The interior of the main machine shop at Sterling Works, the factory of Sterling Telephone & Electric Co Ltd, showing female workers operating drills

Date:
Dec 1917
Location:
Sterling Works, Dagenham, Barking And Dagenham, Greater London Authority
Reference:
BL24120/012
Type:
Photograph (Negative)
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Description

The Sterling Telephone & Electric Company was an electronics and telephone manufacturing company who opened their Sterling Works in 1910. The Bedford Lemere daybook records that this photograph, one of a set, was taken for Hudson & Kearns, printers and lithographers.

Archival History

A note in the daybook records that 50 negs were given up to Hudson & Kearns.

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

Early 20th Century Telephone Works, Industrial Heritage, People At Work, Women's History