COLLECTION NAME:
Underwood & Underwood World War I press photographs
Record
Identifier:
C0502_B001_F073.jpg
Title:
British telephone girl M.E. Clarke working a telephone exchange
Creator:
Underwood & Underwood
Date:
1918-02-21
Description:
Attached: "168860 F.C. COPYRIGHT UNDERWOOD & UNDERWOOD, N.Y. HEROIC BRITISH HELLO GIRLS DECORATED FOR BRAVERY. The Brave British telephone girls who stayed at their boards during the air raids and continued to perform their most necessary work. The medal of the Most Excellent order of the British Empire has been conferred upon the girls by King George. In this photo is Miss. M.E. Clarke at work at thr [sic] exchange, one of the girls who received the decoration. 2/21/18."
Subject:
World War, 1914 - 1918
Geographic Area:
United Kingdom
Decade:
1910s
Type:
Still Image
Genre/Form:
war photography
Genre/Form:
black-and-white photographs
Genre/Form:
portraits
Format:
Photograph; black and white
Extent:
6 1/2 x 8 1/2 in.
Digital Publisher:
George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center.
Collection:
Underwood and Underwood World War I press photographs
Physical Location:
Box 1, Folder 73
Rights Statement:
Public Domain. There are no known restrictions.
General Note:
The description for these photographs is transcribed from paper descriptions that are attached to the photographs with adhesive. These paper descriptions are brittle and acidic. For presentation and accessibility purposes, the descriptions have been cropped out of the image.
