A view inside Waring and Gillow's premises at White City showing women attaching guy ropes to tents

Date:
Aug 1916
Location:
Waring And Gillow Factory, White City, Hammersmith And Fulham, Greater London Authority
Reference:
BL23600/005
Type:
Photograph (Negative)
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Description

During the First World War furniture manufacturers Waring & Gillow (who commissioned this photograph) began producing goods for the war effort. Their factory at White City, shown here, made tents for the military. The company also manufactured ammunition belts for use with machine guns, nosebags for horses and protective clothing for use during gas attacks.

Content

This is part of the Series: HBL01/01 Series Of Photographic Negatives And Prints; within the Collection: HBL01 The Bedford Lemere Collection

Rights

Source: Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Photographer: Boucher, Adolphe Augustus: Bedford Lemere And Company

Keywords

Factory, Women's History, People At Work, Industrial Heritage, First World War