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Unknown Person
Fruit picking at Frogmore, September 1917 Sep 1917
RCIN 2303808.j
Unknown Person
Master: Page 41 of Queen Mary's Album, volume 18, 20 June 1916 to 20 September 1918 Item: Fruit picking at Frogmore, September 1917 Sep 1917
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A photograph of four people picking fruit from the ground in Frogmore gardens including Isobel S Hardy. There was a serious food shortage due to the successful blockage of imports by German U-boat targeting of shipping in 1917, and the royal family were keen to help with the war effort. Miss Hardy may be Lady Isobel Gathorne-Hardy (1875-1963) who was Woman of the Bedchamber to Queen Mary between 1914-1920.
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From an album of photographs collated and arranged by Queen Mary (1867-1953)
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