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Found this old Dodge in Idaho. Looked like it was still used, as the tires were inflated and in good shape.
Laborers working in Chouwara leather tannery in the Fes El Bali Medina. Fez is famous for its leather goods
Taken @Fez El Bali, Morocco, North Africa.
I was waiting in Sealdah Rail Station, Kolkata for Rajhdani Express train, which will depart for New Delhi. It was a long 17 hrs train journey. But before my train departs from kolkata, i had almost 5 hrs in my hand and had nothing to do. I already checked out from my hotel. So I did some street shot in Sealdah rail station.
The boy in this picture is a day laborer. He is 20 maybe something more or less and living a nomadic life. I was about to talk with this boy but unluckily rail authority called me and asked me to not to take photograph in this area.
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of working a job for the Harder Silo Company. I was hired on as a laborer for this company back in my late teen's, with no money and no car at the time, I needed a job that would offer me transportation to and from the work site. As a favor to my older brother, they agreed. Being talked up by my brother as "young and dumb and strong as a bull" (all true), they knew that I would be a good worker. The very next morning I was picked up by a surly, cigar chomping man that had worn hands the size of an old baseball mitt. Speaking in broken English and Italian, we drove off in a diesel-powered Ford flatbed truck, loaded with concrete silo blocks and a whole bunch of curved metal. The only thing that kept me from throwing-up, (from breathing in cigar and diesel fumes) was that I had to concentrate on what the hell he was trying say and trying to get a rock station on the AM radio.
We arrived at a farm very similar to the one pictured. We scouted out the needed repairs on one large silo, an 80-footer! After unloading the needed supplies, I was told to take a couple of wrenches, climb to the top of the silo, unbolt the metal chute that surrounds the ladder, (that I will climbing), and literally kick it off, as it needed to be replaced with a new one. Ok...so I climbed, testing each and every rusty rung on the way up. I climbed to the top in darkness with only the splattering of light coming through the rusted-out sections of the old chute. Without any safety gear on, wrenches in my pocket, and small flashlight in my mouth, (this is where "young and dumb", and "PRE-OHSA" is defined), I started to unbolt the sections of the chute. Done with the first one, I kicked it like mule and sent it sailing. Daylight opened up, and the view was awesome, despite the man bitching down below in Italian, it was rather fun. Hay, I did what I was told! As I worked my way down, the winds started to pick up and then I got thinking...what if I slipped and fell and got sliced in half by falling on the next piece of metal below. Ouch. The good time started to fade. I made it to the bottom, completely revealing the ladder that went to the top of the silo. Anthony was just about done with assembling the new 60-foot chute, and I was told to climb back to the top with a block and tackle so to hoist this chute up. I mimicked him in Italian and asked if he had ever flown a kite...he said no.
Back on the ground we readied the chute with rope, connected it to the block and tackle, and started to pull. Lift and pull, lift and pull we did. The winds started to carry this 60-foot razor blade from side to side as we got it off the ground. It was hard to keep it from sailing about, it was totally out of control, even with an anchor rope attached. We got it to the top, despite it flailing about, and back up I go, to start bolting the new chute in place. That was NOT fun. Flashlight back in my mouth, nuts and bolts in my front pants pockets, wrenches in my back pockets, one arm weaved through a ladder rung, while the other tried to steady and lineup bolt holes. Not easy when the wind blows.
Well, we got R' done. I never dropped a wrench, I did lose a few bolts and some nuts, I know for sure that I lost my nerve to do this job.
The next morning Anothony sits in that Ford flatbed outside of my house, chomping his cigar and breathing in diesel fumes, waiting and waiting...and waiting.
518. Pentax and Tamron. PS, most silos have a mental chute over the ladder to protect the ladder itself, and the worker too!
Laborers working in Chouwara leather tannery in the Fes El Bali Medina. Fez is famous for its leather goods
Taken @Fez El Bali, Morocco, North Africa.
Within the walls of Black Canyon on either side of Hoover Dam, the Colorado River was diverted around the dam site through four 50-foot-diameter tunnels. The tunnels, with a total combined length of 15,946 feet, or about three miles, were excavated to 56 feet and lined with three feet (300,000 cubic yards) of concrete. They could carry over 200,000 cubic feet - more than 1.5 million gallons - of water per second! The river was first diverted through the two Arizona tunnels on November 14, 1932. After being used for river diversion, the inner tunnels were plugged with concrete approximately one-third their length below the canyon wall inlets, and the outer tunnels were plugged approximately halfway. The two inner tunnels now contain 30-foot-diameter steel pipes (also called penstocks and seen in the photograph above) which connect the intake towers in the reservoir with the powerplant and canyon wall outlet works. The downstream halves of the two outer tunnels are used for spillway outlets.
Throughout these tunnels, forty-four thousand tons of steel were formed and welded into 14,800 feet of pipe varying from 8 1/2 to 30 feet in diameter. Each length of the largest pipe - 12 feet long, 30 feet in diameter, and 2 3/4 inches thick - was made from 3 steel plates, of such weight that only two plates could be shipped from the steel mill to the fabricating plant on one railroad car. Two such lengths of pipe welded together make one section weighing approximately 135 tons or, at intersections with the penstocks, as much as 186 tons.
At the time of the construction of Hoover Dam (started in 1931 and completed in 1936), the contractor was given a time frame of 7 years to complete all work or face penalties for any time used beyond this limit. In order to fulfill this requirement set by the U.S. government, thousands of job-seekers converged around Boulder City, building makeshift camps. Employment peaked at 5,251 in July 1934. Men came and went, with the total reaching over 21,000 laborers performing work on the dam. The lowest wage was 50 cents an hour, and the highest was $1.25. The average for all of the workers at the dam was about 62.5 cents an hour. These men worked thousands of hours to make this dream a reality for the United States. And, these are the people that should be celebrated on Labor Day...a federal holiday to honor and recognize the American labor movement and the works and contributions of laborers to the development and achievements of the United States. Thank you for your contributions to building America...
And...for all its history and contributions to engineering & the U.S. labor movement, Hoover Dam has been included on ASCE's List of Historic Civil Engineering Landmark, the National Register of Historic Places, and is a National Historic Landmark.
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Camera - Nikon D7200 (handheld)
Lens – Nikkor 18-300mm Zoom
ISO – 1250
Aperture – f/7.1
Exposure – 1/2 second
Focal Length – 38mm
The original RAW file was processed with Adobe Camera Raw and final adjustments were made with Photoshop CS6.
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Laborers unload charcoal from a barge in Dhaka. They are literally paid a piece rate for each load of charcoal they carry on their heads to the waiting truck. When they dump the charcoal into the bed of the truck, another worker hands them a small plastic token that they collect as they head back to the barge to carry more charcoal. At the end of the day the tokens are counted and redeemed for cash. The same compensation scheme is used for other types of labor on the riverside such as unloading fruits and vegetables.
Laborers working in Chouwara leather tannery in the Fes El Bali Medina. Fez is famous for its leather goods
Taken @Fez El Bali, Morocco, North Africa.
Salt laborer working in a salt field. Worker separating salt from water.Bangladeshi salt factory that relies almost entirely on manual labour where child labor is a common seen!
Coal laborers navigate the gangway as they unload charcoal from a barge. It's not obvious from the image, but those planks are set 20-25 feet above the rocky shore below. I walked it to get this image, and believe me it is not for the faint of heart, as the planks flex with each step. These workers walk it wearing flip flops while balancing a load of charcoal on their heads. I even saw one woman holding up a cellphone to her ear while carrying a load on her head and walking the planks!
Laborers working in Chouwara leather tannery in the Fes El Bali Medina. Fez is famous for its leather goods
Taken @Fez El Bali, Morocco, North Africa.
A laborer at the GM&O's Bloomington Shops fills the sandbox on Alco RS-1 No. 1127, in May 1958. Photo by David Leonard, 120mm B&W negative from my collection.
Tony is 67-years-old. His social security retirement is so small that he has to take odd, and most of the time nasty back breaking jobs, just to keep a roof above his head, and some food on the table.
In the United States, abject poverty during the so called "golden years" is very common especially in the heartland and the rust belt.
Day laborers congregate along the main street waiting for work. Not sure what this man was all about, but I'm pretty sure he was not a day laborer.
South ASIA
uses laborers
instead of
logically better modes of
transporting objects
like WHEELBARROWS
and TRUCKS
that can cut the job to minutes
instead of hours.
of course this is to give jobs
to millions who earn a few dollars a day
KOLKATA
Photography’s new conscience
The Library of Congress Son of agricultural day laborer 1939
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Title
Son of agricultural day laborer in front of tent home near Webbers Falls, Oklahoma. Muskogee County, Oklahoma
Names
Lee, Russell, 1903-1986, photographer
Created / Published
1939 June.
Headings
- United States--Oklahoma--Muskogee County--Webbers Falls
- Day laborers, migrants--Muskogee County--Oklahoma
Headings
Safety film negatives.
Genre
Safety film negatives
Notes
- Title and other information from caption card.
- Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.
- More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsaowi
- Temp. note: usf34batch4
- Film copy on SIS roll 23, frame 287.
Medium
1 negative : safety ; 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches or smaller.
Call Number/Physical Location
LC-USF34- 033429-D [P&P] LOT 523 (corresponding photographic print)
Source Collection
Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection (Library of Congress)
Repository
Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Digital Id
fsa 8b22054 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8b22054
Library of Congress Control Number
2017783487
Reproduction Number
LC-USF34-033429-D (b&w film neg.)
Rights Advisory
No known restrictions. For information, see U.S. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black & White Photographs www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/071_fsab.html
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The Library of Congress Father and his children near Sallisaw 1939
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Title
Father and his children living near Sallisaw, Oklahoma
Names
Lee, Russell, 1903-1986, photographer
Created / Published
1939 June.
Headings
- United States--Oklahoma--Sequoyah County--Sallisaw
- Day laborers, migrants--Sequoyah County--Oklahoma
Headings
Safety film negatives.
Genre
Safety film negatives
Notes
- Title and other information from caption card.
- Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.
- More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsaowi
- Temp. note: usf34batch4
- Film copy on SIS roll 23, frame 557.
Medium
1 negative : safety ; 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches or smaller.
Call Number/Physical Location
LC-USF34- 033690-D [P&P] LOT 523 (corresponding photographic print)
Source Collection
Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection (Library of Congress)
Repository
Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Digital Id
fsa 8b22316 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8b22316
Library of Congress Control Number
2017783746
Reproduction Number
LC-USF34-033690-D (b&w film neg.)
Rights Advisory
No known restrictions. For information, see U.S. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black & White Photographs www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/071_fsab.html
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Bangladeshi daily laborer Imirul Hoq (60 years old) works in a brick field at Noakhali. He comes from Noakhali Lokkipur to the capital for earning to live. He earns 200 taka (approx US $2.50) per day working down to dusk. He works six months in the dry season and after its completion he again to move his family. The next six months during rainy season, He was unemployed. He have only an one son who doesn’t live with him.He(his son) lives in laws house.
Noakhali,Bangladesh - 05/04/2016
Liuna, Laborers' International Union of North America Local 238 Mural by Thucydd, Spokane, Washington. Construction Crew and emblem.
Created for Artistic Manipulation Group's MIXMASTER CHALLENGE #19.
Chef CatnessGrace challenges us to honor the working man/woman as follows:
➤ Your image must draw its inspiration from the video of "Workers Song" by the Dropkick Murphys (lyrics here).
➤ It must include bricks used as a background or design element and ...
➤ Any blue collar worker(s).
➤ Your primary color scheme must be black+white+red, with a single blue element.
➤ NO GREEN.
Credits: Mother/child courtesy Pixabay; the brick texture is mine.
A laborer takes a rest on a heap of scrap leather at a roadside fertilizer factory in Kolkata, West Bengal, India October 18, 2009. Photo by Tim Chong
Collection Name: MS336 Louise and Omar Putman Collection. Click here to see the entire Collection on Missouri Digital Heritage.
Photographer/Studio: Louise Putman
Description: Portrait of an unidentified African American laborer who wears a cap, jacket, and two kerchiefs around his neck.
Coverage: United States – Missouri
Date: c1946
Rights: Permission granted
Credit: Courtesy of Missouri State Archives
Image Number: MS336_128_016.tif
Institution: Missouri State Archives
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The Library of Congress
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Title
Migratory laborer's wife with three children (not in photo). Near Childress, Texas
Contributor Names
Lange, Dorothea, photographer
Created / Published
1938 June.
Subject Headings
- United States--Texas--Childress County--Childress.
- Migrants on the road--Texas
- Texas--Childress County--Childress
Format Headings
Nitrate negatives.
Notes
- Photo shows Nettie Featherston.
- Title and other information from caption card.
- Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division.
- More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsaowi
- Temp. note: usf34batch2
- Film copy on SIS roll 27, frame 1634.
Medium
1 negative : nitrate ; 4 x 5 inches or smaller.
Call Number/Physical Location
LC-USF34- 018283-C [P&P] LOT 547 (corresponding photographic print)
Source Collection
Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection (Library of Congress)
Repository
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Digital Id
fsa 8b32424 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8b32424
Control Number
2017770666
Reproduction Number
LC-DIG-fsa-8b32424 (digital file from original neg.) LC-USF34-018283-C (b&w film nitrate neg.)
Rights Advisory
No known restrictions. For information, see U.S. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black & White Photographs www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/071_fsab.html
Language
English
Online Format
image
Description
1 negative : nitrate ; 4 x 5 inches or smaller.
The Library of Congress Children of agricultural day laborer 1939
I claim no rights other than colorizing this image if you wish to use let me know and always give due credit to The Library of Congress. I have no commercial gain in publishing this image.
Title
Children of agricultural day laborer living in McIntosh County, Oklahoma
Names
Lee, Russell, 1903-1986, photographer
Created / Published
1939 June.
Headings
- United States--Oklahoma--McIntosh County
- Day laborers, migrants--McIntosh County--Oklahoma
Headings
Safety film negatives.
Genre
Safety film negatives
Notes
- Title and other information from caption card.
- Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.
- More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsaowi
- Temp. note: usf34batch4
- Film copy on SIS roll 23, frame 433.
Medium
1 negative : safety ; 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches or smaller.
Call Number/Physical Location
LC-USF34- 033564-D [P&P] LOT 523 (corresponding photographic print)
Source Collection
Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection (Library of Congress)
Repository
Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Digital Id
fsa 8b22190 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8b22190
Library of Congress Control Number
2017783622
Reproduction Number
LC-USF34-033564-D (b&w film neg.)
Rights Advisory
No known restrictions. For information, see U.S. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black & White Photographs www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/071_fsab.html
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The Library of Congress Daughter of a farm laborer 1941
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Title
Caguas, Puerto Rico (vicinity). Daughter of a farm laborer
Names
Delano, Jack, 1914-1997, photographer
Created / Published
1941 Dec.
Headings
- United States--Puerto Rico--Humacao Municipality--Caguas
Headings
Safety film negatives.
Genre
Safety film negatives
Notes
- Title and other information from caption card.
- Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.
- More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsaowi
- Temp. note: usf34batch6
- Film copy on SIS roll 5, frame 798.
Medium
1 negative : safety ; 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches or smaller.
Call Number/Physical Location
LC-USF34- 048771-D [P&P] LOT 2345 (corresponding photographic print)
Source Collection
Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection (Library of Congress)
Repository
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Digital Id
fsa 8c09305 hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8c09305
Library of Congress Control Number
2017799180
Reproduction Number
LC-USF34-048771-D (b&w film neg.)
Rights Advisory
No known restrictions. For information, see U.S. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black & White Photographs www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/071_fsab.html
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