Old mine workers

If you think that today we got it bad, take a look at this jolly bunch. During the first industrial period, people used to work way more hours and under tougher conditions. Then when that wasn't enough, capitalists got slaves to help out. Basically, what would happen is that you work your ass off and after a while you get cholera or syphilis from the local wench and die. My guess is that they didn't use work gloves.

HE SEES INTO MY SOUL.

Mining was the key industry back then. Upon closer inspection of this photo, you can see that it was a multiple generational business, meaning you had kids and very old people happily working together. They all had the right tools at disposal, well not really cordless power tools but you get the general idea, and the adequate life expectancy.