Old women picking oakum in a Casual Ward
The women's casual ward (vagrants ward) of a workhouse, thought to be at Lambeth, south London. Three women in workhouse uniform sit on benches. One is picking oakum - teasing lumps of old rope apart into their raw fibres. A heap of picked oakum is at her feet. The two other women are sleeping. An overhead rack stores their own clothes
Picture No
10415954
Media ID
47517670
Size
4555px x 3231px
(5.9MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Peter Higginbotham Collection
Source
Unattributed printed photograph
Date
circa 1907
