Great Exhibition Building - Paying the Workmen, 1850. Creator: Unknown

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Great Exhibition Building - Paying the Workmen, 1850. Creator: Unknown

Great Exhibition Building - Paying the Workmen, 1850....the exterior of the pay-office is seen on the right, with a workman in the act of taking from the box his weekly wages, contained in a small open cylinder of zinc, together with a slip of paper, having his name, his number, and the exact amount due to him written thereon....At the exit gate...is stationed a policeman, whose duty it is to see that each man, as he passes from the pay-box to the exit gate, casts the zinc box into a large basket...Now, with a view to prevent confusion, separate gangs of men...are called up...among so large a number, there may be five Browns, six Joneses, and seven or more Robinsons...By this system of classification and internal office arrangements, fifteen men are paid in one minute; and consequently, as there is only one pay-box, four hours are required to pay the whole of the eighteen hundred men'. From "Illustrated London News", 1850

Media ID 36200430

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Admin Administration Cultural Event Great Exhibition 1851 Great Exhibition Of 1851 Joseph Paxton Office Paxton Joseph Paxton Joseph Sir Paxton Sir Joseph Pay Day Paying Policeman Sir Joseph Paxton Wages Working Man Workman Workmen

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