Figure 1.--The Brits are known for murder mysteries. Here was a widely-publicized crime in the 1930s. The caption here reads, ""Mother Wins Murder AppeaL--Crowds Wait at Prison: Mrs. Ellen Harding succeeded today in her appeal against conviction for the murder of [hr] six months old boy. She as seny-tenced to deathat Lewes Assises. Crowds waited outside Halloway Prison this afternoon to catch a glimse of her as she left the prison.? The photograph was dated April 3, 1936. The interesting aspect of this photograph no only the crowd, but the parents that brought chilsre, in particular notice the babby buggies.

Photography is HBC's primary source. School photography is very important, but there are many other important sdources of photograophic evidene outside of school such as images from parks, vacations, families, church, transport, sorts events, or other popular gatherings especially in the cities which also provide a range of sociological and historical insights. The early-30s were dominatedv by the Great Depression and unemployment. Britian was adversely impacted, but not as much as America and Germany. And Britain recovered faster than America and avoided the nightmasrish turn of the Germans. This was in large measures to because of the policies pursued by the Government. The national conversation began to change drmatically in the late-30 as Hitler began to unveil his agressive agenda, especially after the Munich Conference (September 1938). This would have a huge impact on British children. After Hitler and Stalin launched World War II by invading Poland (September 1939), a major effort was launced to evacuate children from London and other cities out of fear of German bombing. That bombing was to come, only not in 1939. It would begin in 1940 with the Blitz and the Battle of Britain The War itself would be fought mostly in the 1940s. The war and the dislocationn and rationing that came with it would greatly affect British life.

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