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Bronze Sphinx flanking the Obelisk
Photographer: Michael Herrick
Taken: April 30, 2018
Caption: Bronze Sphinx flanking the Obelisk
Additional Description:
( plaque below the right hand sphinx )
The scars that disfigure the pedestal of the obelisk, the bases of the sphinxes, and the right hand sphinx, were caused by fragments of a bomb dropped in the roadway close to this spot, in the first raid on London by German aeroplanes a few minutes before midnight on Tuesday 4th September 1917
Submitted: May 30, 2018, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut.
Database Locator Identification Number: p428204
File Size: 0.390 Megabytes

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