Inspecting a telephone cable between Conduit and Maddox Streets Finish:Single Dr GFW Mortimer

Dr GFW Mortimer

the lower half shows an exhibition of furniture

Entomological study of the Yellow owl-fly Suhpalacsa flavipes an insect native to Australia

'Gin Lane'

ruff collar

Inspecting a telephone cable between Conduit and Maddox Streets Finish:Single Dr GFW MortimerInspecting a telephone cable between Conduit and Maddox Streets, London, 20th century. The cables are fastened to the wires by rawhide suspenders, and the man is detaching the thick dark cable from the old wire and fastening it to the new wire, which also supports him. He sits in a 'bosun's chair', consisting of a board slung by a loop at either end, fastened to the wire.