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 : Mrs J. Addison Robb


Mrs J. Addison Robb

Formerly Inez Callaway Robb (1901 - 1979). Special reporter for the International News Service, sending back stories to American readers about British women's reactions to the third winter of World War Two. Vivid word portraitist and intrepid traveller. Mrs Robb interviewed practically every Royal and public figure of the day and claimed to have reduced living in a handbag to a fine art

Picture No
14029746
Media ID
47841180
Size
3950px x 4955px (1.9MB)
Credit
© The Estate of Nancy Sandys Walker / Mary Evans
Source
Photograph by Nancy Sandys Walker (1910-1988) for Harper's Bazaar, January - February 1942, p.38
Date
1942

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