
Turning Capstan at Deal

A glass photographic negative entitled 'Turning Capstan at Deal', taken by Edgar Tarry Adams, c. 1900. The photograph shows a group of women and children, probably members of the Adams family, turning the capstan on the beach at Deal in Kent. An old man pushes the lever whilst some small children help.
A photograph entitled 'Turning Capstan at Deal', taken by Edgar Tarry Adams, c. 1900.
The photograph shows a group of women and children, probably members of the Adams family, turning the capstan on the beach at Deal in Kent. An old man pushes the lever whilst some small children help.
Details
- Category:
- Photographs
- Object Number:
- 1997-5003/207
- Materials:
- glass
- type:
- negative
- copyright:
- National Science and Media Museum
- credit:
- National Media Museum, Bradford