Bronze Age Gold from Wales

Rhondda, photograph

Muspratt Dunman, Helen (Photographer)

Unemployed miners in the Rhondda collecting coal from the slag heaps in the snow. Print mounted on card.

Collection Area

Industry

Item Number

1999.16/5

Historical Associations

Association Type: Place name
Date: 1937
Place: Rhondda Valley

Creation/Production

In 1936 Helen Muspratt Dunman visited the Soviet Union and photographed the peasants and farmers as she travelled down the Volga. On her return she became a member of the Communist Party and continued her documentary photography in 1937 when she visited the Rhondda Valley in south Wales capturing the unemployed miners in their local communities.
Role: Photographer
Period: 1937

Acquisition

donation, 28/1/1999

Measurements

Length (mm): 293
Width (mm): 363

Techniques

Black and white (monochrome photograph)
Photograph

Material

Paper
Card
Comments are currently unavailable. We apologise for the inconvenience.