This is a collection of Douglas Whitworth's evocative photographs taken in London in the immediate postwar years, showing some of the best-known sights in the capital, including Blitz damage, Oxford Street shop windows, the Festival of Britain, and the Coronation decorations.
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“Only David Lean's movie Brief Encounter has more strikingly—and heartbreakingly—captured postwar Britains' dingy austerity.” -- The Atlantic
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A collection of evocative photographs taken in London in the immediate postwar years, showing some of the best–known sights in the capital, including Blitz damage, Oxford Street shop windows, the Festival of Britain and the Coronation decorations.
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