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Photo 1313
- Record Id:
- 032-003370450
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003370450
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100041935368.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Photo 1313
- Title:
- Photographs of wartime bomb damage in London. Photographer(s): Topical Press Agency, Central Press Photos Ltd, The Daily Mail and others
- Scope & Content:
-
Collection of six loose black-and-white prints, most with typescript labels pasted to the backs, showing bomb damage during the London blitz. Subjects include:
1. A wrecked house in south-west London, with a woman hanging out washing in the garden in the foreground.
2. A London hall destroyed by bombing on 15 October [1940?].
3. An artist sketching the bomb-damaged St Paul's Cathedral.
4.-5. Two aerial views taken in 1951, showing St Paul's Cathedral and the surrounding areas purchased for redevelopment after the war by the City of London Corporation.
6. Bomb damage around St Paul's Cathedral (print torn, with portions missing).
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-003370450", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Photo 1313: Photographs of wartime bomb damage in London. Photographer(s): Topical Press Agency, Central Press Photos Ltd, The Daily Mail and others" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003370450
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003370450
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 6 items
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Techniques:
- Gelatin Silver Print
Photograph
Photographic Print - Start Date:
- 1940
- End Date:
- 1951
- Date Range:
- 1940-1951
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Appointment Required to view these records. Please consult Asian and African Studies Print Room staff.
- Physical Characteristics:
- Loose gelatin silver prints
- Source of Acquisition:
- Given by Leigh Hobbs, 19 February 2010.
- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Subjects:
- War Damage
- Places:
- London, county of, England