Level | Subseries |
Reference Number (click to see whole series/group) | 15A13/1/4 |
Extent | 59 items containing 138 photographs |
Title | THREADNEEDLE STREET DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR |
Date | 18 Sep 1940 - 20 Oct 1948 |
Description | This series contains images of Threadneedle Street during the Second World War. Many of the images depict wartime activities, such as ARP warden activity and emergency medical treatment. There are also images of usual business activities taking place in adapted surroundings, such as the emergency court room set up in the vaults. The London skyline is present in several of the images which were taken from the Bank's rooftop. |
Related Material | See series 15A13/15 for wartime images taken during the Bank's evacuation to Hampshire and 15A13/8/2 for images taken at Roehampton during the Second World War. See 15A13/1/1 for further images of the Bank at work, including others taken by the London News Agency in 1942. |
YearOpen | 2016 |
Keyword | Second World War; World War Two; WWII |
Preservica_Universal_URL | http://boe.access.preservica.com/archive/sdb:collection|c51901b7-8338-420f-9551-d06295efdc81/ |