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Two-hundred and eighty-six gelatin silver photographs in an album of 39 pages, printed 1941-45, features 8 of VE celebrations in Trafalgar Square, Buckingham Palace, Winston Churchill, the King and Queen and Princess Elizabeth, 8 of a Bob Hope show for American & Canadian forces at the Royal Albert Hall, July 4th 1945, 6 of Petticoat Lane, many of Hampstead Heath, Central London street scenes including Liberty, V-2 damaged Selfridges, buzz-bombed Knightsbridge, Piccadilly Circus and photographs of Oxford and the West Country. Also includes 5 gelatin silver prints, printed 1939-40, stamped on verso International News Photos, New York with typed annotation adhered to each verso. Illustrated image reads Men clear and salvage air-raid wreckage in London, Oct.30, 1940 as a result of the Battle of Britain which is considered history's greatest air battle, includes Associated Press article dated 1990 illustrated with the image, taped to verso.(291)

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