COLLECTION NAME:
Photography Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL17110510
Reference Number:
VPH.5.109
Image Title:
Viewing and Gauging Fuses, Coventry
Parent Work Title:
Album of women's work in wartime
Creator:
Reavil, Mr Arthur
Creator Role:
Photographer
Date Created:
1914-1919
Description:
A large room dominated by large benches and overhead lighting. There are groups of women sat around each bench. They are wearing overalls and caps. The benches have tools and implements on them. Along the left of the room there are racks of over coats and hats. Ther are three men standing at intervals along the ends of the benches and a young boy leaning on a bench in the foreground of the photograph.
Keyword:
World War; First World War; Homefront.
Subject:
World War, 1914-1918
Subject:
Photography--History--20th century
Subject:
World War, 1914-1918--Photographs
Category of Material:
Visual
Sub-Category:
Analogue photography
Technique Used:
Gelatin silver process
Support:
Paper
Creation Site:
England: West Midlands: Coventry
Time Period Covered:
20th Century CE
Places Covered:
England: West Midlands: Coventry
Item Height:
74 mm
Item Width:
99 mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance:
Mr & Mrs Burleigh, former owners
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights Holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights:
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2017-11
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Collection Code:
Photography
