Title

'Nine Hours of Bombing. When Sheffield's turn came it was mid-winter'. 1940 (1942). Artist: Unknown.

Caption

'Nine Hours of Bombing. When Sheffield's turn came it was mid-winter'. 1940 (1942). A department store on Sheffield High Street, 12th December, 1940. The Sheffield Blitz is the name given to the worst nights of German Luftwaffe bombing in Sheffield, England, during the Second World War. It took place over the nights of 12 December and 15 December 1940. From Frontline 1940-1941. [His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1942]
The Print Collector collection

Date

1940

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C79_175

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

56,8Mb (3,6Mb) / 13,8in x 16,0in / 4126 x 4814 (300dpi)

Keywords

transport transportation England season winter communications shopping shop shops night smoke burning fire tram war telecommunications century double decker wartime concept department store telegraph telecommunication time of day B&W 1940s south yorkshire building exterior MONOCHROME streetcar high street publishing Forties wintry road Transport Sheffield World War II World War two WWII battlefield double-decker black & white black and white B W world war 2 emporium frontline 20th century Blitz The Print Collector bomb damage decade Second World War TGN WW2 telegraph wires photograph landscape 2nd World War Unknown two decker publishing house His Majesty's Stationery Office The Stationery Office Sheffiled photograph landscape