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Object description
Images in this album include: series entitled Landgirls Day which follows 29 year old Rosalind Cox in Bignor, West Sussex (location identified by her relative Nicholas Cox on 6 September 2002) on a typical day: lunchtime in farmhouse, stacking hay, milking cows, Monday evening gathering of land girls, (see also album 100), photograph entitled Press gets Picture of Australia at War showing a Ministry of Information press conference, series entitled Turkish Tobacco featuring views of unloading, preparing leaves for machine, shredding, cigarette making machine, packing cigarettes, photograph entitled Farm Water Supplies showing a large pond with pumping house that is used to supply farms in Huntingdonshire, series entitled Coventry, Spring 1944 includes views of bomb damage on various streets and has good views of the cathedral, photograph entitled Formation of Young Farmers Club showing young people voting on whether a young farmers' club should be formed in the village of Alwalton, series entitled Chinese Mission to Great Britain: the delegates leave, series entitled School for Young Farmers following events at Buckden Towers in Huntingdonshire including exterior shots, also views of lectures, practical lessons in ploughing etc., suppertime, and relaxing in the evening, series entitled Soil Conservation in Huntingdonshire showing how the clay subsoil is being dug up and mixed with the peat topsoil to prevent erosion, series entitled Turkish Doctors in London showing three Turkish doctors photographed at Hyde Park Corner, series entitled Rehabilitation detailing some of the work of Queen Marys Hospital, Roehampton, including views of various activities in the gymnasium, swimming, handicrafts, and woodwork, a group portrait of the Chinese Mission to Britain, a photograph entitled Fire Guard Model showing a model designed by the MoI for a Ministry of Home Security window display, portrait of Mr Tawera Moana, series entitled WRNS showing various views of wrens at work: working on the repair and maintenance of landing craft, in the blacksmiths shop wrens work on making rail stanchions and hammock storage for landing craft, welding, and working on guns, series entitled A Bomb is Made showing bomb aimers switches being made from bakelite, the springs being put in and then the whole thing is fitted into Lancaster bombers, one photograph entitled 'Disabled Soldier's War Job' showing Mr T G Phillips working a lathe with his artificial arm, series entitled 'Co-Author of the Greater London Plan showing Professor Abercrombie with his assistant Mr Harry Stewart in his office, Monkey Eating Eagle photos of the Monkey Eating Eagle which was presented to the London Zoological Society in 1939, series entitled War Time Hairdresser showing good interior and exterior shots of Steiners hairdressing salon, also a manicure and a list of prices, series entitled Dinner at the Chinese Embassy including views of Field Marshal Sir Alan Brooke with the leader of the Chinese Mission General Yang Chieh and Dr Wellington Koo, one photograph of the Prudential building seen through bomb damage, one photograph of a woman looking at a blood transfusion poster on a wall.