Union Workhouse, Tonbridge, Kent, Women's Ward
Interior of a women's ward in the Tonbridge Union workhouse, Kent. The three inmates are wearing the typical uniform of long skirt, blouse, shawl, and bonnet. A nurse can just be see in the background. The room is decorated with pictures and vases of flowers. The floor is bare apart from a mat running along the centre of the ward. The workhouse buildings later became part of Pembury Hospital
Picture No
10415989
Media ID
47517792
Size
3569px x 2986px
(1.6MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Peter Higginbotham Collection
Source
Unattributed illustration on a glass lantern slide
Date
circa 1897
