B/W print; women shelterers at Piccadilly Circus Underground station, by Tunbridge Sedgwick, 1940

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Reference number	1998/89383
Description	Four women shelterers sleeping on Piccadilly Circus Underground station during the air raids in the Second World War.
Photographer	Tunbridge Sedgwick
Dates	1940
Collection	Photographs
Object type	B/w print
Photograph number	211-2
Location	Acton Depot
Topics	Wartime
Completeness	70% 70% ?

• Physical description

  Dimensions

  Attribute	Value
  Height	mm
  Width	mm
  Descriptive size	8x6ins

  Item content

  Attribute	Value
  Text	Advert: British Railways

  Design

  Attribute	Value
  Shot	Close-up

• People involved

  Role	Person(s) involved
  Photographer	Tunbridge Sedgwick, 1940
  Copied by	Colin Tait, 1986

• Associated companies, people and places

  Places

  Location	Piccadilly Circus Westminster W1