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Picture No 12652213
Date September 1939
Description Precautionary camouflaging of tents, September 1939
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A group of people camouflage a tent in the countryside to protect it from potential air raids, following the outbreak of the war. According to the caption, the tent provided accommodation for "unorganised trekkers" to the countryside in September 1939. Presumably people vacating urban areas in the first few weeks of the Second World War.
Source Unattributed photograph in 'The Sphere', 16 September 1939, page 414
Credit © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
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