Street repairs; road widening; pavement repairs; kerb repairs; urban walkway; workers; construction workers; skilled; labourers; female labour; equality; equality of labour; hardworking; fast workers; bricks; sand; wheelbarrows; Chinese wheelbarrows; Old Fuzhou; narrow streets; passages; lanes; alleys; old houses; un modernised; communities; community spirit; colourful; quaint; bright; bright colours; contrasting; interesting; culture; Chinese culture; bricks; brickwork; sinks; concrete sinks; bars; barred windows; pipes; drains; doors; doorways; motor bikes; scooters; bikes; stools; seats; chairs; textures; textured; washing; clothes; clothes lines; washing lines; friendly people; welcoming; Fuzhou; Fujian; PRC.
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Many hands make light work as demonstrated during street repairs here in Fuzhou. Fujian province. Workers stretch into the distance in front of, and to the rear of the camera.
Street repairs; road widening; pavement repairs; kerb repairs; urban walkway; workers; construction workers; skilled; labourers; female labour; equality; equality of labour; hardworking; fast workers; bricks; sand; wheelbarrows; Chinese wheelbarrows; Old Fuzhou; narrow streets; passages; lanes; alleys; old houses; un modernised; communities; community spirit; colourful; quaint; bright; bright colours; contrasting; interesting; culture; Chinese culture; bricks; brickwork; sinks; concrete sinks; bars; barred windows; pipes; drains; doors; doorways; motor bikes; scooters; bikes; stools; seats; chairs; textures; textured; washing; clothes; clothes lines; washing lines; friendly people; welcoming; Fuzhou; Fujian; PRC.
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A young Chinese girl, hands on hips appears to be impatiently waiting for her family to choose things from a tiny streetside shop in Fuzhou. Fujian province.
Street repairs; road widening; pavement repairs; kerb repairs; urban walkway; workers; construction workers; skilled; labourers; female labour; equality; equality of labour; hardworking; fast workers; bricks; sand; wheelbarrows; Chinese wheelbarrows; Old Fuzhou; narrow streets; passages; lanes; alleys; old houses; un modernised; communities; community spirit; colourful; quaint; bright; bright colours; contrasting; interesting; culture; Chinese culture; bricks; brickwork; sinks; concrete sinks; bars; barred windows; pipes; drains; doors; doorways; motor bikes; scooters; bikes; stools; seats; chairs; textures; textured; washing; clothes; clothes lines; washing lines; friendly people; welcoming; Fuzhou; Fujian; PRC.
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Old housing such as seen here provide a bustling community lifestyle all over China. This community spirit could be lost however when the older properties are demolished to make way for new highrise buildings.
Women workers in a carpet factory. Electric lights with incandescent bulbs hang over each loom supplement natural lighting and enable working day to be extended. Illustration Leipzig c1895
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Telecommunications; Labour; Employment; Female; Women
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Central Telephone Exchange, rue de Lafayette, Paris, staffed by female telephonists. From Louis Figuier Les Nouvelles Conquetes de la Science, Paris, 1883. Engraving.
Spanish girls in fallera costumes in Valencia. The Fallas or Falles is an annual festival held every March in Valencia. Special events and celebrations are held in every district of Valencia and each area has its own events presided over by Fallera Mayores in traditional costumes.
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NASA image dated August 22 2001 of astronaut Ellen Ochoa using the virtual reality lab at the Johnson Space Center as part of her training for her role as flight engineer on the STS-110 Space Shuttle Atlantis mission to the International Space Station. Ochoa was the first Hispanic woman in space when she was part of the Space Shuttle Discovery crew in a 1993 mission.
NASA portrait photo dated February 12 2002 of Ellen Ochoa prior to the STS-110 Space Shuttle Atlantis mission to the International Space Station. Ochoa was the first Hispanic woman in space when she was part of the Space Shuttle Discovery crew in a 1993 mission.
NASA portrait photo of Ellen Ochoa taken prior to the STS-96 Space Shuttle Discovery mission to the International Space Station in 1999. Ochoa was the first Hispanic woman in space when she was part of the Space Shuttle Discovery crew in a 1993 mission.