Detail View: Photography Collection:

Image Number: 
JRL17110443
Reference Number: 
VPH.5.43
Image Title: 
Great Western Railway; Porters, Van Driver and Motor Driver, Parcel Department
Parent Work Title: 
Album of women's work in wartime
Creator: 
Reavil, Mr Arthur
Creator Role: 
Photographer
Date Created: 
1914-1919
Description: 
Two women dressed in uniform standing on a railway platform next to a train carriage. They are next to a postal trolley and one of them is holding parcels on the trolley. There are two men wearing boater style hats getting out of the carriage in the background
Keyword: 
World War; First World War; Homefront; Railways.
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 prints
Support: 
Paper
Creation Site: 
England
Time Period Covered: 
20th Century CE
Places Covered: 
England
Item Height: 
95 mm
Item Width: 
78 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: 
Creative Commons License
Bibliography: 
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