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Women at battery drills, drilling angle and "T" bars for ribs of airship sheds
Women at battery drills, drilling angle and "T" bars for ribs of airship sheds
Object number2004.25.2

Women at battery drills, drilling angle and "T" bars for ribs of airship sheds

Portfolio/Seriesfrom the British Ministry of Information photographs of women working in factories during WWI
Datec. 1914-1918
Artist
CultureEnglish
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 6 1/4 x 8 1/8 in. (15.9 x 20.6 cm)
Sheet: 6 3/8 x 8 1/2 in. (16.2 x 21.6 cm)
Credit LinePurchase, Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation Fund
On View
On view
Period20th c
Classification(s)
InscribedOn a typed label affixed to the verso: BRITISH OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH What the daughters of Britain are doing. / C.368. Women at battery drills, drilling angle and "T" bars for ribs / of airship sheds.
MarkingsOn verso, stamped upper left in black ink: PASSED FOR TRANSMISSION ABROAD / O 2448; stamped center in blue ink: The TELLA CAMERA / CO / SOUTHAMPTON ROW. / OPPOSITE KINGSWAY. LONDON. W.O.
ProvenancePurchased from Winter Works on Paper, Inc.
Vassar Exhibitions
DescriptionBlack and white image of women operating battery drills inside a factory.
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