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B/W print; Posed shot of bus driver by London News Agency, 28 Oct 1940

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Reference number
1998/89968
Description
Posed shot of bus driver, leaning from the cab of STL-type bus (STL2398), and conductor, standing beside cab. Both men are wearing new steel helmets. The helmets were issued at this time to thirty-six thousand bus drivers and conductors, and were worn on duty at all times during the Second World War period.
Photographer
Dates
28 Oct 1940
Collection
Object type
  • B/w print
Photograph number
5868
Location
Topics
Completeness
67%
  • Physical description

    Dimensions
    AttributeValue
    Descriptive size
    8x6ins
    Design
    AttributeValue
    Shot
    Medium exterior
  • People involved

    RolePerson(s) involved
    Photographer
    London News Agency, 28 Oct 1940
    Copied by
    Colin Tait, 18 Nov 1949
    Grove Hardy, 1995