Collection Item
Mining

Interior of tipple with screen and picking table

Type:

Date: c. 1920

C160-072ccdl_E

History

Pickers were usually the youngest or the eldest in the workforce. Boys who were not yet old enough to work underground, and men who were too old and frail to.

Description

This image show the interior tipple showing the Marcus screen and the picking table.

Item Details

  • Materials:
  • Accession Number: 980.1040.046
  • Other reference: C160-072
  • Author: Frank, Leonard ; Canadian Collieries (Dunsmuir) Ltd.
  • Donor: Baird, Harold
  • Donated: 1980
  • Size: 21 x 26 cm

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