DUNIH 2008.8.1 resize
Museum
Verdant Works
Date
1952
Object Number
DUNIH 2008.8.1
Title

Jute sack sewing

Object Category
Photographs
Object Name
Photograph
Description

This image shows woven jute material being sewn into sacks. As this photograph demonstrates, the work force was predominately female. Here the women are working in pairs with one woman known as a ‘spreader’ arranging the material and the other sewing.  Sacks were a major jute product, used in a variety of industries, to transport goods such as tea, grains and chemicals all over the world.


Photograph, black and white, part of a collection relating to Jute sack sewing, branding and bundling.Photograph bears typed gummed label on reverse which reads, 'A1. View of sewing flat. Photo reference No. 5106'. Also bears photographic stamps which reads ' Norman Brown and Company. Members of the institute of British Photographers'.

Acquisition Number
DUNIH 2008.8.1
Location
In store