Image: Women's Street Cleaning Brigade- Female Dustmen at Work, London, 1942 D8942

Description: Women's Street Cleaning Brigade- Female Dustmen at Work, London, 1942 Women of the St Pancras Women's Street Cleaning Brigade smile for the camera with their dust carts on a London street before setting off for work. Rubble and bomb damage can be seen behind them. Note that the cart on the right hand side of the centre row has a poster on it to encourage people to put kitchen scraps in the pig bins supplied by local authorities. The poster has a drawing of a pig with the words 'We want your kitchen waste'.
Title: Women's Street Cleaning Brigade- Female Dustmen at Work, London, 1942 D8942
Credit: http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib//42/media-42376/large.jpg This photograph D 8942 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums.
Author: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer
Permission: This photograph was scanned and released by the Imperial War Museum on the IWM Non Commercial Licence. The image was catalogued by the IWM as created for the Ministry of Information, which was dissolved in 1946. Consequently the image and faithful reproductions are considered Crown Copyright, now expired as the photograph was taken prior to 1 June 1957.
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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