Poor Law Tea for workhouse inmates, Wisbech, Lincolnshire
A Poor Law Tea for inmates of the Wisbech workhouse. Men, women and a few children sit at long tables, the sexes mostly separated. On the tables are plates of cold meat and bread and butter. An official, perhaps the town's mayor, oversees the proceedings
Picture No
11065034
Media ID
48567018
Size
5220px x 3264px
(7.6MB)
Credit
Mary Evans/Peter Higginbotham Collection
Source
Unattributed photograph on a postcard published by Lilian Ream, Wisbech
Date
circa 1920s
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