Sewing class at draper's, Dowlais, Merthyr Tydfil

This material is held atGlamorgan Archives / Archifau Morgannwg

Scope and Content

1 photograph print (mounted on card, badly faded around edges and broken at two corners) of six women in formal dress around a table, holding a cloth bearing the inscription 'JS Davies & Son/General Draper/Outfitters/Milliners & Welsh Flannel/Manufacturers/[?] High St Dowlais

The side of the card bears the inscription '[m]organ & howell. Cambrian St[reet]/Dowlai. The names of the drapers and photographers have not been found in the census returns for 1871, 1881, and 1891, and in a sample of trade directories for the period 1871 to 1897

Physical Characteristics and/or Technical Requirements

Poor condition - some items may be unavailable for production