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1919: Buffer Girls

Posted on August 2, 2017 by corvusfugit

Bridgeman; (c) Museums Sheffield; Supplied by The Public Catalogue Foundation

William Rothenstein: Buffer Girls (1919)

“Buffer girls” were women workers in the Sheffield metal industries who polished cutlery and silverware.

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