P24661

Herring Girls, Scarborough, Yorkshire. Long Caption: Herring Girls, Scarborough, Yorkshire. The women in this photograph are probably knitting ‘Ganseys’ or ‘Guernseys’, a traditional type of woollen jumper worn by fishermen. The photograph was probably taken in Scarborough’s harbour which is located next to the popular tourist beach in the town’s South Bay. Credit line: © Samuel Coupe Fox estate/orphans works. © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London Object: P24661 Artist: Samuel Coupe Fox Date: 1910 Medium: photograph Click here to buy a bespoke print of this image.