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B/W print; Tube shelterers in three tier bunk beds on the platform at Holborn (Kingsway) Underground station during the Second World War by Planet News, Nov 1943

Image 1 of B/W print; Tube shelterers in three tier bunk beds on the platform at Holborn (Kingsway) Underground station during the Second World War by Planet News, Nov 1943
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Main details for this item.
Reference number
1998/83745
Description
Tube shelterers in three tier bunk beds on the platform at Holborn (Kingsway) Underground station during the Second World War. Some of the shelterers look into the camera, whilst others remain beneath their bedclothes. A man with a metal helmet stands in the background.
Photographer
Dates
Nov 1943
Collection
Object type
  • B/w print
Photograph number
101352
Location
Topics
Completeness
70%

  • Physical description

    Dimensions
    AttributeValue
    Height
    mm
    Width
    mm
    Descriptive size
    8x6ins
    Item content
    AttributeValue
    Text
    Illuminated direction sign: Way Out & Central Line Platforms 1 & 2
    Advert: Dr Collis Browne's
    The London School of Stenotyping
    South Place Ethical Society
    Design
    AttributeValue
    Shot
    medium interior

  • People involved

    RolePerson(s) involved
    Photographer
    Planet News, Nov 1943
    Copied by
    , Feb 1995
    Grove Hardy, Mar 1995

  • Associated companies, people and places

    Places
    Location
    Holborn Underground station, Camden WC2