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This photo not only shows municipal road workers’ daily tasks but also how remarkably tools have changed since the middle of the 20th century. We see, for instance, a hand-operated concrete mixer. None of the workers have protective clothing. The site inspector is easy to pick out: he’s wearing a suit and tie!
1902 - 1942

Québec City workers

By the early 1900s, trades were diversifying and expanding at the same pace as urban centres. Events such as World War I, and the Great Depression of the 1930s close on its heels, ushered in major changes throughout the first half of the 20th century. This album presents the workers from various sectors who helped transform Québec City. Come and meet them! Perhaps you can shed light on this effervescent period in work history?

Municipal road workers

Auteur inconnu This photo not only shows municipal road workers’ daily tasks but also how remarkably tools have changed since the middle of the 20th century. We see, for instance, a hand-operated concrete mixer. None of the workers have protective clothing. The site inspector is easy to pick out: he’s wearing a suit and tie!
Chronoscope Do you have any comments about this picture? (unilingual French for a limited time) Source: Ville de Québec Document in the public domain (free of copyright) - Wenceslas Picard Fonds - Date: circa 1940