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Cunard Shell Works, Birkenhead, Merseyside, 1917. Artist: Bedford Lemere and Company

Cunard Shell Works, Birkenhead, Merseyside, 1917. The Ministry of Munitions, which was set up to oversee manufacturing of armaments during World War I, insisted that workers were supplied with suitable clothing for factory work. These suitably attired women are employed in a factory that specialised in the finishing of shells.

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Title:

Cunard Shell Works, Birkenhead, Merseyside, 1917. Artist: Bedford Lemere and Company

Caption:

Cunard Shell Works, Birkenhead, Merseyside, 1917. The Ministry of Munitions, which was set up to oversee manufacturing of armaments during World War I, insisted that workers were supplied with suitable clothing for factory work. These suitably attired women are employed in a factory that specialised in the finishing of shells.

Personalities:

BEDFORD LEMERE AND COMPANY

Credit:

Album / Heritage Images / Historic England

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Image size:

3934 x 4786 px | 53.9 MB

Print size:

33.3 x 40.5 cm | 13.1 x 16.0 in (300 dpi)

Keywords:

1910S • 1ST WORLD WAR • 20TH CENTURY • ARMAMENTS • B & W • B / W • B&W • BEDFORD LEMERE & CO • BEDFORD LEMERE & COMPANY • BEDFORD LEMERE AND COMPANY • BLACK & WHITE • BLACK AND WHITE • BUILDING • BUILDINGS • CENTURY • CLOTHING • CONCEPT • DRESS • FACTORY WORKER • FACTORY • FEMALE • FIRST WORLD WAR • FOREMAN • GUARD • JOB • LADY • MACHINE • MACHINERY • MANUFACTURER • MANUFACTURING • MINISTRY OF MUNITIONS • MINISTRY • MONOCHROMATIC • MONOCHROME • OCCUPATION • OVERSEER • PEOPLE • PHOTOGRAPH • PROFESSION • SENTINEL • SHELL • WAR • WARDER • WARTIME • WATCHMAN • WOMAN • WOMEN • WORKER • WORKERS • WORLD WAR I (1914-18) • WORLD WAR I • WORLD WAR ONE • WW1 • WWI