Category: The Black Star Collection
Photographer: UNKNOWN
Photographer: PLANET NEWS LTD.
Event Date: 1946-03-18
Medium: gelatin silver print
Dimensions: approximately: 5 x 7 inches; 12.7 x 17.78 cm
Accession Number: BS.2005.007385

Inscriptions:
recto, [no inscription]; verso, typed on label: HIGHEST CATCHES OF FISH FOR 13 YEARS COME INTO LONDON’S BILLINGSGATE / MARKET. / Record catches of fish, the highest for 13 years, have poured into / Billingsgate market, and the Food Ministry hopes that they will mean / the end of fish queues. The handling of the fish in the market, however, / is complicated by the shortage of porters, its distribution by the / shortage of transport; and the cooking is a problem because of the / shortage of fats allowed to the housewife. / PHOTO SHOWS:- It takes two porters to carry this huge ling, part of / the second catch of the day, at Billingsgate Market, London. / CHIT 18 March 1946 PN; stamped: [star shape] / Credit: / COPYRIGHT / from BLACK STAR / PLANET NEWS LTD. [star shape] / Credit:; handwritten: 50 [circled]; stamped: GRAYBAR BUILDING, NEW YORK / 3 JOHNSON’S COURT. / FLEET STREET, E.C.4. / PHONE: CENTRAL 3671//3 / from BLACK STAR; handwritten: London / Market

Credit Line: The Image Centre, Black Star Collection.
Black Star Subject: LONDON / MARKETS MISCELLANEOUS
Retouching: N