Baling waste paper in a workshop in Portsmouth Dockyard, Hampshire.
Five women workers using an All Metal Baler to bale waste paper in a workshop in Portsmouth Dockyard. The machine is open so that the bale of waste paper can be removed. There is a lot of paper on the floor. On the right is a wicker basket containing tin cans. Waste cardboard is being baled beyond the timber screen in the background. The Portsmouth Dockyard negative register number P30/43 is written in the bottom left corner of the negative.
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Object details
| ID: | N25185 |
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| Type: | Negative |
| Materials: | Glass plate negative |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Date made: | 14 July 1943 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 101 mm x 127 mm |