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Title
Photograph of RAF sports team
Reference
YMS0025/3
Production date
01-07-1947 - 31-07-1947

Creator

Vivian of Hereford Biography Biography
Vivian of Hereford was a photography business established in the town High Street by Gertrude and Ada Durrant. The business established a relationship with the composer Edward Elgar and the Three Choirs Festival in the 1920s. They were also frequently commissioned to take photographs for the nearby Royal Air Force base, a relationship known to have lasted into the 1960s.

Scope and Content
Black and white photographic print of a group of Royal Air Force servicemen posed in uniform. A caption identifies them as the 'E.O.S. and S.B.T.C. Team' photographed on the base's Sports Day in July 1947.
Language
English
Level of description
ITEM
Repository name
Science and Industry Museum

Associated people and organisations

Royal Air Force Biography Biography
The Royal Air Force was created by the amalgamation of the Royal Flying Corp and the Royal Naval Air Service as an independent air service during the First World War.

Conditions governing access
Open access.
Conditions governing Reproduction
Copies may be supplied in accordance with current copyright legislation and Science Museum Group terms and conditions.

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contains 6 partsTOPYMS0025 Photographs of Royal Air Force Personnel
- ITEMYMS0025/3 Photograph of RAF sports team