Cropper And Company Limited, Southwark, Greater London
Female bench-hands at work in Cropper and Company's cardboard box factory in Southwark. Cropper & Co. Ltd. cardboard box works occupied a site straddling 30-34 Southwark Bridge Road, 17-22 America Street and 8-14 Keppell Street, Southwark. This factory employed an almost entirely female workforce for their bench-hands. Hair was tied back to avoid it becoming entangled in the machinery.
