The Waiting Room Where Even Elephant Folk Are Subdued

Silver gelatin print by Bert Hardy, printed in 1985, titled "The Waiting Room Where Even Elephant Folk Are Subdued". Originally published in Picture Post Vol. 42, No. 2, January 8, 1949. Story titled "Life in the Elephant", about everyday life in London's Elephant and Castle neighbourhood. Caption in magazine reads: "Some come with a sore chest from a damp house. Some come with a boy sick from a salmon tin. All wait for the overworked doctor in his bombed and shored-up surgery."

Photographer's stamp on verso.

Details

Category:
Photographs
Object Number:
1991-5065/49
Materials:
paper (fibre product)
Measurements:
overall: 202 mm x 245 mm
type:
photograph
credit:
National Science and Media Museum, Bradford