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Background imageArchive Collection: British Embassy in Rome P_D00363_012

British Embassy in Rome P_D00363_012
Villa Wolkonsky, Via Ludovico Di Savoia, Rome, Italy. The British Ambassadors residence in Rome, photographed in 1958. Villa Wolkonsky was used for 25 years following destruction of the earlier

Background imageArchive Collection: British Embassy in Rome P_D00363_007

British Embassy in Rome P_D00363_007
Villa Wolkonsky, Via Ludovico Di Savoia, Rome, Italy. The British Ambassadors residence in Rome, photographed in 1958. Villa Wolkonsky was used for 25 years following destruction of the earlier

Background imageArchive Collection: British Embassy in Berlin P_D00307_004

British Embassy in Berlin P_D00307_004
British Embassy, 70 Wilhelmstrasse, Berlin. The Palais Strousberg, designed by Augustus Orth, dated from 1867-8. The British government purchased it as an Embassy in 1884

Background imageArchive Collection: Building Sizewell B JLP01_11_47189_01

Building Sizewell B JLP01_11_47189_01
Sizewell B Power Station, Leiston, Suffolk. View from a tower crane showing the John Laing construction site. Photographed in November 1990

Background imageArchive Collection: Building Sizewell B JLP01_10_49276

Building Sizewell B JLP01_10_49276
Sizewell B Power Station, Leiston, Suffolk. John Laing construction works on the reactor containment building. Photographed in April 1991

Background imageArchive Collection: Jubilee Parade TS00009

Jubilee Parade TS00009
Ock Street, Abingdon, Oxfordshire. A procession of horse-drawn floats passing along the road into the Market Place for Queen Victorias Diamond Jubilee

Background imageArchive Collection: Carnival float TS00008

Carnival float TS00008
Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire. Britannias float passing the Market Hall in the centre of Chipping Capmden during the annual Floral Festival, watched by large crowds gathered in the street

Background imageArchive Collection: Strawberry Fair TS00005

Strawberry Fair TS00005
Iffley, Oxford, Oxfordshire. A group of local children dressed in May Day costumes, posing for the camera before they start country dancing at the Strawberry Fair

Background imageArchive Collection: Kenilworth Castle EAR010875

Kenilworth Castle EAR010875
Kenilworth Castle, Warwickshire. Now in the care of English Heritage. Aerial view by Aeropictorial. Aerofilms Collection. May 1949

Background imageArchive Collection: Traffic jam EAR015159

Traffic jam EAR015159
Preston-Lancaster Road, Lancashire. A traffic jam of cars and coaches, on the road, while the adjacent railway lines are empty. Aerial view by Aeropictorial. Aerofilms Collection. July 1951

Background imageArchive Collection: Uffington, Oxfordshire BB97_11909

Uffington, Oxfordshire BB97_11909
Uffington, Oxfordshire. A family group standing outside their cottage. In the background is the frame for a lifting canal bridge

Background imageArchive Collection: Heston Airport EPR001299

Heston Airport EPR001299
Heston Aerodrome, Hounslow, London. Aerial view by Aeropictorial. Heston operated as an airport between 1929 and 1947. February 1936. Aerofilms Collection

Background imageArchive Collection: St Mary Woolnoth CC97_01237

St Mary Woolnoth CC97_01237
St Mary Woolnoth, Lombard Street, City of London. An exterior view of the west front. The church takes its name from its founder - a Saxon noble called Wulfnoth

Background imageArchive Collection: Woolworths illustration FWW01_05_01_03

Woolworths illustration FWW01_05_01_03
Liverpool store. Page three from the pamphlet Twenty Years of Progress, commemorating the Woolworths shops in England. Drawing with notes detailing the growth of Woolworths from 1909 - 1928

Background imageArchive Collection: Festival of Britain a98_06913

Festival of Britain a98_06913
Royal Festival Hall, Belvedere Road, South Bank, Lambeth, London. Exterior view of the Royal Festival Hall showing part of the main entrance front and the south wall

Background imageArchive Collection: Science Museum a093673

Science Museum a093673
Science Museum, Exhibition Road, South Kensington, London. A man and two children walk by the atomic-themed screen at the entrance to the Science Museum erected as part of the museums exhibition for

Background imageArchive Collection: Festival of Britain a001655

Festival of Britain a001655
Festival of Britain, South Bank, Lambeth, London.An exterior view showing people beside a water feature during the Festival of Britain in 1951

Background imageArchive Collection: Festival of Britain OP04516

Festival of Britain OP04516
Festival of Britain, South Bank, Lambeth, London. General view of the Festival of Britain South Bank site from County Hall. Photographed in April 1951

Background imageArchive Collection: Festival of Britain OP04514

Festival of Britain OP04514
Festival of Britain, South Bank, Lambeth, London. Exterior view of the Thameside Restaurant at the Festival of Britain. Photographed in June 1951

Background imageArchive Collection: Festival of Britain OP04513

Festival of Britain OP04513
Festival of Britain, South Bank, Lambeth, London. Exterior view of the Homes and Gardens Pavilion at the Festival of Britain, with part of the Television Display on the right. Photographed in May 1951

Background imageArchive Collection: Festival of Britain OP04526

Festival of Britain OP04526
Festival of Britain, South Bank, Lambeth, London. The New School Pavilion adjoining the Waterloo Bridge Gate. Photographed in 1951

Background imageArchive Collection: Festival of Britain OP04525

Festival of Britain OP04525
Festival of Britain, South Bank, Lambeth, London. The Homes and Gardens Pavilion, with The Englishmans Home, a mural by John Piper on the southern facade. Photographed in 1951

Background imageArchive Collection: Festival of Britain OP04519

Festival of Britain OP04519
Festival of Britain, South Bank, Lambeth, London. Portrait of Ralph Tubbs, Hugh Casson, James Holland and James Gardner discussing plans

Background imageArchive Collection: Festival of Britain OP04518

Festival of Britain OP04518
Festival of Britain, South Bank, Lambeth, London. The Dome of Discovery exhibition pavilion designed by Ralph Tubb, under construction. Photographed in 1950

Background imageArchive Collection: Festival of Britain a51_06175

Festival of Britain a51_06175
Festival of Britain, South Bank, Lambeth, London. A woman seated on a deck chair in front of the Homes and Gardens pavilion at the South Bank Exhibition during the Festival of Britain

Background imageArchive Collection: Festival of Britain a51_06173

Festival of Britain a51_06173
Festival of Britain, South Bank, Lambeth, London. The entrance to the Downstream section of the South Bank Exhibition site during the Festival of Britain with the sculpture of Orpheus by Heinz

Background imageArchive Collection: Festival of Britain a51_07972

Festival of Britain a51_07972
Festival of Britain, South Bank, Lambeth, London. Richard Huws mobile water sculpture exhibited on the South Bank Exhibition site during the Festival of Britain. Photographed by M W Parry in 1951

Background imageArchive Collection: Festival of Britain a51_06891

Festival of Britain a51_06891
Festival of Britain, South Bank, Lambeth, London. Richard Huwss sculpture Water Mobile on the South Bank Exhibition site during the Festival of Britain. Photographed by M W Parry in 1951

Background imageArchive Collection: Festival of Britain a51_06890

Festival of Britain a51_06890
Festival of Britain, South Bank, Lambeth, London. Richard Huwss sculpture Water Mobile on the South Bank Exhibition site during the Festival of Britain. Photographed by M W Parry in 1951

Background imageArchive Collection: Festival of Britain a51_06888

Festival of Britain a51_06888
Festival of Britain, South Bank, Lambeth, London. Daphne Hardys sculpture Youth exhibited in the garden of 51 Bar on the South Bank Exhibition site during the Festival of Britain

Background imageArchive Collection: Festival of Britain a51_06867

Festival of Britain a51_06867
Festival of Britain, South Bank, Lambeth, London. The Royal Festival Hall viewed from the platform of the Lion and Unicorn Pavilion at the South Bank Exhibition site during the Festival of Britain

Background imageArchive Collection: Festival of Britain a51_06850

Festival of Britain a51_06850
Festival of Britain, South Bank, Lambeth, London. Inside the Viewing Tower with a hanging mobile by Lynn Chadwick at the South Bank Exhibition site during the Festival of Britain

Background imageArchive Collection: Mathews - female nude OP32776

Mathews - female nude OP32776
Festival of Britain 1951. Lambeth, London. A plaster figure of a female nude by John Mathews, outside the Homes and Gardens Pavilion at the South Bank Exhibition site. Photographed in June 1951

Background imageArchive Collection: Jonzen - female nude OP32775

Jonzen - female nude OP32775
Festival of Britain 1951. Lambeth, London. A sculpture of a female nude by Karin Jonzen, located at the end of Waterways, South Bank Exhibition site. Photographed in August 1951

Background imageArchive Collection: London Pride a51_06866

London Pride a51_06866
Festival of Britain 1951, Lambeth, London. The sculpture London Pride by Frank Dobson at the South Bank Exhibition site. Photographed by M W Parry

Background imageArchive Collection: The Sunbathers a51_06841

The Sunbathers a51_06841
Festival of Britain 1951, Lambeth, London. The Sunbathers. Sculpture of a man and woman holding hands by Peter Laszlo Peri on the north wall of the Station Gate of the South Bank Exhibition site

Background imageArchive Collection: Ehrlich - reclining boy OP32777

Ehrlich - reclining boy OP32777
Festival of Britain 1951. Lambeth, London. A statue of a reclining boy by George Ehrlich in the Dome of Discovery at the South Bank Exhibition site. Photographed in July 1951

Background imageArchive Collection: Showroom Dummies JLP01_08_079174

Showroom Dummies JLP01_08_079174
Woolco, Allensway, Thornaby, Stockton-On-Tees. The womens clothing department at the new Woolco department store in Thornaby with coats and dresses displayed on mannequins. 19th August 1968

Background imageArchive Collection: Rievaulx Abbey OP07620

Rievaulx Abbey OP07620
Rievaulx Abbey, North Yorkshire, 1850-'1910. Unknown photographer, albumen print. The ruins of Rievaulx Abbey, the first Cistercian abbey in the north of England

Background imageArchive Collection: Bossington OP01574

Bossington OP01574
Bossington, Somerset, 1890-'1910. Unknown photographer, probably Sir Henry Churchill Maxwell Lyte (1848-'1940), platinum print

Background imageArchive Collection: Shoreham Cement Works JLP01_01_028_017

Shoreham Cement Works JLP01_01_028_017
Shoreham Cement Works, Upper Beeding, West Sussex, 9 August 1950. John Laing plc, silver gelatin DOP (developing out paper) print

Background imageArchive Collection: Diamond Jubilee Procession DD97_00473

Diamond Jubilee Procession DD97_00473
Queen Victorias Diamond Jubilee Procession, Green Park Arch, London, 22 June 1897. York & Son silver gelatin DOP (developing out paper) print

Background imageArchive Collection: North aisle of Westminster Abbey AL2028_014_01

North aisle of Westminster Abbey AL2028_014_01
The north aisle of Westminster Abbey, London. Victor Albert Proutas album of photographs. The interior of the Abbey of Westminster was published in 1860

Background imageArchive Collection: Mersey Tunnel AL1908_036_01

Mersey Tunnel AL1908_036_01
The Mersey Tunnel, Liverpool, 17 July 1934. Stewart Bale Ltd was commissioned as official photographer to record the construction of the first Mersey road tunnel, known as Queensway

Background imageArchive Collection: Oxford Arms Inn AL1827_006_01

Oxford Arms Inn AL1827_006_01
Oxford Arms Inn, Oxford Arms Passage, Warwick Lane, City of London. Alfred and John Bool (1850-'1933) of Pimlico photographed the Oxford Arms Inn

Background imageArchive Collection: Crypt Hythe Church AL0196_007_02

Crypt Hythe Church AL0196_007_02
St Leonards Church, Hythe, Kent. This image shows the ossuary, or bone store, in the vaulted ambulatory beneath the chancel of St Leonards Church

Background imageArchive Collection: Embassy in Stockholm P_D00377_008

Embassy in Stockholm P_D00377_008
British Ambassadors Residence, Stockholm, Sweden. Photographed in 1958

Background imageArchive Collection: Moat Hall Parham MD41_00045

Moat Hall Parham MD41_00045
Moat Hall, Parham, Suffolk. A view from the north-west. Pencil drawing by Charles Bannerman Phillips dated 1913



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