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Oxford Street, December 1939 (photo: Walter Bellamy/London Express/Getty Images)

The vast archives of Getty Images are being showcased in an exhibition portraying London over the last century or so. Here, Oxford Street is seen in the blackout, December 1939. Wiggly lines show the passage of pedestrians holding torches.

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