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Historic Assembly Lines

Vintage photographs of workers in assembly lines across various industries, including electronics and textiles, showcasing manual labor and production processes.

Group of male workers operating linotype machines in a newspaper printing press, New Orleans Times-Picayune, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Group of male workers operating linotype machines in a newspaper printing press, New Orleans Times-Picayune, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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Anefo photo collection. Chess tournament in Purmerend (overview). July 3, 1960. PurmerendTeen Boy Working as Doffer in Textile Mill, Fall River, Massachusetts, USA, circa 1916The busy interior of a flourishing silk factory in Japan, 1907. Artist: Unknown.Jobs in a chocolate factory of the Coop Group 9.7.1974 in Dortmund, Germany, EuropeStirrup Pump Manufacture, England, UK, 1941 A pile of finished stirrup pump barrels are sorted by a smiling woman war worker at this stirrup pump factory, somewhere in Britain.14-year-old Girl Working as Spinner in Cotton Mill, Adams, Massachusetts, USA, circa 1916Anefo photo collection. B. K. Cooking competition in The Hague. May 13, 1954. The Hague, South HollandIndustry during the First World War Two female workers lift pieces of dough from a cutting machine in an army biscuit factory in Lancashire during the First World War.Women Working in Industry in Britain during the Second World War Production Drives and Posters: Women at work in a factory, one working on a lathe. Above their heads hangs a propaganda notice intended to increase production - the notice reads 'Hundreds of our girls are in Jap hands - hate is not enough - work to avenge these crimes'.Portrait of a girl standing in a cotton mill, USA, c. 1910Jobs at the pharmaceutical production Medice on 12.02.1980 in Iserlohn, Germany, EuropeInterior view of cigar factory, Ybor City, Tampa, Florida , Industrial facilities, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United StatesAnefo photo collection. English flag production i.v.m. The enclosed English Royal visit. February 5, 1958Vintage Photograph. Television manufacturing in Portsmouth Virginia.The Shipbuilding Industry in Britain during the First World WarAnefo photo collection. English flag production i.v.m. The enclosed English Royal visit. February 5, 1958Honey exhibit slaged by State Dept. of Agriculture at Lead Show in Sydney. September 18, 1944.Anefo photo collection. Large exam in the Ahoyhal in Rotterdam for contractor. April 17, 1963. Rotterdam, South Holland