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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…

Ladies of the Post Office seen here operating at an early telephone exchange when all calls were connected by hand at every intermediate exchange.

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 c. 1900.

Typical telephone operator, circa 1900-1905. National Telephone Company.

Women workers in telephone exchange (Holborn Manual Exchange)

A group of postwomen at Barnet. with their bicycles.

A woman wearing the original uniform for postwomen, issued 1915.

Women workers in telephone exchange during WWI (London Trunk Exchange)

Dorothy Rowena Cade, founder of the Minack Theatre.

PREVREF 1499 duplicate photo

Rowena Cade working at the Minack Theatre at age 80.

Rowena Cade, pictured at age 80 at the Minack Theatre. This photograph is one of a collection which was used in a London-published magazine feature in 1975, written and illustrated by Richard Angove.