B/W print; View of the Quadrant in Regent Street by London Stereoscopic and Photographic Company, 1886

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Reference number	1998/85418
Description	View of the Quadrant in Regent Street, looking west, and showing the central portion at the "turn" in 1886. White comments on the fashions of the ladies and on the shop front windows that were characteristic of the period when the photograph was taken. There are examples of garden seat horse buses in the foreground of the shot. There are also some men wearing boards advertising "Salutaris Pure distilled water".
Photographer	London Stereoscopic and Photographic Company
Dates	1886
Collection	Photographs
Object type	B/w print
Photograph number	Ukn
Location	Acton Depot
Topics	Streets and buildings
Completeness	73% 73% ?

• Physical description

  Item content

  Attribute	Value
  Text	Bus: London General Omnibus Company Maida Vale and Marble Arch Advert: Pears' Soap Sandwich board: Salutaris Pure Distilled Water Aerated Shop blind: Randall's Shop blind: Clements Building: Charles Packer, Goldsmiths
  Annotation	REGENT ST.: THE QUADRANT, LOOKING WEST, SHOWING THE CENTRAL PORTION, AT THE "TURN." 1886. Note the windows of Packer's, the Goldsmiths - small-paned and characteristic of the shop windows of the period; and the costumes of the ladies on the right. Photographs (supplied Feb., 1923) by London Stereoscopic Co.

  Design

  Attribute	Value
  Shot	Wide exterior

• People involved

  Role	Person(s) involved
  Photographer	London Stereoscopic and Photographic Company, 1886
  Copied by	Dr Heinz Zinram, Colin Tait, 1974

• Associated companies, people and places

  Places

  Location	Regent Street, Westminster, W1

  People

  Attribute	Value
  People	Charles White -