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Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
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Photographs of the Tientsin flood, circa 1939
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS JM/L8/39
Scope and Contents
Panoramic photographs of extensive flood damage in a city and its environs, identified from internal evidence as Tientsin. Some photographs have been labelled in pencil on the back. They are undated, but probably originate from 1939, when Tientsin suffered severe flooding.
Dates:
circa 1939
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