Name/TitlePhotograph: "A Rural Do"
About this objectBlack and white photograph of a group of women around a table watching an elderly woman cut a cake. Taken at a Scottish Women's Rural Institute (SWRI) "do" circa 1950s. The donor's mother, Nancy (Agnes) Burgess nee Chaplin (1901-1995) is pictured third from left in the back row.
Date Madec.1950s
Period1950s
Place MadeScotland, Argyll
Medium and MaterialsOrganic, card
Inscription and MarksOn back, handwritten in pen:
"2 A Rural Do - ? 1950s
NB back row, 3rd from left
I think the same occasion as 1 [GWL-2016-135-5] see cake-cutting lady's dress"
MeasurementsH: 117 x W: 160 mm
Subject and Association KeywordsScottish Women's Rural Institutes (SWRI)
Named CollectionGlasgow Women's Library
Object TypePhotograph
Object numberGWL-2016-135-6
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved