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British Embassy in Berlin P_D00307_003

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. Ante-room and doorway into the drawing room, photographed in 1939 before the outbreak of war. The building was demolished in 1950

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British Embassy in Paris P_D00634_015

British Embassy (Hotel De Charost), 39 Rue De Fauborg Saint Honore, Paris, France. Looking along the gallery beside the ballroom at the Hotel de Charost, the British Ambassador's residence in Paris. Photographed in 1964 for the Ministry of Public Building and Works

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