Images Dated 20th July 2019

Ceremony of opening of the Thames Tunnel 1843
Rotherhithe entrance of the tunnel, connecting to Wapping. 25 March 1843

New mother evacuated from hospital 1939
A nurse giving a few words of encouragement to a new mother and her baby as she lies on a stretcher, waiting to be evacuated by ambulance from Westminster hospital

Young boy alone on a playground swing 1939
Photograph showing a young boy on a swing in Geraldine May Harmsworth Park. The park is empty following the evacuation of thousands of children in the first few weeks following the outbreak of war

Cross section of a British submarine 1939
Illustration showing a labeled cross section of a British submarine

Thames Tunnel
View of the newly opened Thames Tunnel, linking Wapping and Rotherhithe in London. circa 1840s

Title page from illuminated calendar for 1846
Title page with calligraphy and decorative design with foliage, birds. angel and mythical creature with lance and shield. From an illuminated Book of Hours of the Duke the Anjou. 1380

Polish national Mr Hutton offering gas mask cases 1939
Mr Hutton, originally from Poland, photographed handing gas mask containers to Members of Parliament

Sir Hoare and his wife carrying gas masks, September 1939
Sir Samuel Hoare and his wife Lady Maud Hoare walking home with their gas masks, days after his appointment as Lord Privy Seal following the outbreak of war. 1939

Einar Nerman
The caricaturist Einar Nerman, regular contributor of illustrations of the theatrical world to The Tatler

Ceremony of opening of the Thames Tunnel 1843
Sir Isambert Brunel retiring from the tunnel amidst the cheers of the company. The Thames Tunnel in London connecting Rotherhithe and Wapping

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