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Image Not Available for Petrol is being lowered onto the launch which takes it out to the flying boat; fuelling takes a whole afternoon.
Petrol is being lowered onto the launch which takes it out to the flying boat; fuelling takes a whole afternoon.
Image Not Available for Petrol is being lowered onto the launch which takes it out to the flying boat; fuelling takes a whole afternoon.

Petrol is being lowered onto the launch which takes it out to the flying boat; fuelling takes a whole afternoon.

Creator Dorien Leigh
Datec. 1937
Mediumgelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall: 17.7 x 22.8 cm (6 15/16 x 9 in.)
Credit LineAnonymous Gift, 2002
Object number2002/5765
LocationNot currently on display

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Image Not Available for Buckingham Palace is only one of the many great buildings whose whole aspect is changed by the stands which are being erected for the coronation.
Buckingham Palace is only one of the many great buildings whose whole aspect is changed by the stands which are being erected for the coronation.
Dorien Leigh
1930s
Photograph
Image Not Available for The climbers take a well-earned rest after the perilous climb.
The climbers take a well-earned rest after the perilous climb.
Dorien Leigh
1930s
Photograph
Image Not Available for A real Irish colleen, Maura Bourke, aged 16. Flying boats don't affect her life nor interest her much. She still goes on drawing water daily from the pump as her ancestors have for many generations.
A real Irish colleen, Maura Bourke, aged 16. Flying boats don't affect her life nor interest her much. She still goes on drawing water daily from the pump as her ancestors have for many generations.
Dorien Leigh
c. 1937
Photograph
Image Not Available for Pub life goes on as usual, for the village is not affected at all by the proximity of the airport. Here a local gentleman enjoys a glass of beer at the pub which is in the hotel which also houses the I.F.S. airport authorities office.
Pub life goes on as usual, for the village is not affected at all by the proximity of the airport. Here a local gentleman enjoys a glass of beer at the pub which is in the hotel which also houses the I.F.S. airport authorities office.
Dorien Leigh
c. 1937
Photograph
Image Not Available for Photo of Gustloff the German National Socialist who was merdered by David Frankfurter. Great interest is being aroused by revelations of German propaganda in Switzerland.
Photo of Gustloff the German National Socialist who was merdered by David Frankfurter. Great interest is being aroused by revelations of German propaganda in Switzerland.
Dorien Leigh
unknown
Photograph
Image Not Available for A Nepalese dwarf and his wife. They are both fully grown, and yet compare the size of the woman with that of her baby which she carries on her back.
A Nepalese dwarf and his wife. They are both fully grown, and yet compare the size of the woman with that of her baby which she carries on her back.
Dorien Leigh
1930s
Photograph
Image Not Available for The guide proceeds to climb and feeds the rope out to the novice.
The guide proceeds to climb and feeds the rope out to the novice.
Dorien Leigh
1930s
Photograph
Image Not Available for Maternity Block, erected out of funds noted from the natives' self-appointed local rates. It is now maintained by the government./M. B.D.196 (sic).
Maternity Block, erected out of funds noted from the natives' self-appointed local rates. It is now maintained by the government./M. B.D.196 (sic).
Dorien Leigh
1930s
Photograph
Image Not Available for It takes many men to load this log onto the wagon.
It takes many men to load this log onto the wagon.
Walter/Lueders Süssmann
1930s
Photograph
The Dandy of Darjeeling. A complete western outfit, even down to watch chain and clip-on pencil, and of course the umbrella must not be left behind; it is the insignia of the fashionable man in Darjeeling.
The Dandy of Darjeeling. A complete western outfit, even down to watch chain and clip-on pencil, and of course the umbrella must not be left behind; it is the insignia of the fashionable man in Darjeeling.
Dorien Leigh
1930s
Photograph
Image Not Available for The climbers look upwards to their destination.
The climbers look upwards to their destination.
Dorien Leigh
1930s
Photograph
Image Not Available for The offices of one of the most important develop-/ments of 20th centry transport are housed in the left wing of this village hotel, while the right wing remains a hotel.
The offices of one of the most important develop-/ments of 20th centry transport are housed in the left wing of this village hotel, while the right wing remains a hotel.
Dorien Leigh
c. 1937
Photograph
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