Detail View: Photography Collection:
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Image Number:
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JRL17110448
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Reference Number:
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VPH.5.48
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Image Title:
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District Line Porter, Ealing
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Parent Work Title:
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Album of women's work in wartime
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Creator:
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Reavil, Mr Arthur
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Creator Role:
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Photographer
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Date Created:
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1914-1919
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Description:
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Woman dressed in uniform closing the doors of a railway carriage. The Metropolitan District Railway was a passenger railway that served London from 1868 to 1933. Established in 1864 to complete the 'innner cirlce', an underground railway in London. Today, former District Railway tracks and stations are used buy the London Underground's District, Piccadilly and Cirlce Lines.
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Keyword:
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World War; First World War; Homefront; Railways.
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Subject:
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World War, 1914-1918
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Subject:
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Photography--History--20th century
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Subject:
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World War, 1914-1918--Photographs
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Category of Material:
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Photography
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Sub-Category:
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Analogue photography
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Technique Used:
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Gelatin silver prints
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Support:
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Paper
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Creation Site:
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England: Greater London: Ealing
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Time Period Covered:
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20th Century CE
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Places Covered:
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England: London: Ealing
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Item Height:
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90 mm
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Item Width:
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60 mm
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Current Repository:
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The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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Provenance:
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Mr & Mrs Burleigh, former owners
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Rights Holder - Image:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Rights Holder - Work:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Access Rights:
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Bibliography:
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Image Creation Technique:
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Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
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Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
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2017-11
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Metadata Language:
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eng-GB
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