Outbreak of WWII - Queen visits Vincent Square hospital 1939
Queen Elizabeth (later the Queen Mother) pictured visiting the Vincent Square Infants Hospital in Victoria, London, just before the declaration of war in September 1939. Note the taped windows and sandbags already in use as a precaution against air raids
Picture No
12480340
Media ID
46121427
Size
3601px x 6264px
(3.7MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Unattributed photograph in The Sphere', 9 September 1939, page 379
Date
1939
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