occupations

Mistaken abilities / Woodward del., British Cartoon Print

Print shows several individuals, each believing they are better suited to a particular occupation other than the one they are currently engaged in, such as a farmer that wants to be a doctor or an attorney that... More

F.J. Pilliners 10 illuminated business cards

Print shows an uncut half-sheet of business card designs, numbered 1-10, featuring depictions of various occupations; among the occupations, inscribed in ink above each card, are "Tailor", "Wine &" [...], "Dagu... More

Children thrashing corn during school hours on a farm near Dublin. Man...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of child, child labor, farmer, early 20th-century farm, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Occupations related to industrial arts / designed by Blanche L. Anish.

Poster promoting occupations in the industrial arts, such as carpenter, machine shop worker, molder, painter, paint sprayer, and sheet metal worker, showing men engaged in the various jobs.

Jobs - get the facts about occupations - free classes for young men an...

Poster shows a young woman holding books and a young man holding machine parts, with factories and city skyline below. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress).

Gordie Keenan interview conducted by Anthony G. Potoczniak, 2012-08-29

Gordie Keenan was born in 1954, in Norfolk, Virginia. He was educated in Rochester, New York, and later attended the State University of New York Maritime College. He moved to Houston in 1991 and has worked for... More

Cavalcade de Masquea. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Print shows 8 vignettes with figures on horseback identified by various attributes, such as the figure at top left, "Le Marquis de la triste figure" or the melancholy marquis followed by "Le pere la Joie", "Mr.... More

Occupations related to mathematics

Poster promoting occupations that require a background in mathematics, such as bank worker, draftsman, civil engineer surveyor, and chemist laboratory assistant. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (... More

Occupations related to household arts

Poster promoting occupations related to household arts, such as cook, nursemaid, teacher, dietician, lunch room worker, waitress, and nurse, showing women in the uniforms of the various occupations. Date stampe... More

Picking cotton is one of the most easily learned occupations for women...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

[The Georgia Negro] Occupations. - Exposition Universelle Internationa...

Chart shows pay and hours worked per day for various occupations. Title from LOT 11931, no. 1; part title from item. Chart prepared by Du Bois for the Negro Exhibit of the American Section at the Paris Expositi... More

[The Georgia Negro] Family budgets. - Exposition Universelle Internati...

Chart shows income and expenses for African Americans working eight different occupations. Title from LOT 11931, no. 1; part title from item. Chart prepared by Du Bois for the Negro Exhibit of the American Sect... More

Motor Transport Corps training school Earn while you learn / / Sgt. E....

U.S. Army Motor Transport Corps recruiting poster showing two men working in an auto repair shop, also shows truck from the Army Motor Transport Corps. Poster caption continues: Become an expert mechanic ; Lear... More

Sewing - A picture of a sewing poster on a wall

Poster promoting occupations related to sewing, such as power machine operator, alteration worker, dress designer, hand finisher, basting trimmer, packer, swatcher, showing a swatch of cloth with needle and thread.

Occupations related to mathematics

Poster promoting occupations that require a background in mathematics, such as mathematics teacher, actuary statistician, mechanical engineer, accountant, auditor, bookkeeper, and calculating machine operator. ... More

George Larrimer interview conducted by Anthony G. Potoczniak, 2012-08-...

George Larrimer worked the port of Houston for almost 40 years. He started his career in the U.S. Coast Guard. In the mid-1970s he joined the Marine Fire Dept (MFD). He describes the evolution of fire fighting ... More

The age of specialists / Ehrhart., Political Cartoon

Illustration shows a vignette cartoon of various incidents where a person refuses to perform a task because he or she is a specialist in some other field; the series concludes with two men speaking to each othe... More

War alarm clocks. 1,700,000 of them will be produced this year to meet...

Public domain photograph related to Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Gordie Keenan interview conducted by Anthony G. Potoczniak, 2012-08-29

Gordie Keenan was born in 1954, in Norfolk, Virginia. He was educated in Rochester, New York, and later attended the State University of New York Maritime College. He moved to Houston in 1991 and has worked for... More

[Women in various occupations] - Drawing. Public domain image.

Title devised by cataloger. No publication information. (DLC/PP-1934:0056). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

[The Georgia Negro] Occupations and income. - Exposition Universelle I...

Chart shows occupations and pay by sex and income by family. Title from LOT 11931, no. 1; part title from item. Chart prepared by Du Bois for the Negro Exhibit of the American Section at the Paris Exposition Un... More

Printing - Public domain scan of print

Poster promoting occupations in the printing industry, such as hand compositor, press feeder, linotype operator, copy boy, proofreader, make-up man, bindery worker, and others, showing various typefaces.

Women in war. Agricultural workers. With the nation's manpower swellin...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a woman working, women labor, 1940s, economic conditions, home front, world war two, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[The Georgia Negro] Occupations of Georgia Negroes. Males over 10.

Bar graph shows number of males in various occupations in 1890. Title from LOT 11931, no. 1; part title from item. Chart prepared by Du Bois for the Negro Exhibit of the American Section at the Paris Exposition... More

Young Negro wife cooking breakfast, outskirts of El Paso, Texas. "Do y...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a quarry, mine, excavation, or mining site, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A couple of men standing next to a tree, New Jersey. Farm Security Adm...

Public domain photograph of Great Depression, farm, farmer, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Occupations related to household arts

Poster promoting occupations related to household arts, such as millinery, dress maker, factory worker, saleslady, child care, housewife, and hotel maid, showing women in the uniforms of the various occupations... More

Languages - WPA poster, Public domain, Library of Congress

Poster promoting occupations in the field of languages, such as language teacher, translator, reporter on foreign language journal, and librarian in foreign department, showing book and globe. Date stamped on v... More

A black and white photo of a man playing the violin. New York(?), New ...

Public domain photograph - New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Contents page of A treatise on the diseases of tradesmen]

Contents page in: A treatise on the diseases of tradesmen / Bernardino Ramazzini. London : Printed for A. Bell, 1705. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Con... More

[Man with a broom, wearing geta; woman with spinning wheel; man with a...

Gift; Crosby Stuart Noyes; 1906. Forms part of: Crosby Stuart Noyes collection (Library of Congress). Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

To starred or badged single men or single men in reserved occupations....

Poster is text only, explaining at length revised rules for recruiting, enlistment, and exemption. Poster no. 162. Wt. W. 17,193/786.

Earn while you learn Wanted machinists [...].

U.S. Army Motor Transport Corps recruiting poster showing a man working in a machine shop, also lists several occupations with their current salaries.

Occupations related to industrial arts

Poster promoting occupations in the industrial arts, such as radio repairman, compositor, blue print worker, draftsman, teacher of industrial arts, pressman, cabinet maker, and electrician, showing cog wheel an... More

Occupations related to language

Poster promoting occupations in the field of languages, such as interpreter, foreign buyer, correspondent, custom officer, foreign service, wireless operator, and international lawyer, showing book. Date stampe... More

The old town crier of Drama, the capital of Eastern Macedonia, has out...

Photographs show town crier and other people in a town square in Drama, Eastern Macedonia, Greece. Illus. in: "Snaps of Macedonia," Travel. New York : Robert McBride & Company, 1920, vol. 35, no. 1, p. 13.

[Allegorical painting of Franklin D. Roosevelt and eleven other people...

J14367 U.S. Copyright Office. Reproduction of painting by Thomas H. Guptill.

Occupations related to industrial arts

Poster promoting occupations in the industrial arts, such as carpenter, machine shop worker, molder, painter, paint sprayer, and sheet metal worker, showing men engaged in the various jobs. Date stamped on vers... More

Oral history with 17 year old white male, Breathitt County, Kentucky (...

For rights information contact the collector’s institution: University of New Orleans. New Orleans, LA 17 year old (Appalachian) white male. Lives in a holler (small valley between mountains) outside Jackson, K... More

Calcearius, der schuhmacher. Book illustration from Library of Congres...

Print shows the interior of a cobbler's workshop and store with two men making shoes as another man attends to a customer. Illus. in: Panoplia. Francofvrti ad Moenvm : [Impressvm apud G. Coruinum, impensis S. ... More

1ere vue d'Aigleville, colonie du Texas ou Champ d'Asile. Occupations ...

This record contains unverified data from P&AGA catalog and PGA shelflist cards. Associated name on P&AGA card: Garneray, Ambrose Louis, 1783-1857. Dessiné et gravé par Yerenrag. Plate marks indistinguishable. ... More

[The Georgia Negro] Occupations of Negroes and whites in Georgia.

Circle graph shows percentage of African Americans and whites in various occupations. Title from LOT 11931, no. 1; part title from item. Chart prepared by Du Bois for the Negro Exhibit of the American Section a... More

It had in it a sample of about all the upper occupations and professio...

(DLC/PP-1936:0089). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court / Samuel Clemens. New York : Charles L. Webster & Co., 1889, p. 257.

[A series of statistical charts illustrating the condition of the desc...

Bar graph shows number of African Americans in various occupations. Title from LOT 11931, no. 37; part title from item. Chart prepared by Atlanta University students for the Negro Exhibit of the American Sectio... More

Occupations related to mathematics / Blanche L. Anish.

Poster promoting occupations that require a background in mathematics, such as mathematics teacher, calculating machine operator, mechanical engineer, accounting auditor bookkeeper, actuary statistician. Work P... More

Tailoring - WPA poster, Public domain, Library of Congress

Poster promoting occupations related to tailoring, such as cutter, fitter , tailor, salesman, inspector, sponger, presser, clothing factor worker, showing a swatch of cloth. Date stamped on verso: Oct 13 1937. ... More

A black and white photo of a pile of junk, New Jersey. Farm Security A...

Public domain photograph - United States during the 1930s and 1940s, Farm Security Administration, New Deal, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Women in war. Agricultural workers. With the nation's manpower swellin...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a farm, farmer, agriculture, early 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Prang's aids for object teaching. Trades & occupations - Plate 9. Haym...

F1160 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist and PAGA catalog cards. Copyright 1875 & pub. by L. Prang & Co. Associated name on shelflist card: L. Prang & Co. PAGA card t... More

Future occupations for Roosevelt / J.S. Pughe.

Illustration shows a vignette cartoon with Theodore Roosevelt, at center, as a rugged "Guide for City Sportsmen", with surrounding scenes showing Roosevelt as a teacher of "Natural History", an "Instructor in t... More

Your opportunity to learn a trade Join the Air Service, United States ...

U.S. Army Air Service recruiting poster showing men on an airfield with airplanes flying overhead, and six halftone illustrations of classrooms for the "welding department, motor transport department, practical... More

35th Annual Trades & Labor Congress of Canada

Photographer's address: 45 Walnut St., Hamilton, Ont. Meeting probably held in Hamilton. Forms part of National Women's Trade Union League of America collection. Transfer; LC Manuscript Division; 1952.

Buddy Sheppard and his father, part-time agricultural workers in Bridg...

Public domain photograph - New Jersey, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a man playing a violin. New York(?), New Yo...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of an office worker, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[The Georgia Negro] Occupations of Negroes and whites in Georgia.

Circle graph shows percentage of African Americans and whites in various occupations. Title from LOT 11931, no. 1; part title from item. Chart prepared by Du Bois for the Negro Exhibit of the American Section a... More

The mother's sin : historical operetta in 4 acts Di muter's zind

D20919 From the collections of the African and Middle Eastern Division, Hebraic Section.

The mother's sin : historical operetta in 4 acts Di muter's zind

D20919 From the collections of the African and Middle Eastern Division, Hebraic Section.

The mother's sin : historical operetta in 4 acts Di muter's zind

D20919 From the collections of the African and Middle Eastern Division, Hebraic Section.

The mother's sin : historical operetta in 4 acts Di muter's zind

D20919 From the collections of the African and Middle Eastern Division, Hebraic Section.

The mother's sin : historical operetta in 4 acts Di muter's zind

D20919 From the collections of the African and Middle Eastern Division, Hebraic Section.

The mother's sin : historical operetta in 4 acts Di muter's zind

D20919 From the collections of the African and Middle Eastern Division, Hebraic Section.

[An Old Yankee Innkeeper; His Story]

[An Old Yankee Innkeeper; His Story]

[An Old Yankee Innkeeper; His Story]

[An Old Yankee Innkeeper; His Story]

[Cleve Hallenbeck], Library of Congress narratives collection

[Folklore of Communications], Library of Congress narratives collectio...

Conversation with 37 year old white male, Tylerton, Maryland (Transcri...

The mother's sin historical operetta in 4 acts

Picryl description: Public domain historical document page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

The mother's sin historical operetta in 4 acts

Picryl description: Public domain historical document page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

The mother's sin historical operetta in 4 acts

Picryl description: Public domain historical document page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

The mother's sin historical operetta in 4 acts

Picryl description: Public domain historical document page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

[Tom Simmons], Library of Congress narratives collection

[Irvin Cumbie], Library of Congress narratives collection

[Bedford Caperton], Library of Congress narratives collection

[Mrs. Amelia Devoe], Library of Congress narratives collection

[Gor Svenson #6], Library of Congress narratives collection

[Women in various occupations] - Drawing. Public domain image.

Title devised by cataloger. No publication information. (DLC/PP-1934:0056). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

[Interview with Mrs. William C. Heacock]

[Shave Them] - Public domain document scan

[Shave Them] - Public domain document scan

[Shave Them] - Public domain document scan

[Shave Them] - Public domain document scan

[A Merchant Wizard], Library of Congress narratives collection

Picryl description: Public domain narrative book, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

[A Merchant Wizard], Library of Congress narratives collection

Picryl description: Public domain narrative book, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

[My People Made the Truckin Business]

Picryl description: Public domain narrative book, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

[Country Editor], Library of Congress narratives collection

[Country Editor], Library of Congress narratives collection

[All Our Folks was Farmers], Library of Congress narratives collection

[French Canadian Textile Worker]

Public domain scan of french book page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Conversation with 59 year old white male, Arkansas (Transcript)

For rights information contact the collector’s institution: Center for Applied Linguistics. Washington, DC 59 year old white male living in Clarkesville, AK Talks about hardships of the past; work; farming; fam... More

Conversation with 59 year old white male, Arkansas (Transcript)

For rights information contact the collector’s institution: Center for Applied Linguistics. Washington, DC 59 year old white male living in Clarkesville, AK Talks about hardships of the past; work; farming; fam... More

The doctor's remedy a comedy-drama in 4 acts

Public domain photograph - New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The doctor's remedy a comedy-drama in 4 acts

The doctor's remedy a comedy-drama in 4 acts

The doctor's remedy a comedy-drama in 4 acts

The doctor's remedy a comedy-drama in 4 acts

The doctor's remedy a comedy-drama in 4 acts

The doctor's remedy a comedy-drama in 4 acts

The doctor's remedy a comedy-drama in 4 acts