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Image: Nailmaking shed in Bromsgrove

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Description: Interior of a Bromsgrove Nailmaker's shed, 1896, occupied by the tenant and two stallers, the latter working each on his own account, and paying 6d. a week apiece and one-third of the firing. The oliver, or heavy hammer used for heading the nails, is attached to the bench in front of the little anvil.
Title: Nailmaking shed in Bromsgrove
Credit: https://archive.org/details/whiteslavesofeng00sheruoft The White Slaves of England, 1897
Author: Harold Piffard
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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