Queen Elizabeth's Sewing Bee at Buckingham Palace 1939
Members of the Palace household and wives of employees of the Royal Mews assembled in the Blue Drawing Room at Buckingham Palace for Queen Elizabeth's Sewing Bee, held twice a week during World War II in order to produce garments and surgical dressings for the Red Cross. The women can be seen sat at trestle tables in what is one of the most beautiful of the State apartments in Buckingham Palace, and was originally Queen Victoria's ballroom
Picture No
13989924
Media ID
45427959
Size
4800px x 4053px
(1.4MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Unattributed photograph in The Sphere', 28 October 1939, page 107
Date
1939
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