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Witnesses to twentieth century history – the fun of the fair – October 1938

For the Picture Post magazine Kurt Hutton took a photograph of two women at a fun fair both joyful and risqué that captured a historical moment on the eve of the Second World War.

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Britain in Focus: A Photographic HistorySeries 1, Episode 2

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