Sujet

Court 16, Little Park Street, Coventry, 1941. Creator: George Bernard Mason.

Légende

Court 16, Little Park Street, Coventry, 1941. The houses of Court 16 at the east side of Little Park Street showing damage caused by air raids. Coventry City centre was devastated by air raids in November 1940. The bombing left the cathedral in ruins and destroyed much of the historic fabric of the city. Court number 16 was situated to the rear of 78 and 79 Little Park Street. The West Midlands Police Headquarters now occupies the site.

Date

1941

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Historic England Archive

Notre référence

HRM21B16_057

Model release

Non

Property release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

67,8Mo (3,9Mo) / 46,9cm x 36,3cm / 5535 x 4282 (300dpi)

Mots clés

exterior outdoors building buildings England destruction house houses country British English war location century Britain wartime concept B&W 1940s warfare west midlands Forties bombed World War II World War two WWII bombing black & white black and white B W world war 2 20th century air raid Blitz aerial warfare bomb damage Coventry decade Second World War TGN WW2 outside street photograph 2nd World War Little Park Street George Bernard Mason Mason George Bernard Historic England