Mrs Louise Mary Sewell (née Cox) worked at Woolwich Arsenal during the First World War.
The dress was amongst three boxes of clothing presented to Gunnersbury Park Museum in 1993 by Mrs Sewell's two daughters.
The dress, of which there were two examples, was passed to this museum in 1993 at the suggestion of the Museum of London.;
Example of a workers (female) uniform
© IWM (UNI 5193) Description: dress beige heavy-duty cotton, long-sleeved dress -
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2014-03-01
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