B/W print; Golders Green Crossroads before the Underground, by E W Shroeder, 1904
Main details
| Reference number | 1999/20099 |
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| Description | Site of Golders Green Underground station taken in 1904, before construction and development of the area. The view looks north-east along Finchley Road (Charles White album says Regent's Park Road), at the time a dirt road (foreground centre to background left) forming a crossroads at the intersection of Golders Green Road (left) and North End Road (right). A signboard in front of a dilapidated building (mid/ground right), marks the site of the station. A lamppost, bench and partly legible sign stating: 'Building Estates - Edward Howard', stand at the crossroads. The square tower of Goldres Green Crematorium stands in the middle distance surrounded by open fields. |
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| Dates | 1904 |
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| Photograph number | U4950 |
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| Completeness | 74% |
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Physical description
Dimensions Attribute Value Height mmWidth mmItem content Attribute Value Annotation GOLDER'S GREEN IN 1904. LOOKING NORTH-EAST FROM THE REGENT'S PARK ROAD.
On right is North End Lane, with the site of the Underground station; on left the beginning of the Golder's Green Road, leading to Burroughes and Hendon. In middle distance is the Crematorium, with the fields that were to be covered with the houses of the Garden Suburb - a home for the living about the resting-place of the dead.
Photograph supplied by E W Shroeder, of Child's Hill Post Office, December, 1922. Underground have right of reproduction; but any further prints required must be obtained from Mr Shroeder.Design Attribute Value Shot long exterior -
People involved
Role Person(s) involved Photographer E W Shroeder, 1904 -
Associated companies, people and places
Places Borough Barnet,Location Golder's Green, NW11People Attribute Value People Charles White -