
4 0 c m
39cm
actual image size: 31cm x 32cm
Description
Female worker at her lathe cutting frames for umbrellas. at United Steel in Sheffield. Women were recruited during the war to stem a severe shortage of labour but many stayed on during post war reconstruction. United Steel was one of Britain's largest steel plants and a major contributor to Sheffield's reputation as a world producer of steel when the city had a virtual monopoly on the manaufacture of high quality cutlery and tools. Photograph by Walter Nurnberg, who transformed industrial photography after WWII by using film studio lighting techniques.
Image Details
Image Ref.
10414341
© Walter Nurnberg / National Science & Media Museum / Science & Society Picture Library