Photography — 1959
A woman entering a polling station during the General election of 1959
A women is seen in this photograph entering a Polling Station during the General Election of 1959. The Conservative Party were elected with a large majority for a third consecutive term. It was also a personal victory for Prime Minister Harold Macmillan, who lead his party in a general election for the first time.
- Category:
- Photography
- Object ID:
- HG1930/67
- Object name:
- A woman entering a polling station during the General election of 1959
- Object type:
- Artist/Maker:
- Grant, Henry
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- Production date:
- 1959
- Material:
- cellulose acetate
- Measurements/duration:
- 6x6
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- On display:
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- Record quality:
- 100%
- Part of this object:
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- Credit:
- Purchased with V&A Purchase Grant Fund support.
- Copyright holder:
- London Museum
- Image credit:
- © Henry Grant Collection/London Museum
- Creative commons usage:
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