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London Metropolitan Archives

PHOTOGRAPHS OF LONDON


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0074 LMA/4202

Held at: London Metropolitan Archives

Title: PHOTOGRAPHS OF LONDON

Date(s): 1948-1981

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 0.22 linear metres

Name of creator(s): Various.

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

These 1473 photographs of London views, buildings, and sights appear to have been taken in sets relating to specific subjects during the period 1948-1981, as part of a deliberate project. Most of the photographs give descriptions on the reverse.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Photographs of London arranged in the following sets:

Railway Stations;
Greenwich and Blackheath;
Kenwood House;
London Lamp Posts;
Legal London;
Piers,
River Coast and Ships;
London Churches;
Statues of the Famous;
City of London and Southwark;
Panoramas from Monument;
Aerial Views;
River Thames and Greenwich;
London Views.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

The arrangement of the original sets has been retained in cataloguing.

Conditions governing access:

These records are available for public inspection although records containing personal information may be subject to access restrictions.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copyright to this collection rests with the City of London.

Physical characteristics:

Fit

Finding aids:

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Donated to the Archive in October 1998.

ALLIED MATERIALS

DESCRIPTION NOTES Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions: August to October 2010.


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Aerial photographs | Photographs | Visual materials
Churches | Religious buildings | Buildings | Architecture
Historic buildings | Historic properties | Immovable cultural property | Cultural property | Cultural heritage
Railway stations | Transport infrastructure
Statues | Sculptural works | Works of art | Arts
Street lighting | Street furniture | Transport infrastructure
Movable cultural property

Personal names

Corporate names

Places
London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe