Image: A woman cooks a meal over a Primus stove in a public air raid shelter under railway arches in South East London, 1940. D1604

Description: A woman cooks a meal over a Primus stove in a public air raid shelter under railway arches in South East London, 1940. A woman cooks a meal in a frying pan over a Primus stove whilst other shelterers look on in this shelter under the railway arches, somewhere in South East London. Many items of clothing and other personal possessions, including hats and gas mask boxes, have been hung on nails along the whitewashed walls of the shelter. This photograph was probably taken in November 1940.
Title: A woman cooks a meal over a Primus stove in a public air raid shelter under railway arches in South East London, 1940. D1604
Credit: http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib//40/media-40801/large.jpg This photograph D 1604 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums.
Author: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer
Permission: This photograph was scanned and released by the Imperial War Museum on the IWM Non Commercial Licence. The image was catalogued by the IWM as created for the Ministry of Information, which was dissolved in 1946. Consequently the image and faithful reproductions are considered Crown Copyright, now expired as the photograph was taken prior to 1 June 1957.
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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