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From slapstick comedy to hard work, they have stood the test of time. Just like Laurel and Hardy, who brought laughter to millions with their iconic outfits

Background imageOveralls Collection: Family between Dallas and Austin, Texas, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Family between Dallas and Austin, Texas, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Family between Dallas and Austin, Texas. The people have left their home and connections in South Texas, and hope to reach the Arkansas Delta for work in the cotton fields. Penniless people

Background imageOveralls Collection: Former tenant farmer on a large cotton farm, now a tractor driver, Bell County, Texas, 1937

Former tenant farmer on a large cotton farm, now a tractor driver, Bell County, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Former tenant farmer on a large cotton farm now a tractor driver for one dollar a day on same farm. Bell County, Texas

Background imageOveralls Collection: Man living on 'Scratch Hill' outside Atoka, Atoka County, Oklahoma, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Man living on "Scratch Hill" outside Atoka, Atoka County, Oklahoma, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Man living on "Scratch Hill" outside Atoka, Oklahoma. Atoka County, Oklahoma. "I'm going west because this country's through, there isn't anything here for anyone

Background imageOveralls Collection: The threshing of oats, Clayton, Indiana, south of Indianapolis, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

The threshing of oats, Clayton, Indiana, south of Indianapolis, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
The threshing of oats. Clayton, Indiana, south of Indianapolis

Background imageOveralls Collection: Former tenant farmer on a large cotton farm, Bell County, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Former tenant farmer on a large cotton farm, Bell County, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Former tenant farmer on a large cotton farm. Now a tractor driver for one dollar a day on the same farm. Bell County, Texas

Background imageOveralls Collection: Sharecropper boy near Chesnee, South Carolina, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Sharecropper boy near Chesnee, South Carolina, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Sharecropper boy near Chesnee, South Carolina

Background imageOveralls Collection: The threshing of oats, Clayton, Indiana, south of Indianapolis, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

The threshing of oats, Clayton, Indiana, south of Indianapolis, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
The threshing of oats. Clayton, Indiana, south of Indianapolis

Background imageOveralls Collection: Sharecropper boy, Chesnee, South Carolina, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Sharecropper boy, Chesnee, South Carolina, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Sharecropper boy. Chesnee, South Carolina

Background imageOveralls Collection: The threshing of oats, Clayton, Indiana, south of Indianapolis, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

The threshing of oats, Clayton, Indiana, south of Indianapolis, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
The threshing of oats. Clayton, Indiana, south of Indianapolis

Background imageOveralls Collection: Son of sharecropper family at work in the cotton near Chesnee, South Carolina, 1937

Son of sharecropper family at work in the cotton near Chesnee, South Carolina, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Son of sharecropper family at work in the cotton near Chesnee, South Carolina

Background imageOveralls Collection: Sharecropper boy, Chesnee, South Carolina, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Sharecropper boy, Chesnee, South Carolina, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Sharecropper boy. Chesnee, South Carolina

Background imageOveralls Collection: Threshing oats, Clayton, Indiana, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Threshing oats, Clayton, Indiana, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Threshing oats. Clayton, Indiana

Background imageOveralls Collection: Home on 'Scratch Hill, ' outside Atoka, Oklahoma, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Home on "Scratch Hill, " outside Atoka, Oklahoma, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Home on "Scratch Hill, " outside Atoka, Oklahoma. "I was offered twenty dollars for that house. I pay six dollars rent a year, and have some chickens and a garden"

Background imageOveralls Collection: Old time professional migratory laborer camping on the outskirts of Perryton, Texas, 1938

Old time professional migratory laborer camping on the outskirts of Perryton, Texas, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Old time professional migratory laborer camping on the outskirts of Perryton, Texas at opening of wheat harvest. With his wife and growing family, he has been on the road since marriage

Background imageOveralls Collection: The key figure in the 1936 presidential campaign, the American farmer, Oklahoma, 1936

The key figure in the 1936 presidential campaign, the American farmer, Oklahoma, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
The key figure in the 1936 presidential campaign, the American farmer. Oklahoma

Background imageOveralls Collection: White tenant farmer works on shares, North Carolina, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

White tenant farmer works on shares, North Carolina, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
White tenant farmer works on shares. North Carolina

Background imageOveralls Collection: Twelve year old son of a cotton sharecropper near Cleveland, Mississippi, 1937

Twelve year old son of a cotton sharecropper near Cleveland, Mississippi, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Twelve year old son of a cotton sharecropper near Cleveland, Mississippi

Background imageOveralls Collection: White tenant farmer works on shares, North Carolina, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

White tenant farmer works on shares, North Carolina, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
White tenant farmer works on shares. North Carolina

Background imageOveralls Collection: Cotton sharecropper family near Cleveland, Mississippi, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Cotton sharecropper family near Cleveland, Mississippi, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Cotton sharecropper family near Cleveland, Mississippi

Background imageOveralls Collection: Ex-tenant farmer, now a day laborer on large cotton farm near Corsicana, Texas, 1937

Ex-tenant farmer, now a day laborer on large cotton farm near Corsicana, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Ex-tenant farmer, now a day laborer on large cotton farm near Corsicana, Texas

Background imageOveralls Collection: Cotton farmers near Oil City, Carter County, Oklahoma, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Cotton farmers near Oil City, Carter County, Oklahoma, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Cotton farmers near Oil City, Oklahoma, day laborers. Carter County, Oklahoma

Background imageOveralls Collection: Relief client near Oil City, Carter County, Oklahoma, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Relief client near Oil City, Carter County, Oklahoma, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Relief client near Oil City, Oklahoma. Oil City is a source of heavy immigration to California. Carter County, Oklahoma

Background imageOveralls Collection: Day laborer near Oil City, Carter County, Oklahoma, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Day laborer near Oil City, Carter County, Oklahoma, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Day laborer near Oil City, Oklahoma. Carter County, Oklahoma

Background imageOveralls Collection: Tenant farmer spreading grasshopper bait... 5 miles from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 1937

Tenant farmer spreading grasshopper bait... 5 miles from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Tenant farmer spreading grasshopper bait in his alfalfa field, five miles from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Background imageOveralls Collection: FSA cooperative farm, Lake Dick, Arkansas, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

FSA cooperative farm, Lake Dick, Arkansas, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Farm Security Administration (FSA) cooperative farm, Lake Dick, Arkansas. All farmers on this project are young Arkansas farmers selected from all parts of the state

Background imageOveralls Collection: South Carolina sharecropper, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

South Carolina sharecropper, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
South Carolina sharecropper

Background imageOveralls Collection: Child of sharecropper, near Gaffney, South Carolina, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Child of sharecropper, near Gaffney, South Carolina, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Child of sharecropper. Near Gaffney, South Carolina

Background imageOveralls Collection: Hoe culture in the South - poor white, North Carolina, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Hoe culture in the South - poor white, North Carolina, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Hoe culture in the South. Poor white, North Carolina

Background imageOveralls Collection: North Carolina threshing, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

North Carolina threshing, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
North Carolina threshing

Background imageOveralls Collection: Migrant shed worker, Northeast Florida, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Migrant shed worker, Northeast Florida, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Migrant shed worker. Northeast Florida

Background imageOveralls Collection: Peach pickers, Muscella, Georgia, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Peach pickers, Muscella, Georgia, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Peach pickers. They earn seventy-five cents a day in the orchards. Muscella, Georgia

Background imageOveralls Collection: Bound for the wheat harvest, Southwestern Oklahoma, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Bound for the wheat harvest, Southwestern Oklahoma, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Bound for the wheat harvest. Southwestern Oklahoma

Background imageOveralls Collection: Farm boy with sack full of boll weevils...off of cotton plants, Macon County, Georgia, 1937

Farm boy with sack full of boll weevils...off of cotton plants, Macon County, Georgia, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Farm boy with sack full of boll weevils which he has picked off of cotton plants. Macon County, Georgia. [Sack made from hog feed bag]

Background imageOveralls Collection: Farm boy with sack full of boll weevils...off of cotton plants, Macon County, Georgia, 1937

Farm boy with sack full of boll weevils...off of cotton plants, Macon County, Georgia, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Farm boy with sack full of boll weevils which he has picked off of cotton plants. Macon County, Georgia

Background imageOveralls Collection: Georgia peach pickers eating, Muscella, Georgia, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Georgia peach pickers eating, Muscella, Georgia, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Georgia peach pickers eating. Muscella, Georgia

Background imageOveralls Collection: Stranded residents of Careyville, Florida, , 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Stranded residents of Careyville, Florida, , 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Stranded residents of Careyville, Florida, who formerly obtained a livelihood from the lumber industry

Background imageOveralls Collection: Stranded residents of Careyville, Florida, , 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Stranded residents of Careyville, Florida, , 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Stranded residents of Careyville, Florida, who formerly obtained a livelihood from the lumber industry

Background imageOveralls Collection: J.M. Rees tells his story of violence in Arkansas, Hill House, Mississippi, 1936

J.M. Rees tells his story of violence in Arkansas, Hill House, Mississippi, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
J.M. Rees tells his story of violence in Arkansas. Hill House, Mississippi

Background imageOveralls Collection: An evicted Arkansas sharecropper now settled at Hill House, Mississippi, 1936

An evicted Arkansas sharecropper now settled at Hill House, Mississippi, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
An evicted Arkansas sharecropper now settled at Hill House, Mississippi. [J.M. Rees?]

Background imageOveralls Collection: Turpentine worker, Georgia, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Turpentine worker, Georgia, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Turpentine worker. Georgia

Background imageOveralls Collection: Cradling wheat near Sperryville, Virginia. 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Cradling wheat near Sperryville, Virginia. 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Cradling wheat near Sperryville, Virginia. A hand binder follows the mower. These men had never heard of a combine harvester. "Sure would like to see that." Their father used a reap hook

Background imageOveralls Collection: White laborer of the Mississippi Delta, Issaquena County, Mississippi, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

White laborer of the Mississippi Delta, Issaquena County, Mississippi, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
White laborer of the Mississippi Delta. Issaquena County, Mississippi

Background imageOveralls Collection: Men cradling wheat in eastern Virginia near Sperryville, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Men cradling wheat in eastern Virginia near Sperryville, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Men cradling wheat in eastern Virginia near Sperryville

Background imageOveralls Collection: Concrete mixing plant, Birmingham, Alabama, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Concrete mixing plant, Birmingham, Alabama, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Concrete mixing plant. Birmingham, Alabama

Background imageOveralls Collection: Farm hands - threshing day near Durham, North Carolina, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Farm hands - threshing day near Durham, North Carolina, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Farm hands. Threshing day near Durham, North Carolina

Background imageOveralls Collection: Alabama tenant farmer near Anniston, Alabama, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Alabama tenant farmer near Anniston, Alabama, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Alabama tenant farmer near Anniston, Alabama

Background imageOveralls Collection: Tractor driver on cotton farm near Memphis, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Tractor driver on cotton farm near Memphis, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Tractor driver on cotton farm near Memphis, Texas

Background imageOveralls Collection: A tractor driver on a Texas cotton farm, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

A tractor driver on a Texas cotton farm, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
A tractor driver on a Texas cotton farm. He has a wife and two young children. The use of low paid day labor instead of tenant farmers is the rule



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From slapstick comedy to hard work, they have stood the test of time. Just like Laurel and Hardy, who brought laughter to millions with their iconic outfits. Whether it's Stan Laurel (left) or Oliver Hardy, these two comedic geniuses knew how to rock a pair of overalls. But overalls aren't just for the silver screen. In Muriel Dawson's painting 'The Days Work, ' blacksmiths can be seen outside their forge donning these practical garments. It's a testament to their durability and functionality in demanding professions. Even on the race track, overalls make an appearance. The 1962 Belgian GP saw drivers suited up in this timeless attire as they revved up their engines for an adrenaline-fueled competition. During World War II, AFS women training in Highgate, London wore overalls as they prepared themselves for crucial roles on the home front. These brave women exemplified strength and resilience while clad in this essential uniform. It also found their place in everyday life at places like Smithfield Market or Lodsworth Women's Institute jam making sessions in August 1943. They were worn by workers who dedicated themselves to providing goods and nourishment for communities during challenging times. In Haverfordwest, South Wales, Llewellin Churn Works witnessed skilled craftsmen wearing overalls as they meticulously crafted churns that would stand the test of time. Their dedication and attention to detail ensured quality products made with care. And let's not forget those young men sorting through piles of scrap metal – even amidst dirty work; they recognized the value of sturdy clothing that could withstand any challenge thrown at them. Lastly, we cannot overlook the Calthorpe Racing Car adorned with advertisements featuring individuals proudly sporting their trusty overalls – a symbol of speed combined with reliability on wheels. Whether it was laughter-inducing comedy acts or hardworking individuals going about their daily tasks, they have been a constant companion throughout history.