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Vessels unloading catch at Newlyn
Vessels 'Bonnie Girls' SS54 and 'Seagull" FY(number unreadable) unloading fish at Newlyn
Loading China Clay from Horse & Cart onto Ship
Loading china clay from a horse and cart onto a ship in 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…
Telephone Operator at Switchboard c1900
Ladies of the Post Office seen here operating at an early telephone exchange when all calls were connected by hand at every intermediate exchange.
Women sorting Telegrams for Transmission
Ladies of the Post Office seen here sorting telegrams which had been handed in at various counters, and sending them to the appropriate transmission points.
Telephone Operator at Switchboard c1900
Telephone operator at switchboard c. 1900.
Telephone Operator at Switchboard c1900
Typical telephone operator, circa 1900-1905. National Telephone Company.
Holborn Manual Exchange 1904
Women workers in telephone exchange (Holborn Manual Exchange)
Group of Postwomen Barnet c1914
A group of postwomen at Barnet. with their bicycles.
Post Woman in original Uniform issued in 1915
A woman wearing the original uniform for postwomen, issued 1915.
London Trunk Exchange 1916
Women workers in telephone exchange during WWI (London Trunk Exchange)
