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| Picture No | 12688659 |
| Date | 1861 |
| Description | Women working at the Victoria Press 1861 |
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Women and girls working as compositors under the supervision of a man at the Victoria Press printing office in Great Coram Street, London. Compositors were some of the most highly paid workers in the printing trade and women frequently filled these roles.
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| Source | Engraving in ‘The Illustrated London News’, 15 June 1861, page 555 and also in ‘Leipziger Illustrirte Zeitung’, 21 September 1861, page 208 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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