of a bustling port city in India.

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