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Scenes of workers and workshops.



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Mobile group of industrial workers; in the foreground a scissors grinder. Between 1880 and 1900.
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Mobile group of industrial workers; in the foreground a scissors grinder. Betw...

Lunch box of a Mohawk steel worker from Caughawaga, Canada. Mohawk Indians, the artist says, work in New York, drink beer and, when drunk, see pink buffaloes instead of pink elephants. Inv. AM 1983-N37/1
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Lunch box of a Mohawk steel worker from Caughawaga, Canada. Mohawk Indians,...

Passover Haggadah, a book with the story recited at the Seder dinner, the family celebration of the Exodus and deliverance from slavery in Egypt. Page shows Israelites beaten by overseers while carrying stones. From Germany, 1729. Watercolour on vellum, 33 x 19 cm
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Passover Haggadah, a book with the story recited at the Seder dinner, the fa...

Chopping trees for the construction of the Norman fleet. Bayeux Tapestry, embroidery (11th).
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Chopping trees for the construction of the Norman fleet....

Sultan Omar rebuilds the Temple in Jerusalem. From Guillaume de Tyr,"Histoire de la Conquete de Jerusalem", Ms.fr 2629,folio 17.French,15th.
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Sultan Omar rebuilds the Temple in Jerusalem. From Guillaume de Tyr,"H...

Jean de Courcy,Chronicle "La Bouquechardiere", France,mid-15th.MS728,fol.7 Noah's Ark,The City of Argos,Construction of Athens.
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Jean de Courcy,Chronicle "La Bouquechardiere", France,mid-15th.MS728,fo...

King Dagobert and the building of the church of St.Denis, 14th. King Dagobert watches builders at work.One of them is breaking up stones, while another one is constructing a wall. King Dagobert founded the first great abbey of St.Denis. From :"Les Chroniques de France". Cott.Nero.E.II.fol.73 (detail)
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King Dagobert and the building of the church of St.Denis, 14th. King Dagobert wa...

The Building of the Tower of Bable,1475-1500.Builders construct the Tower of Bable from stone, using a winch and scaffolding.Men in the foreground inspect the progress. In the background is a courtyard and more workmen. From a page of illustrated Latin text from a Book od Hours. Add.35313.fol.34.
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The Building of the Tower of Bable,1475-1500.Builders construct the Tower of B...

Making wattle fences,around 1450-1499. In the foreground wattles are being cut and used to make a fence; in the middle ground,trees are being tended; in the distance, fields are being ploughed. From Piero de Crescenzi's treatise on agriculture, written between 1304 and 1309.Add. 19720.fol.288 v Min.
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Making wattle fences,around 1450-1499. In the foreground wattles are being cut...

Alexander the Great builds a city as a memorial to his beloved horse Bucephalos. From "Le Livre et la vraye hystoire du bon roy Alexandre." Roy.20.B.xx.fol.82 Min.
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Alexander the Great builds a city as a memorial to his beloved horse Bucephalos....

Masons building a tower. They use tools to shape stone blocks. Nobles watch the proceedings, one sits on a canopied throne. Right half of a diptych from the Isabella Breviary, presented to Queen Isabella of Spain by Francisco de Roias. ID: Add 18851, fol. 184-185 (detail).
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Masons building a tower. They use tools to shape stone blocks. Nobles watch the...

The Hebrews building cities for Pharaoh, around 1350. Illustration within a decorated border of dragons and scrolls; men are climbing up ladders and liftinh construction material to the top of a tower. From the "Barcelona Hagaddah", the story of the exodus read on Passover Eve. From northern Spain. ID:Add 14761, fol.43 r
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The Hebrews building cities for Pharaoh, around 1350. Illustration within a deco...