B/W print; Blackfriars street scene, showing the junction of New Bridge Street and Queen Victoria Street by London Stereoscopic and Photographic Company, 1906
Main details
| Reference number | 1998/84118 |
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| Description | Blackfriars street scene, showing the junction of New Bridge Street and Queen Victoria Street. A horse bus (operating on a 'Tramway Terminus' service between King's Cross and Blackfriars, Surrey side, connecting the tramway termini at these points) and a horse-drawn wagon (stacked high with wicker baskets) occupy centre stage. A man on a bicycle passes foreground left. The facade of Blackfriars Underground station, District line (half out of frame) stands background right. |
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| Dates | 1906 |
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| Completeness | 72% |
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Physical description
Item content Attribute Value Annotation BLACKFRIARS: THE JUNCTION OF NEW BRIDGE ST WITH QUEEN VICTORIA ST, SHOWING A PORTION OF THE EXTERIOR OF THE DISTRICT RY STATION, 1906.
Prior to the formation of Queen Victoria St (as a Citywards extension of the new Embankment highway), New Bridge St was connected with Blackfriars Bridge by Chatham Place, "a pile of elegant buildings", as a London guide of 1851 puts it. Observe the omnibus - a TRAMWAY TERMINUS service, running between King's Cross and the Surreyside of Blackfriars, connecting the tramway terminals at these points.
Photograph (supplied Feb, 1923) by London Stereoscopic Co.Design Attribute Value Shot Medium exterior -
People involved
Role Person(s) involved Photographer London Stereoscopic and Photographic Company, 1906Copied by Dr Heinz Zinram,Colin Tait, 1975Colin Tait, 1982Darkroom Associates, 1991 -
Associated companies, people and places
Places Location New Bridge Street / Queen Victoria Street, City of London, EC4People Attribute Value People Charles White -