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"Workers: The Backbone of Nations, United by Labor" From the bustling streets of China during the Cultural Revolution to the coal miners in South Wales and Cornwall

Background imageWorkers Collection: Public Writer at the Bazaar; Industrious Classes in Constantinople, 1854. Creator: Unknown

Public Writer at the Bazaar; Industrious Classes in Constantinople, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Public Writer at the Bazaar; Industrious Classes in Constantinople, 1854. From "Cassell's Illustrated Family Paper; London Weekly 31 Dec 1853 to 30 Dec 1854"

Background imageWorkers Collection: Boatman of the Bosphorus; Industrious Classes in Constantinople, 1854. Creator: Unknown

Boatman of the Bosphorus; Industrious Classes in Constantinople, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Boatman of the Bosphorus; Industrious Classes in Constantinople, 1854. From "Cassells Illustrated Family Paper; London Weekly 31/12/1853 - 30/12/1854"

Background imageWorkers Collection: Porter Carrying a Load; Industrious Classes in Constantinople, 1854. Creator: Unknown

Porter Carrying a Load; Industrious Classes in Constantinople, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Consul's Attendant; Industrious Classes in Constantinople, 1854. From "Cassells Illustrated Family Paper; London Weekly 31/12/1853 - 30/12/1854"

Background imageWorkers Collection: Interior of the London Docks, 1854. Creator: Unknown

Interior of the London Docks, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Interior of the London Docks, 1854. From "Cassells Illustrated Family Paper; London Weekly 31/12/1853 - 30/12/1854"

Background imageWorkers Collection: Brick Yard near Mount Vernon, Va. between 1910 and 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing

Brick Yard near Mount Vernon, Va. between 1910 and 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Brick Yard near Mount Vernon, Va
Brick Yard near Mount Vernon, Virginia, between 1910 and 1917. Black and white workers, USA. SSS 120 patented brick machine: Made by The Arnold Creager Co. New London, Ohio, USA

Background imageWorkers Collection: Navvies embarking at the Birkenhead Docks, 1854. Creator: Unknown

Navvies embarking at the Birkenhead Docks, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Navvies embarking at the Birkenhead Docks, 1854. Manual labourers leaving Britain for the seat of war in the Crimea....the ranks of the nomadic army of shovellers are continually recruited from

Background imageWorkers Collection: Steam Sewing-Machines, 1854. Creator: Unknown

Steam Sewing-Machines, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Steam Sewing-Machines, 1854. The machine-room of the firm of Holloway, Crowe, and Holloway, ...wholesale clothes manufacturers, Stroud, Gloucestershire...Here are twenty machines in work

Background imageWorkers Collection: Metallurgy: Sketch for the school in rue Chateau-Landon, 10th arrondissement of Paris, 1881

Metallurgy: Sketch for the school in rue Chateau-Landon, 10th arrondissement of Paris, 1881. Creator: Jules Didier
Metallurgy: Sketch for the school in rue Chateau-Landon, 10th arrondissement of Paris, 1881

Background imageWorkers Collection: Collier's Illustrated Weekly, The Great Strike By Carrol D. Wright, United States... c1901

Collier's Illustrated Weekly, The Great Strike By Carrol D. Wright, United States... c1901
Collier's Illustrated Weekly, The Great Strike By Carrol D. Wright, United States Commissioner of Labor, Volume XXVII No. 18, August 3, 1901, Price Ten Cents, c1901

Background imageWorkers Collection: Scribner's for July. c1899 - 1906. Creator: Edward Penfield

Scribner's for July. c1899 - 1906. Creator: Edward Penfield
Scribner's for July. c1899 - 1906

Background imageWorkers Collection: Hand of the Deserter, 1920. Creator: Dmitriy Stakhievich Moor

Hand of the Deserter, 1920. Creator: Dmitriy Stakhievich Moor
Hand of the Deserter, 1920. [Publisher: Lit. Izd. Otdela Politupravleniia Revvoensoveta Respubliki; Place: Moscow] Additional Title(s): Ruku, dezertir

Background imageWorkers Collection: Christmas, 1921. Creator: Dmitriy Stakhievich Moor

Christmas, 1921. Creator: Dmitriy Stakhievich Moor
Christmas, 1921. [Publisher: Gosudarstvennoe Izd.; Place: Moscow] Additional Title(s): Rozhdestvo (Stikhi N.Gorlova.)

Background imageWorkers Collection: Mass meeting poster. Burleigh County, North Dakota, 1937-08. Creator: Russell Lee

Mass meeting poster. Burleigh County, North Dakota, 1937-08. Creator: Russell Lee
Mass meeting poster. Burleigh County, North Dakota, 1937-08

Background imageWorkers Collection: Distress in London - Unemployed waiting at a Soup Kitchen, 1886. Creator: Unknown

Distress in London - Unemployed waiting at a Soup Kitchen, 1886. Creator: Unknown
Distress in London - Unemployed waiting at a Soup Kitchen, 1886. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper Volume 33. January to June, 1886"

Background imageWorkers Collection: Art spreads its light far and wide: Crafts and industrial design: Sketch for the drawing... 1880

Art spreads its light far and wide: Crafts and industrial design: Sketch for the drawing... 1880
Art spreads its light far and wide: Crafts and industrial design: Sketch for the drawing room at the school in rue Dombasle, 15th arrondissement of Paris, 1880

Background imageWorkers Collection: Art spreads its light far and wide: Crafts and industrial design: Sketch for the drawing... 1880

Art spreads its light far and wide: Crafts and industrial design: Sketch for the drawing... 1880
Art spreads its light far and wide: Crafts and industrial design: Sketch for the drawing room at the school in rue Dombasle, 15th arrondissement of Paris, 1880

Background imageWorkers Collection: Art spreads its light far and wide: Crafts and industrial design: Sketch for the drawing... 1880

Art spreads its light far and wide: Crafts and industrial design: Sketch for the drawing... 1880
Art spreads its light far and wide: Crafts and industrial design: Sketch for the drawing room at the school in rue Dombasle, 15th arrondissement of Paris, 1880

Background imageWorkers Collection: Benvenuto Cellini, 16th century artist, admiring products of modern art: Fabrics: Sketch... 1880

Benvenuto Cellini, 16th century artist, admiring products of modern art: Fabrics: Sketch... 1880
Benvenuto Cellini, 16th century artist, admiring products of modern art: Fabrics: Sketch for the drawing room at the school in rue Dombasle, 15th arrondissement of Paris, 1880

Background imageWorkers Collection: The Strike of the Sheep Shearers in Australia; A Striker's idea of Argument, 1891

The Strike of the Sheep Shearers in Australia; A Striker's idea of Argument, 1891
'The Strike of the Sheep Shearers in Australia; A Striker's idea of Argument: Firing the Bush, 1891. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 44

Background imageWorkers Collection: The Distress in the East End of London, 1886. Creator: Unknown

The Distress in the East End of London, 1886. Creator: Unknown
The Distress in the East End of London, 1886. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper Volume 33. January to June, 1886"

Background imageWorkers Collection: The Rioting in the West End of London, February 8th. Looting shops in Piccadilly, 1886

The Rioting in the West End of London, February 8th. Looting shops in Piccadilly, 1886. Creator: Unknown
'The Rioting in the West End of London, February 8th. Looting shops in Piccadilly, 1886. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper Volume 33. January to June, 1886"

Background imageWorkers Collection: The Rioting in the West End of London, February 8th, 1886 Creator: Unknown

The Rioting in the West End of London, February 8th, 1886 Creator: Unknown
'The Rioting in the West End of London, February 8th. "Here they come !" The mob in St. James's Street, 1886. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper Volume 33

Background imageWorkers Collection: Trafalgar Square during the meetings of the Unemployed and the Social Democrats, 1886

Trafalgar Square during the meetings of the Unemployed and the Social Democrats, 1886. Creator: Unknown
Trafalgar Square during the meetings of the Unemployed and the Social Democrats, 1886. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper Volume 33. January to June, 1886"

Background imageWorkers Collection: Army, U.S. Army Medical School; Typhoid Vaccine, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Army, U.S

Army, U.S. Army Medical School; Typhoid Vaccine, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Army, U.S
Army, U.S. Army Medical School; Typhoid Vaccine, 1917

Background imageWorkers Collection: 'The Manchester Ship Canal, lock gates at Eastham, 1891, 1891. Creator: Charles William Wyllie

'The Manchester Ship Canal, lock gates at Eastham, 1891, 1891. Creator: Charles William Wyllie
'The Manchester Ship Canal, lock gates at Eastham, 1891, 1891. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 44. July to December, 1891

Background imageWorkers Collection: The London Gas Supply; Sketches showing Method of Manufacture; Interior of Retort House, 1891

The London Gas Supply; Sketches showing Method of Manufacture; Interior of Retort House, 1891. Creator: Unknown
'The London Gas Supply; Sketches showing Method of Manufacture; Interior of the Retort House showing the Drawing and Charging Machines, 1891. From "The Graphic

Background imageWorkers Collection: All Things Requisite for a Neat Job of Cargo Lifting' Loading Cars for Export, 1937. Creator: Fox

All Things Requisite for a Neat Job of Cargo Lifting" Loading Cars for Export, 1937. Creator: Fox
All Things Requisite for a Neat Job of Cargo Lifting" Loading Cars for Export, 1937. Dockers on the River Thames in London. From "The Said Noble River", by Alan Bell

Background imageWorkers Collection: Sketch for the Lobau gallery of the Hotel de Ville in Paris: Works to establish a square, c1890

Sketch for the Lobau gallery of the Hotel de Ville in Paris: Works to establish a square, c1890

Background imageWorkers Collection: 'There Are a Quarter of a Million Gallons of Port in the Port Vaults' - The Vaults at... 1937

"There Are a Quarter of a Million Gallons of Port in the Port Vaults" - The Vaults at... 1937. Creator: Fox
"There Are a Quarter of a Million Gallons of Port in the Port Vaults" - The Vaults at London Dock, 1937. Barrels of alcohol at the London docks

Background imageWorkers Collection: 'Traffic and Merchandise Multiplied Century By Century' A Dock Transit Shed, 1937. Creator: Unknown

"Traffic and Merchandise Multiplied Century By Century" A Dock Transit Shed, 1937. Creator: Unknown
"Traffic and Merchandise Multiplied Century By Century" A Dock Transit Shed, 1937. Goods and warehousemen, River Thames, London. From "The Said Noble River", by Alan Bell

Background imageWorkers Collection: Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co. - Telephone Girls, 1914. Creator: Harris & Ewing

Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co. - Telephone Girls, 1914. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co
Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co. - Telephone Girls, 1914. Women telephonists, Washington, DC

Background imageWorkers Collection: Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co. - Telephone Girls, 1914. Creator: Harris & Ewing

Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co. - Telephone Girls, 1914. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co
Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co. - Telephone Girls, 1914. Women telephonists, Washington, DC

Background imageWorkers Collection: Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co. - Telephone Girls, 1914. Creator: Harris & Ewing

Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co. - Telephone Girls, 1914. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co
Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co. - Telephone Girls, 1914. Women telephonists, Washington, DC

Background imageWorkers Collection: Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co. - Telephone Girls, 1914. Creator: Harris & Ewing

Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co. - Telephone Girls, 1914. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co
Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co. - Telephone Girls, 1914. Women telephonists, Washington, DC

Background imageWorkers Collection: Art spreads its light far and wide: Crafts and industrial design: Sketch for the drawing... 1880

Art spreads its light far and wide: Crafts and industrial design: Sketch for the drawing... 1880
Art spreads its light far and wide: Crafts and industrial design: Sketch for the drawing room at the school in rue Dombasle, 15th arrondissement of Paris, 1880

Background imageWorkers Collection: Art spreads its light far and wide: Crafts and industrial design: Sketch for the drawing... 1880

Art spreads its light far and wide: Crafts and industrial design: Sketch for the drawing... 1880
Art spreads its light far and wide: Crafts and industrial design: Sketch for the drawing room at the school in rue Dombasle, 15th arrondissement of Paris, 1880

Background imageWorkers Collection: Art spreads its light far and wide: Crafts and industrial design: Sketch for the drawing... 1880

Art spreads its light far and wide: Crafts and industrial design: Sketch for the drawing... 1880
Art spreads its light far and wide: Crafts and industrial design: Sketch for the drawing room at the school in rue Dombasle, 15th arrondissement of Paris, 1880

Background imageWorkers Collection: Art spreads its light far and wide: Crafts and industrial design: Sketch for the drawing... 1880

Art spreads its light far and wide: Crafts and industrial design: Sketch for the drawing... 1880
Art spreads its light far and wide: Crafts and industrial design: Sketch for the drawing room at the school in rue Dombasle, 15th arrondissement of Paris, 1880

Background imageWorkers Collection: Art spreads its light far and wide: Crafts and industrial design: Sketch for the drawing... 1880

Art spreads its light far and wide: Crafts and industrial design: Sketch for the drawing... 1880
Art spreads its light far and wide: Crafts and industrial design: Sketch for the drawing room at the school in rue Dombasle, 15th arrondissement of Paris, 1880

Background imageWorkers Collection: Art spreads its light far and wide: Crafts and industrial design: Sketch for the drawing... 1880

Art spreads its light far and wide: Crafts and industrial design: Sketch for the drawing... 1880
Art spreads its light far and wide: Crafts and industrial design: Sketch for the drawing room at the school in rue Dombasle, 15th arrondissement of Paris, 1880

Background imageWorkers Collection: Benvenuto Cellini, 16th century artist, admiring products of modern art: Fabrics: Sketch... 1880

Benvenuto Cellini, 16th century artist, admiring products of modern art: Fabrics: Sketch... 1880
Benvenuto Cellini, 16th century artist, admiring products of modern art: Fabrics: Sketch for the drawing room at the school in rue Dombasle, 15th arrondissement of Paris, 1880

Background imageWorkers Collection: Benvenuto Cellini, 16th century artist, admiring products of modern art: Fabrics: Sketch... 1880

Benvenuto Cellini, 16th century artist, admiring products of modern art: Fabrics: Sketch... 1880
Benvenuto Cellini, 16th century artist, admiring products of modern art: Fabrics: Sketch for the drawing room at the school in rue Dombasle, 15th arrondissement of Paris, 1880

Background imageWorkers Collection: Benvenuto Cellini, 16th century artist, admiring products of modern art: Fabrics: Sketch... 1880

Benvenuto Cellini, 16th century artist, admiring products of modern art: Fabrics: Sketch... 1880
Benvenuto Cellini, 16th century artist, admiring products of modern art: Fabrics: Sketch for the drawing room at the school in rue Dombasle, 15th arrondissement of Paris, 1880

Background imageWorkers Collection: Near or far all trades need to be touched by a reflection of art: Trades: Sketch for the... 1887

Near or far all trades need to be touched by a reflection of art: Trades: Sketch for the... 1887
Near or far all trades need to be touched by a reflection of art: Trades: Sketch for the drawing room in the school in rue Dombasle, 15th arrondissement of Paris, 1887

Background imageWorkers Collection: Near or far all trades need to be touched by a reflection of art: Trades: Sketch for the... 1887

Near or far all trades need to be touched by a reflection of art: Trades: Sketch for the... 1887
Near or far all trades need to be touched by a reflection of art: Trades: Sketch for the drawing room in the school in rue Dombasle, 15th arrondissement of Paris, 1887

Background imageWorkers Collection: Near or far all trades need to be touched by a reflection of art: Trades: Sketch for the... 1887

Near or far all trades need to be touched by a reflection of art: Trades: Sketch for the... 1887
Near or far all trades need to be touched by a reflection of art: Trades: Sketch for the drawing room in the school in rue Dombasle, 15th arrondissement of Paris, 1887

Background imageWorkers Collection: Near or far all trades need to be touched by a reflection of art: Trades: Sketch for the... 1887

Near or far all trades need to be touched by a reflection of art: Trades: Sketch for the... 1887
Near or far all trades need to be touched by a reflection of art: Trades: Sketch for the drawing room in the school in rue Dombasle, 15th arrondissement of Paris, 1887

Background imageWorkers Collection: Near or far all trades need to be touched by a reflection of art: Trades: Sketch for the... 1887

Near or far all trades need to be touched by a reflection of art: Trades: Sketch for the... 1887
Near or far all trades need to be touched by a reflection of art: Trades: Sketch for the drawing room in the school in rue Dombasle, 15th arrondissement of Paris, 1887



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"Workers: The Backbone of Nations, United by Labor" From the bustling streets of China during the Cultural Revolution to the coal miners in South Wales and Cornwall, they have always played a vital role in shaping societies. In Chairman Mao's China, a powerful cultural revolution poster depicted workers as heroes, inspiring unity and progress. Meanwhile, deep underground in shaft lifts and at Geevor Tin Mine, Pendeen and South Wales coal mines, brave miners risked their lives daily to fuel industrial growth. The Workers May-Pole design showcased solidarity among laborers striving for socialist ideals. In 1910 Britain, even political parties recognized the importance with colorful posters appealing for support. Swindon witnessed the dedication of builders constructing diesel locomotives while LNER promoted North East Coast Exhibition through an artistic poster celebrating hardworking individuals. Artists like Harold Harvey captured scenes from clay pits in Cornwall - be it Polkanuggo Quarry or Leswidden - highlighting arduous work that sustained local economies. Soviet propaganda also exalted workers' contributions under the sun of the motherland. Boris Parmeev's iconic poster from 1970s USSR symbolized strength gained through collective effort. Across continents and eras, these glimpses into worker's lives remind us that they are not just cogs within a system but essential pillars upon which nations stand tall. Their unwavering determination fuels progress and shapes our shared future.