Sujet

Gosford Street, Coventry, 1941. Creator: George Bernard Mason.

Légende

Gosford Street, Coventry, 1941. View showing part of the Mermaid Inn and the premises of Eaves's at 110 Gosford Street showing bomb damage. Coventry City centre was devastated by air raids on 14th November 1940. The bombing raids left the nearby cathedral in ruins and destroyed much of the historic fabric of the city.

Date

1941

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Historic England Archive

Notre référence

HRM21B16_047

Model release

Non

Property release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

53,7Mo (2,4Mo) / 32,4cm x 41,5cm / 3829 x 4904 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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