Photographs
Found in 390 Collections and/or Records:
Photographs: housing development models and archways, 1950s
3 black and white photographic prints (19cm x 25cm). Two show different unidentified architectural models for housing developments. The third shows some historic archways standing amongst rubble. These were part of the London County Council Architect's Department Collection.
Photographs: Huntingdon and Thetford, 1950s
31 black and white photographic prints (20cm x 24cm) from the London County Council Architect's Department collection. This set of photographs shows architectural models, architectural drawings and plans, and exterior views of housing estates outside the County of London. Some of these images show estates in Huntingdon and Thetford.
Photographs: London County Council schools, 1950s
42 black and white photographic prints (20cm x 24cm) from the London County Council Architect's Department collection. This set of photographs includes interior and exterior shots of schools designed by London County Council Architect's Department and photographs of architectural models of the schools prior to construction.
Photographs: miscellaneous (1), 1950s
Photographs: miscellaneous (2), 1950s
Photographs of Frederick Delius and Percy Grainger, 1927
The photographs are mounted together on a cardboard frame, and are captioned 'Delius at Grez-sur-Loing, Gordon Bryan, 1927'. One photograph shows Frederick Delius sitting in a chair in his garden, with one of his German nurse reading to him; the second photograph shows a young man in the same garden who could be Percy Grainger (Australian-born composer, arranger and pianist who was a staunch admirer of Delius); and the third is just a overall view of the garden.
Photographs of Scottish writers
The collection is composed of 6 boxes of photographs (15in. x 12in.) of Scottish writers, mostly noted as either Edinburgh or Glasgow, and dated between 1968 and 1979. The photographs include those of: Helen B. Cruickshank, Hugh MacDiarmid, Norman MacCaig, Liz Lochhead, Billy Connolly, George Mackay Brown, Hamish Henderson, and William McIlvanney.
Photographs of Stepney / Poplar: basic house layouts, 1956
3 black and white photographic prints (19cm x 24cm) showing rudimentary models of housing layouts, all with serial numbers and London County Council Architect's Department Photographic Unit stamped on reverse, and two with London County Council Press Bureau stamped on reverse.
Photographs of Stepney / Poplar: east end 1940s, 1940s
10 black and white prints (max 14.5cm x 22cm, min 11cm x 16cm) of the Poplar area in the 1940s. The location of some of the photographs is indicated on the rear. Most show individual buildings or streets, while the rest show bomb damaged and derelict sites.