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    PORTRAITS OF THE PRISONERS

    Feb 11, 2020 2 minutes

    The Derby-based WW Winter ( ) is one of the oldest photography firms in Britain, having been in operation since 1852. To mark the centenary of the First World War, the WW Winter Heritage Trust launched a project to discover the story behind one of the treasures in its archive – a box of photographic negatives of German military officers held

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