A female air-warden carries a little girl after she had been rescued from her bombed home. England, The Second World War.
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A policeman sounds the air raid warning in London, reminding citizens to get to shelter, 1939.
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London, September 1, 1939.
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A bromide print photograph entitled ‘London Buses’, by Ward Muir, 1916. The photograph shows early motor buses operated by the London General Omnibus Company.(via London)
The Blitz, 1940.
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Londoners walk through the rubble of their city to get to work. The Blitz, 1940.
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An air-raid warden phones from a shattered booth after a bombing raid. London, 1940.
George Rodger
London’s Liverpool Street Station acting as an underground shelter during the Blitz, 1940.
Bill Brandt
Gants Hill Station (1947) by Charles Holden.
Originally designed in the 1930’s, the construction of this station was delayed until 1947. Holden had been consulting on the Moscow underground prior to designing the station, hence the resemblance in the pedestrian subway.
Image from Urban Design TFL.
