Shipyard workers
- Made:
- 1940-01-08 in United Kingdom
- photographer:
- Bishop Marshall Bishop Marshall
A photograph of workers in the Swan Hunter Shipyard on Tyneside, taken by Bishop Marshall for the Daily Herald newspaper on 8 January, 1940.
A photograph of workers in the Swan Hunter Shipyard on Tyneside, taken in January 1940 by Bishop Marshall for the Daily Herald.
The photograph shows Thomas Picken, a plater, directing a crane moving a large sheet of metal. His co-workers look on in the background. Many warships were built at Swan Hunter during World War Two, including destroyers, destroyer escorts, cruisers and battleships. This photograph is one of a series taken to illustrate a Dudley Barker feature story on workers in wartime.
Details
- Category:
- Photographs
- Collection:
- Daily Herald Archive
- Object Number:
- 1983-5236/H08510
- Materials:
- paper
- type:
- gelatin silver print and photograph
- copyright:
- National Science and Media Museum
