What's Work Got To Do With It?           Community Highlights, 1870-1930

 

People at Work - Musicians

Having a job is central to the American conception of independence. The dignity of labor is reflected in respectful photographic treatments of manual laborers, entertainers, and side-show performers (Eli Bowen, a "legless wonder," shown here as a respectable Victorian family man.)

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People At Work In Institutions

People at Work - Basketmaker

Defense Industry Jobs

Link to the website of The President's Committee on the Employment of People with Disabilities