Shipyard workers

PART OF:
The photographic library of the 'Daily Herald' newspaper
Made:
1940-01-08 in United Kingdom
photographer:
Bishop Marshall
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Bishop Marshall
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Shipyard workers
    A photograph of workers in the Swan Hunter

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Shipyard workers A photograph of workers in the Swan Hunter
NMPFT/Syndication International
Science Museum Group Collection

A photograph of workers in the Swan Hunter Shipyard on Tyneside, taken by Bishop Marshall for the Daily Herald newspaper on 8 January, 1940. Harry Hinson, an iron shipwright, stands with a co-worker amongst a framework of ship's girders. He is shouting directions up to colleagues in the scaffolding. This photograph is one of a series taken to illustrate a Dudley Barker feature story on workers in wartime.

A photograph of workers in the Swan Hunter Shipyard on Tyneside, taken in January 1940 by Bishop Marshall for the Daily Herald.

The photograph shows Harry Hinson, an iron shipwright, standing with a co-worker amongst a framework of a ship's girders. He is shouting directions up to colleagues in the scaffolding. Many warships were built at Swan Hunter during the second world war, including destroyers, destroyer escorts, cruisers and battleships. This photograph is one of a series taken to illustrate a Dudley Barker feature story on workers in wartime.

Details

Category:
Photographs
Collection:
Daily Herald Archive
Object Number:
1983-5236/H08514
Materials:
paper
type:
gelatin silver print and photograph