Category: The Black Star Collection
Photographer: UNKNOWN
Event Date: ca. 1939-45
Medium: gelatin silver print
Dimensions: approximately: 8 x 10 inches; 20.32 x 25.4 cm
Accession Number: BS.2005.115762

Inscriptions:
Recto, [no inscription]; Verso, handwritten: Guarding the Hills / 2nd WW / England / Horses; stamped: BLACK STAR / CLIFFORDS INN, FLEET STREET / LONDON, E.C.4. / PICTURE ON LOAN; stamped: “ILLUSTRATED” COPYRIGHT PHOTOGRAPH / MUST NOT BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT / WRITTEN PERMISSION / NEGATIVE No. / (To be quoted when re-ordering); stamped: [star shape] / Credit: / from BLACK STAR / GRAYBAR BUILDING, NEW YORK; typed label: Pigeons also play a part in the training of the Cumberland Home Guard. This bird, / with a message attached to its leg has just been released. It will fly to headquarters

Credit Line: The Image Centre, Black Star Collection.
Black Star Subject: WWII ENGLAND / MILITARY DOGS AND HORSES
Retouching: N