Will Crooks ('Men of the Day. No. 948. "The Labourer is worthy of his hire' - Jehu Junior"') Greetings Card

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Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Will Crooks ('Men of the Day. No. 948. "The Labourer is worthy of his hire' - Jehu Junior"') NPG D45269

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Sir Leslie Ward

Will Crooks was a noted trade unionist and politician, and a member of the Fabian Society. He is particularly remembered for his campaigning work against poverty and inequality. Crooks grew up in extreme poverty after his father, a ship's stoker, lost an arm in an accident. The family spent some time in a workhouse and the children were separated from their parents and sent to a poor-law school. As an adult he became active in local politics, and served as London's first Labour mayor... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.

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