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B/W print; traffic jam at the eastern end of Oxford Street, by Topical Press, 1923

© TfL

Main details

Main details for this item.
Reference number
1999/20037
Description
Traffic jam at the east end of Oxford Street. Tottenham Court Road Underground station is on the corner to the right of the picture. There is a long queue of buses, automobiles and vans trying to use the junction with Charing Cross Road and Tottenham Court Road. The right side of the street is very crowded (the left side cannot be seen because of the traffic). A policeman is talking to a man in a flat hat in the foreground. An LGOC K-type bus operating on route 38 is turning out of Charing Cross Road into New Oxford Street. Two B-type buses (routes 23 and 17), company unknown, are in the traffic jam.

Shop and business premises in view include Associated Coal Consumers Ltd; Pettitt's (pub); and This is the Plaice.

U1935A - similar view to U1935B.
Photographer
Dates
12 Jul 1923
Collection
Object type
  • B/w print
Photograph number
U1935A
Location
Topics
Completeness
64%
  • Physical description

    Dimensions
    AttributeValue
    Height
    mm
    Width
    mm
    Item content
    AttributeValue
    Text
    Advert: Pears Soap
    Advert: Use Lux Won't Shrink Woollens
    Advert: Black & White Scotch Whisky
    Design
    AttributeValue
    Shot
    Medium exterior
  • People involved

    RolePerson(s) involved
    Photographer
    Topical Press, 12 Jul 1923
    Copied by
    Colin Tait, 1982
  • Associated companies, people and places

    Places
    Borough
    Westminster,
    Location
    Oxford Street, Westminster, W1
    People
    AttributeValue
    People
    Charles White -