Hull Poor Law Guardians
A Board of Guardians was elected annually by the ratepayers of Hull, Yorkshire, to administer poor relief in the city. This group portrait of the 1912 Board - all men - was taken in front of the main workhouse building. The Chairman of the Board, wearing his chain of office, sits at the centre of the front row
Picture No
10415922
Media ID
47517549
Size
4170px x 2587px
(1.7MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Peter Higginbotham Collection
Source
Photograph on a postcard published by WH Duncan of 15 Anlaby Road, Hull
Date
1912
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