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Queen Mother outside Penzance railway station. 1961
Queen Mother about to enter her limousine Platform 4 sign above her
Queen Mother greeting Mr S Peak ex Mayor. Penzance .
1961
Queen Mother greeting notables at Penzance
Queen Elizabeth Queen Mother greeting Mayor, Penzance Station. 1961
Queen Nothergreeting Mayor of Penzance and other notables at train station beginning of visit
Two fishwives
Sold fish at the Market Place Penzance
Horse Drawn Royal Mail Van. Postwoman, 1914
P O Copyright. Women Drivers & Grooms formed into a Corps to man the Mail Van during 14-18 War
Fish Vendor Lizzie Boynes on her Donkey Cart
A postcard (and photo copy of the postcard), postmarked Camborne Nov 30, 1906, which is captioned, 'Fresh Pilchards', and depicts a woman sitting in a cart pulled by a donkey, with baskets of fish in the cart with her. The woman pictured is actually…
Telephone Operators at Manual Switchboard
Telephone Operators at Manual Switchboard. Date may be later than 1920 - may be late '20s.
Posed photo of Bal Maidens at Dolcoath
A group of 'bal maidens' at Dolcoath who helped to "dress" or prepare the ores for crushing by the mills or stamps. Large numbers of women were employed in this way on all Cornish mines in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. In fact, during the…