Unemployed Family Xmas Picture at Hartlepool

Silver gelatin contact sheet by Chris Smith for the Daily Silver gelatin contact sheet by Chris Smith for the Daily

Silver gelatin contact sheet by Chris Smith for the Daily
Daily Herald Archive/Science Museum Group/SSPL
© Mirrorpix

Silver gelatin contact sheet by Chris Smith for the Daily
Daily Herald Archive/Science Museum Group/SSPL
© Mirrorpix

Silver gelatin contact sheet by Chris Smith for the Daily Herald, dated 26 December 1962, taken for a story titled "Christmas on the Dole". Images show Leslie and Barbara Hammond of Hartlepool, with their four children, Sharon (4 yrs), Lesley (8 yrs), Debbie (3 yrs) and Sean (2 yrs). Printed caption on verso reads: "The family gather round their small Xmas tree as 2 yr-old Sean collects his Xmas stocking.

Details

Category:
Photographs
Collection:
Daily Herald Archive
Object Number:
1983-5236/31430
Materials:
paper (fibre product)
Measurements:
overall: 126 mm x 305 mm
type:
contact sheets
credit:
Daily Herald Archive, National Science and Media Museum, Bradford