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rustyruth
rustyruth
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Posted at 12:35 on 24th May 2014
David Burnett
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Dave John
Dave John
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Posted at 13:10 on 24th May 2014
Not yet Ruth. Right continent though!!
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rustyruth
rustyruth
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Posted at 13:33 on 24th May 2014
Ah, that's something Smile
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rustyruth
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Posted at 13:37 on 24th May 2014
Dorothea Lange ?
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Dave John
Dave John
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Posted at 13:43 on 24th May 2014
No, we already had her a few months agoSmile
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rustyruth
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Posted at 14:32 on 24th May 2014
I thought we had but I wasn't sure.
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rustyruth
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Posted at 14:34 on 24th May 2014
Lets try Margaret Bourke-White, she has a few firsts to her name. Or have we had her too Undecided
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Dave John
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Posted at 14:40 on 24th May 2014

That's the lady Ruth, well done

First outside photographer allowed to photograph Russian Industry

First female war photographer, allowed in combat zones

First female photographer with LIFE magazine

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rustyruth
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Posted at 15:22 on 24th May 2014
Thanks Dave, got there in the end, now I need to have a think Smile
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rustyruth
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Posted at 18:05 on 24th May 2014

Here we go then Smile

Work began on me in May 1940 and was completed in September 1944. I was not officially opened until May 1945, four days after the end of WWII.

What am I, where am I, and what was the initial reason for my construction ? 

 

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