Postcard; Covent Garden Market, circa 1905
Main details
| Reference number | 2004/12454 |
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| Description | This colour photographic postcard shows Covent Garden market, with Henrietta Street leading off the square in the distance. The Piazza is filled with people, and delivery carts full of crates and baskets. Covent Garden fruit and vegetable market, which dominated the area and occupied much of the Piazza, was at one time the largest in England. During the 1970s, the market moved to its present site at Nine Elms in south London. |
| Dates | circa 1905 |
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| Completeness | 61% |
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Physical description
Dimensions Attribute Value Height 88mmWidth 139mmItem content Attribute Value Text Covent Garden Market, London -
People involved
Role Person(s) involved Publisher , circa 1905 -
Associated companies, people and places
Places Borough City of Westminster,