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.

Object details

ID: N25185
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