Clarence Austin | The Photographer and the Bridport Wildcat Women
Guarita, Carlos [Clarence Henry Austin 1875-1913]
(Book #ID 99388)
Published by Just Press, 58 Victoria Grove, Dorset First Edition 2015. 2015.
First edition in publisher's original sepia illustrated stiff card wrap covers [soft back]. 8vo. 8½'' x 6''. Over a century ago women workers in Gundry's net and rope factory in the small town of Bridport, Dorset staged a wildcat strike. They picketed the factory, they marched round the streets singing suffragette songs. They refused arbitration by the local Tory MP, and the dispute had to be settled by a trade union official from London. Like much popular history, this would all be forgotten except that a young photographer Clarence Henry Austin was there to record the scenes. Original research has unearthed new material about this unknown but gifted early documentary photographer, his historic pictures and his untimely end. Contains 50 printed pages of text with monochrome archive photographs throughout. In Fine condition, no dust wrapper as issued. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 9781907352072
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