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Description: | These four furrier workers were employed by Hudson's Bay Company. John Eastcott photographed them at work within Beaver House, Garlick Hill, one of the world's largest fur auction houses, where London's fur trade was based. They are 'sizing' the minks after they have been graded.
Mrs Goodricke (left), Mrs Taylor and Larry Brotherton were all supervisors. Brotherton had worked for Hudson's Bay Company for 37 years by then, originally as a sorter of furs. Born in Holborn, he had been in the trade since he left school 52 years earlier. Mrs Tee Hee (right), from Malaysia, had worked there for only three months, on a temporary basis. She planned to study for her A-levels the following September. Beaver House was the official headquarters of Hudson's Bay Company until 1970. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Publisher: | Museum of London | Rights holder: | �� John Eastcott | Subjects: | work Environment | Temporal: | 1974 | Source: | Museum of London | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Go to resource |
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