B/W print; Holborn Viaduct taken from the end section of High Holborn by Topical Press, Apr 1923
Main details
| Reference number | 1999/21652 |
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| Description | Holborn Viaduct taken from the end section of High Holborn, with Brooke Street to the left and Furnival Street (not in picture) to the right. View shows assorted traffic in the road (horse-drawn wagons, man wheeling barrow etc) and shop fronts lining the road on both sides. A statue of a the First World War soldier is mounted on a platform in the centre of the road. |
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| Dates | Apr 1923 |
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| Photograph number | U1804 |
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| Completeness | 72% |
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Physical description
Item content Attribute Value Annotation HOLBORN BARS, LOOKING EAST, 1923.
Showing, right, the new Prudential Building (on site of Furnival's Inn and Ridler's Hotel), by Sir Alfred and Paul Waterhouse, 1897-1901 - the Brooke St section, by Sir Alfred, was built in 1879; and Gamage's buildings; and left, Buchanan's building, on site of the Black Swan Distillery. The memorial of the Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) in the foreground was erected 1922, from designs by Alfred Toft. Originally it was disfigured by an arc lamp standard immediately in front of it - the writer took the initiative in having this removed.
Photograph (taken April, 1923) by Topical Press. Underground copyright.Design Attribute Value Shot long exterior -
People involved
Role Person(s) involved Photographer Topical Press, Apr 1923 -
Associated companies, people and places
Places Location Holborn Viaduct, City, EC1People Attribute Value People Charles White -