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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).
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).

Creator Dorien Leigh
Date1930s
Mediumgelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall: 16.2 x 21 cm (6 3/8 x 8 1/4 in.)
Credit LineAnonymous Gift, 2002
Object number2002/5733
LocationNot currently on display

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Image Not Available for This chef claims to have cracked roughly 20,142,307 eggs. Employed by a well known firm of bakers, he has done nothing but break eggs for fifteen years, at the rate of one million and a quarter per annum.
This chef claims to have cracked roughly 20,142,307 eggs. Employed by a well known firm of bakers, he has done nothing but break eggs for fifteen years, at the rate of one million and a quarter per annum.
Dorien Leigh
1930s
Photograph
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 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 One of the hospital's native nurses instructs a new mother in bathing her baby before she leaves the hospital.
One of the hospital's native nurses instructs a new mother in bathing her baby before she leaves the hospital.
Dorien Leigh
1930s
Photograph
Image Not Available for At Uzuakoli, Nigeria, there is a large leper camp containing over 1,000 sufferers. This picture shows a street of houses in the colony. In each house lives a person with leprosy. The street looks cleaner and smarter than the average native village.
At Uzuakoli, Nigeria, there is a large leper camp containing over 1,000 sufferers. This picture shows a street of houses in the colony. In each house lives a person with leprosy. The street looks cleaner and smarter than the average native village.
Dorien Leigh
1930s
Photograph
Image Not Available for The "untouchables" resting in the temple, where sun and shade privide agreeable alternatives. This sanctuary is now open to them.
The "untouchables" resting in the temple, where sun and shade privide agreeable alternatives. This sanctuary is now open to them.
Dorien Leigh
1934
Photograph
Image Not Available for A remarkable silhouette of a sight that is now familiar in London….workmen on the steel scaffolding of the coronation stands./S.A.H.259//Dorien Leigh Ltd. (Ludgate House, 107, Fleet St., E.C.4. Central 1847) Stamp.
A remarkable silhouette of a sight that is now familiar in London….workmen on the steel scaffolding of the coronation stands./S.A.H.259//Dorien Leigh Ltd. (Ludgate House, 107, Fleet St., E.C.4. Central 1847) Stamp.
Dorien Leigh
1930s
Photograph
Image Not Available for A forest of leafless trees now fills the aristocratic Mall.
A forest of leafless trees now fills the aristocratic Mall.
Dorien Leigh
1930s
Photograph
Image Not Available for The general waiting room of Foynes Station in Foynes, Ireland is now the office of Imperial Airways for transatlantic flights
The general waiting room of Foynes Station in Foynes, Ireland is now the office of Imperial Airways for transatlantic flights
Dorien Leigh
c. 1937
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 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.
Dorien Leigh
c. 1937
Photograph
Image Not Available for The bicycle is not merely a vehicle for pleasure in southern Nigeria. This bride and groom had to cycle 70 odd miles from the church to a town called Aguta. The bride wore her wedding dress all the way, sitting on the carrier. From the lantern on the bicy
The bicycle is not merely a vehicle for pleasure in southern Nigeria. This bride and groom had to cycle 70 odd miles from the church to a town called Aguta. The bride wore her wedding dress all the way, sitting on the carrier. From the lantern on the bicy
Dorien Leigh
1930s
Photograph
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