Telephone Building
PhotographerPhotographed by
Thomas F. Oakes
American, 1900 - 1966
Date1944-1945
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions: 2 1/2 × 2 1/2in. (6.4 × 6.4cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Nora Oakes Howard
DescriptionBlack and white photograph by Thomas F. Oakes of a London telephone building on the Thames River that was hit by a German V-1 flying bomb. The building is covered by scaffolding with rubble in the foreground.
Object number2017.41.39
MarkingsPrinted on back: "Velox"Stamped in black on back: "770 B"InscribedHandwritten in black ink on back by Thomas Oakes: "Telephone Bldg/ hit by V1. It is on/ Thames near Law/ Courts"
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