Scope and Contents Photographs of London County Council Comprehensive development Area no 2: Stepney / Poplar: east end 1940s, (1940s) east end after reconstruction, (c1955-1961) aerial views, (1937-1951) basic house layouts, (1956) London County Council Housing Department visit, (c1958) historic map of the area, (1950s) ...

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Oblique and vertical aerial black and white photographic prints of the Stepney / Poplar area of London. The vertical photographs (20cm x 24cm) were taken between 1945-1947 and are all stamped London County Council Architect's Department Town Planning Division on the reverse. The oblique photographs (max 30cm x 38cm, min 12cm x 16cm) are by Aerofilms Ltd and show the area before and after reconstruction following the aerial bombing of the area during World War II.

Scope and Contents File of papers and photographs relating to the development of the St Anne's Neighbourhood housing scheme in Stepney. This was Neighbourhood Number 4a of the London County Council Comprehensive Development Area no 2: Stepney / Poplar. The black and white photographic prints consist of: 1 print (15cm x 20cm) showing the official naming ceremony for the development on 28 February 1956; 9 prints of a large scale architectural model for the reconstruction of the area; 3 photomontages...