Woman taking a break from cleaning

Made:
1950 in United Kingdom
photographer:
Photographic Advertising Limited

A photograph of a woman taking a break from cleaning, taken for Photographic Advertising Limited in 1950. The woman sits on the settee smoking a cigarette whilst reading a magazine, her mop rests against the side table.

A photograph of a woman taking a break from cleaning, taken for Photographic Advertising Limited in 1950.

The woman sits on the settee smoking a cigarette whilst reading a magazine, her mop rests against the side table. Room settings like these were created in the studio using props - the same props are often recognisable in other photographs.

Details

Category:
Photographs
Object Number:
1997-5002/178
Materials:
paper
type:
photograph
credit:
National Media Museum, Bradford