World War One: Islington Public Library used as a hospital ward. Photograph by Langfier Ltd., 1916.

Date:
1916
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529361i
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World War One: Islington Public Library used as a hospital ward. Photograph by Langfier Ltd., 1916. Wellcome Collection. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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A semicircular or circular reading room, in which, as a wartime expediency, hospital beds have been placed in a radial pattern around the periphery. In the centre, a group of seated patients, some of them with military or naval caps

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[London] (343 Finchley Road N.W.) : Langfier Ltd.

Physical description

1 photograph : photoprint ; sheet 19.5 x 22 cm

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Ward B2. Islington Public Library Extension Sept. 1916.

Reference

Wellcome Collection 529361i

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