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(368) D.2844 - Constructing sides of a wooden hut
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| First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > John Warwick Brooke > (368) D.2844 - Constructing sides of a wooden hut |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/74547744 |
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| Description | Female carpenters, France, during World War I. This image shows a group of female carpenters working in a lumber yard, constructing wooden huts. There are two teams, each standing at a large table covered with wood. Whilst they do not have a uniform, all the women appear to be wearing a protective coat or pinafore over their clothing. Large piles of carefully stacked wood crowd the background. It is thought this photograph was taken by the British official photographer, John Warwick Brooke. Q.M.A.A.C. stands for Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps. Formed in 1917 to replace the Women's Auxiliary Army Corp, by 1918 around 57,000 women made up the ranks of Q.M.A.A.C. [Original reads: 'OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN ON THE BRITISH WESTERN FRONT IN FRANCE. Q.M.A.A.C. Crowd of women carpenters who work for Government contractors in France. Women carpenters at work in France. Constructing sides of a wooden hut.'] |
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| Description | John Warwick Brooke, of the Topical Press Agency, was the second British official war photographer to go to the Western Front in 1916. The demands placed on he and his colleague, Ernest Brooks, were heavy. They had to take as many photographs as possible, with as much variety as possible, a difficult task for two men covering an army of over two million. Despite this, Warwick Brooke managed to take what would become some of the most memorable images of World War I. As an officially appointed photographer, Warwick Brooke was assigned to the Western Front to follow the progress of the British Army. During his time there, between 1916 and 1918, Warwick Brooke is estimated to have taken over 4,000 photographs. |
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| Description | Black-and-white photographs mainly of the Western Front during the First World War. Official British war photographers took many of them for propaganda purposes. Unless otherwise stated, titles are the photographs' original captions. From the papers of Field Marshal (Earl) Haig (1861-1928). The Haig Papers also contain Douglas Haig’s diaries. |
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| Shelfmark | Acc.3155 |
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