Miss Peace Harber, a railway employee, adjusting the indicator clock at the Degraves Street ...

Place Oceania: Australia, Victoria, Melbourne
Accession Number 126587
Collection type Photograph
Object type Negative
Maker Gulliver, Montroy Vivian
Place made Australia: Victoria, Melbourne
Date made 9 April 1946
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Period 1940-1949
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Miss Peace Harber, a railway employee, adjusting the indicator clock at the Degraves Street entrance of Flinders Street Railway Station.

This image is one of a series documenting work being completed by Miss Harber. The photographer notes include a reference that she “had 3 ½ years service with the Railways, is one of the original members of this service. In the following series of pictures she is shown working with her fellow workers and performing every task allotted to the girls in the course of duty”. The photographer also documents that Miss Harber is one of the first women railway employees.