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LL/49023
Unidentified photographer
Writing her friend (German sailor)
1940 (ca)
Photograph
 
Private collection of Jan Weijers (Servatius)
 
LL/49023

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LL/6509
Unidentified photographer
St Paul's Cathedral, rising above the bombed London skyline, is shrouded in smoke during the Blitz.
1940, 29 December
Gelatin silver print
 
Imperial War Museum
© Daily Mail, Imperial War Museum, Ministry of Information Second World War Press Agency Print Collection (HU 36220A 4700-09)
 
LL/6509

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LL/112967
William Vanderson (Getty)
London parents set up an 'evacuation mail coach' service to take clothing, toys, books and gardening tools to their children who had been evacuated to Sussex villages.
1939, 29 October
Gelatin silver print
 
Internet - Original source ill-defined
Getty, full source details requested.
 
LL/112967

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LL/14159
Walker Evans
Girl Crossing A Street
[In Bridgeport's War Factories (Fortune magazine)]
1941, September
Gelatin silver print
7 x 9 in
 
Lee Gallery
Courtesy of Lee Gallery (M222)
 
LL/14159 [Further details available]

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LL/14170
Walker Evans
Street scene
[In Bridgeport's War Factories (Fortune magazine)]
1941
Gelatin silver print
7 11/16 x 9 5/8 in
 
Lee Gallery
Courtesy of Lee Gallery (R1830)
 
LL/14170

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LL/37681
Cecil Beaton
A study of a young woman welder. She is posing for the photographer, looking straight into the camera. In the background a ship under construction in a slipway can be seen.
[Tyneside Shipyards]
1943
Gelatin silver print
 
Imperial War Museum
Ref: DB 67
 
LL/37681 [Further details available]

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LL/37683
Cecil Beaton
A boy working as a caulker looks towards the camera. His clothes are rippped and his face darkened by dirt.
[Tyneside Shipyards]
1943
Gelatin silver print
 
Imperial War Museum
Ref: DB 160
 
LL/37683 [Further details available]

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LL/80630
Ernee Bushmiller
Nancy - Camera Contest This Cup will be awarded for the best Snapshot
1942, 31 May
Cartoon
 
Internet - Original source ill-defined
Posted by Bill Griffith (18 March 2018)
 
LL/80630 [Further details available]

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