B/W print; The north side of Piccadilly, by Hyde Park Corner, in 1903, 1903

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Reference number	1998/86181
Description	The north side of Piccadilly, by Hyde Park Corner, in 1903. Street scene showing the screen, Aspley House, Grosvenor Place and horse buses. The flower seller to the left of the shot apparently moved on when the motor-buses commenced serving this route.
Photographer	unknown
Dates	1903
Collection	Photographs
Object type	B/w print
Photograph number	U54325
Location	Acton Depot
Topics	Streets and buildings
Completeness	73% 73% ?

• Physical description

  Item content

  Attribute	Value
  Text	Advert: Old Gold Cigarettes Advert: Quaker Oats Advert: Bovril Advert: Nestles Milk Advert: Hippodrome
  Annotation	PICCADILLY: THE NORTH SIDE, BY HYDE PARK CORNER, 1903. THE SCREEN. This was erected by Decimus Burton in 1828; the frieze of the central entablature is copied from the frieze of the Parthenon. APSLEY HOUSE. This was originally a red brick mansion, designed by the Adam brothers for Lord Chancellor Apsley. It was faced with stone and the portico added in 1828-29, by Wyatville (? Samuel Wyatt and his brother), when the mansion was occupied by the Duke of Wellington, who had acquired it from his brother, the Marquess Wellesley. GROSVENOR PLACE. The western edge of the refuge marks the original alignment of the Green Park side of Grosvenor Place, which was set back when the Wellington Arch was moved to its present site in the 'eighties. THE HORSE OMNIBUSES. The "Putney White," the "Hammersmith Red," and the "Favorite" were services already existing when the L.G.O.C. began operating in the 'fifties. The King's Cross and Victoria service went via Leicester Square and Long Acre. Note the flower-seller on the kerb - she shifted when the motor-buses came along. Origin of photograph unknown.

  Design

  Attribute	Value
  Shot	Wide exterior

• People involved

  Role	Person(s) involved
  Photographer	unknown, 1903
  Copied by	Topical Press, Jan 1953 Dr Heinz Zinram or R F Hartman, Colin Tait, 1979

• Associated companies, people and places

  Places

  Location	Piccadilly, Westminster, W1

  People

  Attribute	Value
  People	Charles White -