Original WW1 era studio portrait postcard of typical attractive young Land Girl wearing the standard uniform of breeches, felt hat, a knee-length overall tunic (with a button-fastening integrated belt) leather leggings and boots with national service armband denoting that she has served for 3 months in the Women's Land Army (WLA) Liverpool, England, circa 1917 1918
Photo by de Freyne Studios, Liverpool. In January 1917, with British people faced with starvation, the Ministry of Agriculture began to recruit a Women's Land Army - The girls served in on of 3 sections: Agriculture, Timber cutting and Forage. This land girl is wearing an armband or armlet in dark green felt, denoting 30 days proficient national service with a red King’s crown sewn onto it and a single chevron. The chevron stripe denoted length of service.
Size: 4562px × 6889px
Location: Liverpool, England, UK
Photo credit: © ThislifeThen / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: &, .., ..., 1, 1900, 1900s, 1st, 20, 20c, 20th, agricultural, agriculture, antique, armband, armbands, armies, army, black, britain, british, bw, cap, caps, century, changing, classic, conflict, conflicts, early, emancipated, emancipation, employed, employee, employees, employment, england, english, equality, farm, farming, fashioned, female, females, feminism, feminist, feminists, force, gb, girl, girls, great, hat, hats, image, images, job, jobs, labor, labour, ladies, lady, ladys, lancashire, land, lib, liberated, liberation, liverpool, occupation, occupational, occupations, original, photo, photograph, photographs, photos, portrait, portraits, retro, role, roles, service, services, smock, twentieth, typical, uk, uniform, uniforms, vintage, voluntary, volunteer, volunteering, volunteers, war, wars, wartime, white, wla, woman, womans, women, womens, work, worker, workers, workforce, working, world, ww, ww1, wwi, young
