Imperial War Museum (IWM) Photograph Archive

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London
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SE1 6HZ

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Telephone: 020 8416 5333

Email: researchroom@iwm.org.uk

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The Imperial War Museum Photograph Archive holds 11 million images covering all aspects of modern conflict from 1850 to the present day. In addition to professional and amateur photographs taken by commercial and private photographers, the Archive is the Place of Deposit for photographs generated by the Ministry of Defence and other government departments relevant to its remit

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    • ARCHON code: 2865

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