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England’s Devastation Recorded in George Rodger’s The Blitz

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George Rodger | The Blitz Young lady models Utility, Blackout and ARP (Air Raid Precaution) outfit. Utility was the term used for the immediate cutting down of all commodities to bare essentials in both material and quality (...)
George Rodger Whitehall, Westminster. Underground telephone exchange. © George Rodger | Magnum Photos
George Rodger | The Blitz Heavy Rescue Squad worker exhausted after a night's work. London, England. 1940. © George Rodger | Magnum Photos
George Rodger | The Blitz Rev. Paul Clifford with steel helmet and gas mask visits the elderly who refuse to move from his badly bombed parish in West Ham. London, England. 1940. © George Rodger | Magnum Photos
George Rodger | The Blitz Heavy Rescue Squad sent out for a day's work. London, England. 1940. © George Rodger | Magnum Photos
George Rodger | The Blitz Residents gather what they can from the shattered wreckage of their homes. Coventry, England. 1940. © George Rodger | Magnum Photos
George Rodger | The Blitz The morning after a night-long air-raid, a householder finds a family picture amongst the rubble of his home and gathers a few salvaged belongings on the pavement, helped by his wife and son. Londo (...)
George Rodger A tea car serving tea to rescue workers. 1940. © George Rodger | Magnum Photos
George Rodger | The Blitz First aid room in underground shelter during the Blitz. Casualties were usually from flying glass. London, England. 1940. © George Rodger | Magnum Photos
George Rodger | The Blitz If air raids were particularly heavy, clients at the Hungaria restaurant in Soho, were able to sleep on the premises with breakfast served by the manager the next morning. London, England. 1940. © George Rodger | Magnum Photos
George Rodger | The Blitz Clients at the Hungarian Restaurant in Soho. London, England. 1940. © George Rodger | Magnum Photos
George Rodger | The Blitz School boys with gas masks evacuated by train at Paddington Station as bombing raids intensify. London, England. 1940. © George Rodger | Magnum Photos
George Rodger | The Blitz Steel helmets were worn by all who could get them. London, England. 1940. © George Rodger | Magnum Photos
George Rodger | The Blitz Bookshops did a good trade during the Blitz and when shops were bombed, tables were set up on the pavement. London, England. 1940. © George Rodger | Magnum Photos
George Rodger G.B. ENGLAND. London. Westminster. Paddington Station. Children evacuated by train as bombing raids intensify. Life in London during The Blitz of World War II in 1939-40. 1940. © George Rodger | Magnum Photos
George Rodger | The Blitz An organ-grinder on Oxford Street during the Blitz. London, England. 1940. © George Rodger | Magnum Photos
George Rodger | The Blitz Hitler's Doom effigy outside the Free French headquarters at 4 Carlton Gardens, Whitehall. London, England. 1940. © George Rodger | Magnum Photos