B/W print; View of a section of Metropolitan line platform at Moorgate station, circa 1908

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Reference number	1998/89198
Description	View of a section of Metropolitan line platform at Moorgate station, showing umbrella canopy and wooden bench seat with station name on back. Another station name sign is suspended beneath the canopy. A waiting room stands under the canopy; a woman reading a book is just visible in the interior. Two men are sitting on a bench on the right of the shot. Note the series of advertisements on the platform face for Shannon, an office equipment company.
Photographer	unknown
Dates	circa 1908
Collection	Photographs
Object type	B/w print
Photograph number	M51
Location	Acton Depot
Topics	Underground stations
Completeness	68% 68% ?

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  Descriptive size	8x6ins

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  Advert: Smoke BDV Advert: Salutaris. The ideal table water. Pure distilled aerated. Prepared by special process Advert: The panic in New York. Is London next? Advert: Glen Alva Whisky Advert: Irvines Wines Advert: Walker's Simplicity Loose-leaf Ledgers Advert: Nineteenth Century Building Society Advert: Office & library desks Shannon Advert: Boardroom furniture Shannon. Head office Ropemaker St London EC Advert: Modern office furniture. Shannon Advert: Pioneers of filing systems. Shannon Advert: Office planning & fitting Shannon Advert: J A & W Tharp 9 Norton Folgate Bishopsgate St E. Auctioneers Surveyors, Valuers Estate Agents. Agents Insurances. Rents collected Advert: Leytonstone...Furniture...Mahogany dining room furniture...Pianoforte in walnut case...Valuable oil paintings...J A & W Tharp. Wednesday March 25th 1908 Advert: Fulham. Stimson & Sons...Freehold ground rent £36 5s per annum. 186 North End Rd Advert: Kensington. Stimson & Sons...Freehold ground rents £18 per ann Advert: Bermondsey Brixton & Plumstead. Stimson & Sons...Freehold ground rent...Leasehold ground rents

• People involved

  Role	Person(s) involved
  Photographer	unknown, circa 1908

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  Location	Moorgate Underground station, Moorfields, City of London, EC2