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Dorothy Gish
38 of 38 portraits by Janet Jevons
Dorothy Gish
by Janet Jevons
halftone reproduction tear sheet, published 5 June 1929
9 1/8 in. x 7 3/4 in. (231 mm x 196 mm) image size
Given by Terence Pepper, 1996
Photographs Collection
NPG x137079
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Current affairs
The first election held under universal suffrage is a victory for Labour. Ramsay Macdonald returned for his second term as Prime Minster, and appointed Margaret Grace Bondfield as the first woman Cabinet Minister.Art and science
Two classic books about the First World War are published: All Quiet on the Western Front, by war veteran, Erich Maria Remarque, tells of the horrors of war and the returning German soldiers' feelings of detachment from civilian life; while Robert Grave's autobiography Goodbye to All That, aimed to describe the author's experiences of the war so that they 'need never be thought about again'.International
The 24th October 1929 becomes known as Black Thursday when the US Stock Exchange Collapses and millions are lost. The event was the start of the Wall Street Crash, which in turn contributed towards the Great Depression: a major international recession that lasted through most of the 1930s.Comments back to top
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