Communists Celebrating, PP141.274 (Z4.141), not dated, MdHS.

In honor of the first Monday of September also known as Labor Day, this week we bring you, our loyal worker-readers, a selection of photographs of your fellow historic laborers plying their respective trades. From ditch digger to pencil pusher, each did his or her part, though admittedly not always in equal measure. May these photos remind you why we really celebrate this federally recognized holiday.

HEN.00.A1-102 Four unidentified women working in factory, Paul S. Henderson, undated. Paul Henderson Photograph Collection, MdHS.

MC8179 Hollingsworth Building. 227 Holliday Street. Workers in front. Men posing in front of William Hollingsworth, Machinist and Manufacturer. Unknown photographer, ca. 1900, MdHS.

PP79.294.2 Launching a ship. Not dated. Robert F. Kniesche Photograph Collection. MdHS.

PP79.299.1 Launching ship. Robert F. Kniesche Photograph Collection. MdHS.

PP79.351 Unidentified worker at loom, Hooper Mills. Baltimore, Maryland Not dated. Robert F. Kniesche Photograph Collection. MdHS.

PP79.405 "Crop pickers, Fallsway and Madison. Waiting to be picked up to go to work about midnight." September 17, 1959. Robert F. Kniesche Photograph Collection. MdHS.

PP230.706 Unidentified fort wall being constructed by African Americans. Civil War Photograph Collection, 1861-1935, MdHS.

Subject Vertical File: Baltimore - Custom House, interior view, ca. 1965, MdHS.

Subject Vertical File: Baltimore - Distilleries Baltimore Distilling Company 1925, MdHS.

Subject Vertical File: Baltimore - Distilleries - Baltimore Distilling Company 1925, MdHS.

Z24-1326 Edwin H. Bennett Queensware Factory Employees, ca. 1875, MdHS.

Z24.1535 World War II 1939-1945 - Industry - War Worker, MdHS.

MdHS images:

HEN.00.A1-102 Four unidentified women working in factory. Paul S. Henderson, not dated.

MC8179 Hollingsworth Building, 227 Holliday Street. Unknown photographer, ca. 1900.

PP79.294.2 Launching a ship. Robert F. Kniesche, not dated.

PP79.299.1 Launching ship. Robert F. Kniesche, not dated.

PP79.351 Unidentified worker at loom, Hooper Mills. Baltimore, Maryland. Robert F. Kniesche, not dated.

PP79.405 Crop pickers, Fallsway and Madison.  Robert F. Kniesche, September 17, 1959.

PP230.706 Unidentified fort wall being constructed by African Americans. Civil War Photograph Collection, 1861-1935.

SVF Baltimore – Custom House, interior view, ca. 1965.

SVF Distilleries – Baltimore Distilling Company, 1925.

Z24-1326 Edwin H. Bennett Queensware Factory Employees, ca. 1875.

Z24.1535 World War II 1939-1945, Industry – War Worker.