Picture No | 10941802 |
Date | 1917 |
Description | Lord Roberts Memorial Workshops, WW1 |
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A double page spread from The Illustrated London News, celebrating the work of the Lord Roberts Memorial Workshops in 1917.The workshops were set up to train and develop skills in various industries among men who had been wounded and disabled in the First World War. Pictured here is the casting room for making casts of dolls and animals, the painting room filled with dolls houses and cabinet making in the French polishing room. A man with one arm operates a sandpapering machine.
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Source | Drawing by special artist Samuel Begg in The Illustrated London News, 1st September 1917, page 250-251 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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