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    [Crowds gathering at the gates of Whitehall Palace, London]

    Object Name
    116
    Date1939
    Label Text

    Vishniac traveled from Holland to France, via England, as a freelance photographer. He spent several weeks in London creating an extensive body of work organized into categories: London Types; London Life; Navy and Army; Trafalgar Square; London Port; London Towers; and Cannons. One often-reproduced image of a man walking across Westminster Bridge, with Big Ben, the British Houses of Parliament, and the Palace of Westminster in the background, was featured on the cover of a large calendar, “Forever England,” and became a popular tourist photo.

    Medium
    Gelatin silver print
    Dimensions
    Image: 9 x 7 in. (22.9 x 17.8 cm) Paper: 9 7/16 x 7 3/16 in. (24 x 18.3 cm)
    Location
    place taken London, England
    Credit Line
    Gift of Mara Vishniac Kohn, 2013
    Accession NumberMVK.1044.2008
    Copyright
    © Mara Vishniac Kohn