Christmas in an air raid shelter – Antique Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
A window into the past: Christmas in an air raid shelter, preserved in this historic photograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Christmas in an air raid shelter
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Paper decorations and festive touches inside a London air raid shelter set this 1941 photograph apart from the usual wartime scenes. By that winter, the Blitz had driven many Londoners to spend nights underground, in public shelters, Underground stations, and backyard Anderson shelters, and families made these cramped spaces as homelike as they could for the holiday. Materials were scarce under rationing, so people improvised ornaments from whatever paper and string they could find. The picture shows how ordinary routines and small celebrations continued under the threat of nightly bombing.
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
|---|---|
| Notes | 1941 |
| Subjects | Christmas--1940-1950. Air raid shelters--England--London--1940-1950 Christmas decorations--England--London--1940-1950. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,117 × 5,114 px · prints to 14 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-199434 |
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