Detail View: Photography Collection:
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Image Number:
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JRL17110462
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Reference Number:
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VPH.5.62
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Image Title:
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W & A Gilbey; Bottlers, Packers, etc. Camden Store
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Parent Work Title:
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Album of women's work in wartime
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Creator:
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Reavil, Mr Arthur
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Creator Role:
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Photographer
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Date Created:
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1914-1919
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Description:
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Three women seated at [packing/labelling] desks. There is a large crate of bottles at one side and numerous large wooden packing crates stacked up behind them. There are over head labels: G.N.R., G.E.R. and L.B. & S.R. W&A Gilbey, formed in 1857, were originally wine merchants and became one of the largest drinks firms in the world after establishing a gin distillery in Camden in 1871.They had a long association with the Camden Good Depot and in the late 1860s a daily train, known as the Gilbey Special, would leave to supply markets around the world.
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Keyword:
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World War; First World War; Homefront.
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Subject:
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World War, 1914-1918
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Subject:
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Photography--History--20th century
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Subject:
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World War, 1914-1918--Photographs
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Category of Material:
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Visual
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Sub-Category:
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Analogue photography
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Technique Used:
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Gelatin silver prints
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Support:
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Paper
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Creation Site:
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England
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Time Period Covered:
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20th Century CE
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Places Covered:
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England
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Item Height:
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70 mm
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Item Width:
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97 mm
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Current Repository:
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The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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Provenance:
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Mr & Mrs Burleigh, former owners
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Rights Holder - Image:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Rights Holder - Work:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Access Rights:
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Bibliography:
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Image Creation Technique:
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Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
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Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
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2017-11
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Metadata Language:
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eng-GB
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Collection Code:
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Photography
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