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In July 1947, 'The Liverpolitan' magazine stated that the Liverpool public had "discovered a man fully equipped to record their city in a way that they could recognise it. An artist who was not offering them his reaction to the place, but one who was interested in the facts themselves". This artist was Allan Peel Tankard, who produced a series of views of the city of Liverpool in the decade after World War II. They show the devastating effects of German bombing raids, particularly on the city centre, but also some of the gems of Liverpool's architecture, which survved the war only to succumb to the redevelopment plans of later years. This book celebrates Tankard's work and is illustrated with pictures from the collection in Liverpool record Office, in the Central Library, William Brown Street.
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