B/W print; Second World War air raid shelterers sleeping on the platform at Piccadilly Circus Underground station by Tunbridge Sedgwick, Sep 1940

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Reference number	1998/36497
Description	Second World War air raid shelterers sleeping on the platform at Piccadilly Circus Underground station. This must be the Bakerloo line platform. Note that the roundels just say "Piccadilly".
Photographer	Tunbridge Sedgwick
Dates	Sep 1940
Collection	Photographs
Object type	B/w print
Photograph number	211-6
Location	Acton Depot
Topics	Wartime
Completeness	70% 70% ?

• Physical description

  Dimensions

  Attribute	Value
  Descriptive size	8x6ins

  Item content

  Attribute	Value
  Text	Illuminated direction sign: ... Train in One Minute Paddington Passengers Proceed by Queens Park Harrow or Watford Trains Station name roundel: Piccadilly Advert: Empire Kilburn Apple Sauce! Max Miller Paramount Theatre Case of the Frightened Lady

  Design

  Attribute	Value
  Shot	medium interior

• People involved

  Role	Person(s) involved
  Photographer	Tunbridge Sedgwick, Sep 1940
  Copied by	Dr Heinz Zinram, 8 Apr 1968

• Associated companies, people and places

  Places

  Location	Piccadilly Circus Westminster W1