Daily Herald Photograph: Women's Land Army, ploughing

PART OF:
The photographic library of the 'Daily Herald' newspaper
Made:
1942-08-11 in Hertfordshire
Daily Herald Photograph: Women's Land Army, ploughing Daily Herald Photograph: Women's Land Army, ploughing

Daily Herald Photograph: Women's Land Army, ploughing
Science Museum Group
© TopFoto/SMG Images

Daily Herald Photograph: Women's Land Army, ploughing
Science Museum Group
© TopFoto/SMG Images

One photograph titled 'Preparing the ground for next years food'. Caption on the back reads: 'While oats are being gathered on one side of Tyler's Causeway, Hertfordshire, derelict land on the other side is being ploughed up in readiness for Autumn sowing. The machine used is American made, a Caterpillar D.4. with a Disc Harrow. These machines of which there are only two in the country, pulverise the roughest of ground. Photo shows: - A member of the Women's Land Army at work with the machine ploughing through bushes on very rough ground.'

Details

Category:
Photographs
Collection:
Daily Herald Archive
Object Number:
1983-5236/40417
Materials:
paper
type:
photographic print