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Tough Week at Work? 30 Historical Photos of People Who Have it Worse

Published:12:45 pm EDT, July 17, 2013 | Updated:12:45 pm EDT, July 17, 2013|

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Are you having a tough week at work? Cheer up, at least you're not any of these historical working men and women. (Getty)

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Are you having a tough week at work? Cheer up, at least you're not any of these historical working men and women. (Getty)
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You could be a fishermen hauling nets of salmon. (Getty)
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You could be shoveling coal to keep the fires burning. (Getty)
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You could be climbing up a rope beside one of the pillars of the Albert Bridge. (Getty)
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You could be fire floats at work dealing with a wharf fire. (Getty)
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You could be a miner at work on the coal seam, in a French pit. (Getty)
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You could be a bushman sawing down a kauri tree. (Getty)
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You could be a shoe-black. (Getty)
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You could be a chairmender at work re-weaving the seat of a chair. (Getty)
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You could be turning the handle of a printing press. (Getty)
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You could be making macaroni in a factory. (Getty)
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You could be a miner working underground. (Getty)
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You could be a factory girl working on the finishing of a length of gold chain. (Getty)
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You could be a tin miner at work down in a pit. (Getty)
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You could be making hot air balloons. (Getty)
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You could be doing demolition atop a building. (Getty)
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You could work at an old fashion laboratory. (Getty)
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You could be spinning and carding wool. (Getty)
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You could be painting and furnishing a railway coach at the London & North West Railway works. (Getty)
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You could be packing syrups and fruit delicacies into glass jars at a bottling plant. (Getty)
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You could be riveting the footplate of an engine. (Getty)
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You could be a sailor engaged in carpentry work on board their sailing ship. (Getty)
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You could be renovating a spire. (Getty)
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You could be a professional diver carrying out underwater repair work. (Getty)
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You could be working on the propellers of a merchant ship. (Getty)

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