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.