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| Picture No | 10803665 |
| Date | 1917 |
| Description | Why Not Make Your Own Dug-Out? |
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Children posed by the doorway of a bomb shelter built by a man (a 'City merchant' according to The Graphic) to provide protection for his family during air raids in 1917. The shelter was constructed out of reinforced concrete 3 1/2 feet thick with a roof made of steel girders and further protection from sandbags. It was fitted with electric light and sunk two feet into the ground. It was made for a cost of £50 at a suburban house in Hither Green, South East London.
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| Source | Unattributed photograph in 'The Graphic', 29 September 1917, page 375 |
| Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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