Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Caryll Stafford Clark; Ivy Benson NPG x198526

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Unknown photographer

In 1940 Benson formed her twenty piece 'All Girl Band' and during her career over 500 girls passed under her baton. First heard on the radio in 1943 and subsequently was made resident 'house band' by the BBC. The band appeared during World war II at Covent Garden Opera House and was invited to play in liberated Berlin in the Victory celebrations. They spent the next three years there and entertaining troops in the Middle East and Vietnam. Benson combined leading the band with playing... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.