People Gallery

Unveiling the Cenotaph SAM01/02/0074

The unveiling ceremony of the Cenotaph on Whitehall, Westminster, Greater London. The Cenotaph was unveiled on Armistice Day, 11 November, 1920 by King George V. He is shown in this photograph to the right of the Cenotaph, having just pushed the button which caused the two Union Jack flags to fall (they can be seen at the base of the memorial). The memorial to the war dead was constructed by Sir Edward Lutyens in 1919-20. From the Julian Joseph Samuels collection

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Uffington, Oxfordshire BB97_11909

Uffington, Oxfordshire. A family group standing outside their cottage. In the background is the frame for a lifting canal bridge. The canal, which ran from Semington to Abingdon, was in use from 1810 until 1914. canal bridge. Photographed by Frederick Ault in 1916. Part of the Henry Taunt collection

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Great George Street, Westminster OWS01_10_160

Construction of the New Government Offices, Great George Street, Westminster, London, 24 September 1902. S B Bolas & Co, silver gelatin DOP (developing out paper) print. Work stops for a few moments during the building of New Government Offices, later HM Treasury. These buildings, designed by J M Brydon and Sir Henry Tanner of the Office of Works, were constructed in two phases, and were not completed until 1915. In the background is the previous generation of government offices by Sir George Gilbert Scott and Matthew Digby Wyatt built between 1861 and 1873. The architectural photography firm S B Bolas & Co took this photograph, and secured several other government contracts to record new buildings and temporary structures

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