Structure which protects against enemy attacks from the air

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George Shaw (Builders) Ltd : directors G.R. Shaw, M. Shaw : 3, Wigmore Place, London, W.1...

Healthy practices for those using air-raid shelters. Colour lithograph.

World War One: the entrance to a shelter in war ravaged country with a man outside washing his hands. Colour chalk drawing with pencil, c. 1914.

Decontamination of materials : air raid precautions handbook no. 4 / Home Office, Air Raid Precautions Dept.

Air Raid Precautions Committee : meeting, 3rd May, 1939 / Councillor Soulsby (Chairman).

Air Raid Precautions Committee : meeting, 1st March, 1939 / Councillor Soulsby (Chairman).

Civil defence : a practical manual presenting with working drawings the methods required for adequate protection against aerial attack / by C.W. Glover.

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Air raid shelters

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Works from the collections

World War One: the entrance to a shelter in war ravaged country with a man outside washing his hands. Colour chalk drawing with pencil, c. 1914.

Decontamination of materials : air raid precautions handbook no. 4 / Home Office, Air Raid Precautions Dept.

Air Raid Precautions Committee : meeting, 3rd May, 1939 / Councillor Soulsby (Chairman).

Air Raid Precautions Committee : meeting, 1st March, 1939 / Councillor Soulsby (Chairman).

Civil defence : a practical manual presenting with working drawings the methods required for adequate protection against aerial attack / by C.W. Glover.

Air raid shelters

Images from the collections

Images about Air raid shelters

Works from the collections

World War One: the entrance to a shelter in war ravaged country with a man outside washing his hands. Colour chalk drawing with pencil, c. 1914.

Decontamination of materials : air raid precautions handbook no. 4 / Home Office, Air Raid Precautions Dept.

Air Raid Precautions Committee : meeting, 3rd May, 1939 / Councillor Soulsby (Chairman).

Air Raid Precautions Committee : meeting, 1st March, 1939 / Councillor Soulsby (Chairman).

Civil defence : a practical manual presenting with working drawings the methods required for adequate protection against aerial attack / by C.W. Glover.

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