Category: The Black Star Collection
Agency: PLANET NEWS LTD.
Event Date: 1946-01-09
Medium: gelatin silver print
Dimensions: approximately: 5 x 7 inches; 12.7 x 17.78 cm
Accession Number: BS.2005.290099

Inscriptions:
Captions: Verso: Rainbow Corner closes down ? Police rush to control street crowds. A seething crowd filled the streets outside Rainbow Corner, as the famous American Red Cross Club, for three years the ?home from Home? of so many GIs [Government Issues] in Europe, closed its doors for the last time. Shaftesbury Avenue soon became impassable to traffic and women fainted among the press of crowds in the street, as police were rushed to the spot to control the mob which forced its way into the Club. The locking ceremony was carried out by Mrs. Rebecca Hamilton, Director of the Club, with a specially made steel key and the doors were forced shut by GIs [Government Issues] just long enough to allow her to turn the key. Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt and Mr. Anthony Eden were among the guests of honour who broadcast to America, sending greetings and messages, at the farewell party of the Rainbow Corner. Photo shows: Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt chatting to Mr. Anthony Eden, at the ceremony of closing down [the] Rainbow Corner, in Shaftesbury Avenue, London.Markings:Verso: Rainbow Corner closes down ? Police rush to control street crowds. A seething crowd filled the streets outside Rainbow Corner, as the famous American Red Cross Club, for three years the ?home from Home? of so many GIs [Government Issues] in Europe, closed its doors for the last time. Shaftesbury Avenue soon became impassable to traffic and women fainted among the press of crowds in the street, as police were rushed to the spot to control the mob which forced its way into the Club. The locking ceremony was carried out by Mrs. Rebecca Hamilton, Director of the Club, with a specially made steel key and the doors were forced shut by GIs [Government Issues] just long enough to allow her to turn the key. Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt and Mr. Anthony Eden were among the guests of honour who broadcast to America, sending greetings and messages, at the farewell party of the Rainbow Corner. Photo shows: Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt chatting to Mr. Anthony Eden, at the ceremony of closing down [the] Rainbow Corner, in Shaftesbury Avenue, London.

Tagasauris Keywords: 2 people; 2 people; Hat; Head-and-Shoulders Portrait; Indoors; Male and Female; Meeting; Mid adult; Night; No Photostyle; Politics; Ring; Sitting; United States; Waist-Up Portrait; Whispering
Credit Line: The Image Centre, Black Star Collection.
Black Star Subject: PERSONALITIES / R
Retouching: N