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  • aeroplane part aeroplane part

    (vehicles, aircraft and ships) Made by: Phoenix Dynamo Manufacturing Co Ltd (Bradford)

    First World War period British-made aircraft component. The unnamed metal aircraft part was made by women workers of the Phoenix Manufacturing Company Limited of Bradford, West Yorkshire.

  • A Two Year-old Steel Works, 1918 : erected during the War for Messrs. Steel, Peech and Tozer, Ltd., Phoenix Works,
Sheffield A Two Year-old Steel Works, 1918 : erected during the War for Messrs. Steel, Peech and Tozer, Ltd., Phoenix Works, Sheffield

    (art) Made by: Holmes, Charles John (Sir) 1918

    image: A view of a steel works that sits next to a river or canal. Directly on the river bank is a box-like concrete building and a long redbrick wall, with men at work on a scaffold at the side of the building. Behind this scene is a large building with...

  • A Torpedo Workshop, Lowestoft A Torpedo Workshop, Lowestoft

    (art) Made by: Dodd, Francis (RA) 1918

    image: two men and a woman stand either side of a workbench or lathe with machinery on it. The face of the woman is visible, as she and one of the men control a machine belt attached to the bench. A small stool stands in the foreground

  • At A Performance in the Canteen Theatre : Gordon, Watney & Co., Aeronautical Engineers, Weybridge At A Performance in the Canteen Theatre : Gordon, Watney & Co., Aeronautical Engineers, Weybridge

    (art) Made by: Isaac, Nellie E

    image: rows of female munitions workers sit and watch a theatre performance in a large hall. The stage is shown in the left background with two women performing.

  • Women's Canteen at Phoenix Works, Bradford Women's Canteen at Phoenix Works, Bradford

    (art) Made by: Lion, Flora 1918

    image: The interior of a canteen filled with female workers. There is a counter to the right of the composition, and tables occupied with women in overalls and cloth caps to the left. There is a queue at the counter, with several women holding large...

  • Building Flying-Boats Building Flying-Boats

    (art) Made by: Lion, Flora 1918

    image: The interior of an assembly shed at an aircraft factory. On the left is an aircraft under construction. In the right of the composition workers stand at benches planing and fixing pieces for the aircraft. Their jackets are hung on pegs on the...

  • For King and Country For King and Country

    (art) Made by: Skinner, Edward F 1918

    image: The interior of a munitions factory with female workers making shells. Each is dressed in beige coloured overalls with a cloth bonnet on her head. On the right of the composition the women work alone at machinery; and on the left they stand at...

  • THE WOMENS LAND ARMY IN BRITAIN DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR THE WOMENS LAND ARMY IN BRITAIN DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR

    part of "FIRST WORLD WAR WOMENS WAR WORK COLLECTION" (photographs)

    Flax pulling at Selby, Yorkshire: Scottish, English, Irish and Belgian girl farm workers, and a Japanese student at work in the fields.

  • CHESHIRE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE, HOLMES CHAPEL CHESHIRE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE, HOLMES CHAPEL

    part of "FIRST WORLD WAR WOMENS WAR WORK COLLECTION" (photographs) 1917-07-09

    A woman pupil at the Cheshire Agricultural College at Holmes Chapel being taught how to handle cattle during a course on all aspects of animal husbandry.

  • Munitions, Newcastle, 1917 Munitions, Newcastle, 1917

    (art) Made by: Lavery, John (Sir) (RA) (RSA) 1917

    image: The interior of a munitions factory in Newcastle, looking down the length of the large high-ceilinged building. There are male and female munitions workers on the factory floor with four huge metal girders supported horizontally on rails towards...

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