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Merthyr Tydfil, photograph
Muspratt Dunman, Helen
(Photographer)
Photograph showing unemployed miners standing under adverts on side of house in Merthyr Tydfil in 1937. 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.
Collection Area
Industry
Item Number
1999.16/1
Historical Associations
Association Type: Place name
Date: 1937
Place: Merthyr Tydfil
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
Place: Merthyr Tydfil
Period: 1937
Acquisition
donation, 28/1/1999
Measurements
Length
(mm): 192
Width
(mm): 223
Techniques
Black and white (monochrome photograph)
Photograph
Material
Paper
Location
In store
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