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.
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Source | Unattributed photograph in 'The Sphere', 16 September 1939, page 414 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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