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Keystone View Company House in Southend, England, Wrecked by Bombs from Raiding Zeppelins

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09584.148 Author/Creator: Keystone View Company Place Written: Southend, England Type: Stereocard Date: 1914 Pagination: 1 stereocard Height: 8.7 cm, Width: 17.7 cm Order a Copy

This photograph is of a scene in town. There are men, women, and children walking along the street. Southend was a resort that was attacked by German Zeppelins.

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