Photography — 1941-05-11
City bomb damage, Queen Street Place during the Blitz
This photo was taken the morning after 10 May 1941, the night of the most severe attack of the London Blitz. Queen Street Place, Cheapside and the surrounding area were heavily damaged. Southwark Bridge lies in the distance with Three Cranes Wharf in the centre. Firemen were faced with over 2,000 fires, but low tides and over 40 fractured water mains limited their firefighting capacity.
That night marked the last of the major bombing attacks on London for the next three years. Police Constables Arthur Cross and Fred Tibbs photographed the destruction of this street and across the City, as they had done throughout the Blitz.
- Category:
- Photography
- Object ID:
- IN7023.1
- Object name:
- City bomb damage, Queen Street Place during the Blitz
- Object type:
- Artist/Maker:
- Cross, Arthur, Tibbs, Fred
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- Production date:
- 1941-05-11
- Material:
- paper, silver halides
- Measurements/duration:
- H 165 mm, L 219 mm (paper), H 155 mm, L 210 mm (image size)
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- On display:
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- Record quality:
- 100%
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- Credit:
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- Copyright holder:
- City of London Police
- Image credit:
- By Kind Permission of the Commissioner or the City of London Police
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