1939 Gallery

Harrogate Ladies College

A girls school in a castle: Harrogate College's pleasant retreat at Lord Swinton's residence near Ripon, Yorkshire at the beginning of World War II. The school was evacuated to Swinton Park during the second world war, returning to it's premises after 1945

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Variety Theatre, Dr. Walford Bodie

Dr. Walford Bodie 1869 - 1939, One of the most famed and controversial Music Hall performers of his day. Known as the Electrical Wizzard, he would often start his shows by passing high voltage electrical current through his body (actually harmless static electricity) and once employed the use of an electric chair. In this illustration he seems to be curing crippled children to walk again through the power of electricity...and love! A friend of Harry Houdini

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Westminster Hospital opening April 1939

A great event in hospital history the new Westminister Hospital will be open on 20th April 1939 by His Majesty King accompanied by Her Majesty The Queen. Westminster Hospital was a hospital in London, England, founded in 1719. In 1834 a medical school attached to the hospital was formally founded. In 1939 a newly built hospital and medical school opened in Horseferry Road, Westminster. Date: April 1939

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