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Phyllis Dare knitting, WW1

Phyllis Dare (1890-1975), the English actress, who was born Phyllis Haddie Dones, c.1910. Together with her sister, Zena, she was one of the great, popular theatre actresses of the early 20th century. Pictured knitting comforts for troops during the First World War, a popular and patriotic pastime

Picture No
13991251
Media ID
45428279
Size
3600px x 5602px (2.0MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Photograph by Bacon in the The Sketch, 2 June 1915
Date
1915

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