Bomb damage at Birkbeck College Library during The Blitz

May 1941

Birkbeck, University of London
London, United Kingdom

This photograph shows books drying outside the detroyed Birkbeck College Library in Greystoke Place during The Blitz in May 1941. The books suffered water damage from the fire hoses used to fight the fire caused by bombing.

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Title: Bomb damage at Birkbeck College Library during The Blitz
Date Created: May 1941
Subject Keywords: Second World War
Type: Photograph
Rights: Copyright Birkbeck, University of London
External Link: Birkbeck, University of London

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