Images of Scottish labour

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Banners, prints and photographs of Scottish working-class struggle over two centuries –  strikes, marches, demonstrations, campaigns and conferences – all from the SCRAN Collection of Historic Environment Scotland, which comprises images brought together from the museums and collections of Scottish local authorities and other agencies.

Women and children of the Scottish labour movement, 1911-1916-1926

Solidarity with the Miners, Edinburgh, 1984/5

Collective Action – Crofthead Mill, Renfrewshire, 1910 & Vale of Leven, Dunbartonshire, 1930

Campaigning for Political Reform, 1832, and for the Charter, 1840

Union Rules, Capitalist Critique, and Heroic Celebration, 1900-1920-1979