Details of the Call Are Charted Up

PART OF:
Images made for 'Bert Hardy at Work: The Picture Post Years'
Made:
1941 in London
maker:
Bert Hardy

Silver gelatin print by Bert Hardy, printed in 1985, titled "Details of the Call Are Charted Up." Originally published in Picture Post, February 1, 1941. Story titled "Fire-Fighters!", about fire fighters during the London Blitz. Caption in magazine reads: "On the Mobilising Board at District Control, a girl moves a pin. Each pin means a pump. Each move means another engine at the fire."

Photographer's stamp on verso.

Details

Category:
Photographs
Object Number:
1991-5065/11
Materials:
paper (fibre product)
Measurements:
overall: 290 mm x 405 mm
type:
photograph
credit:
National Science and Media Museum, Bradford