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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.

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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.

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List of file classifications from London County Council. The lists consist of: index to planning technique files, planning technique files: new town files, planning technique files: miscellaneous , local authority files, library cuttings files and a set of rules for the map library.

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Percy Johnson-Marshall's file of memoranda issued by the London County Council's Architect's Department to the Town Planning Division during his employment there. These memoranda cover a number of professional issues which staff needed to be kept abreast of including standards, procedures and the work of other divisions of the council.

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4 house type manuals from London County Council Architect's Department Town Planning Division and Housing Division. These show floor plans for the standard house types which London County Council built during the 1950s.

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File of research materials kept by Percy Johnson-Marshall while employed in London County Council Architect's Department. The file contains papers and research notes on a number of planning methodologies including, daylight, building density, development in central London, child population statistics and planning controls.

In addition the file contains related typescript notes of visits, meetings and talks, memoranda on departmental procedures and notes on legislative change.

Scope and Contents File of sample forms and notifications, for enforcement of various planning legislation, used by London County Council's Architect's Department. These forms cover the following legislation London Buildings Acts, 1930-1939 Restriction of Ribbon Development (Provision of Means of Entrance and Egress to Buildings) London Order, 1936 Thermal Insulation (Industrial Buildings)...

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Percy Johnson-Marshall's incomplete file of Town and Country Planning Act, 1947 and Town and Country Planning Act, 1959 circulars published by Her Majesty's Stationary Office during his employment at London County Council. In addition there is a minute of evidence from the Royal Commission on Local Government in Greater London.

Scope and Contents File of printed articles relating to architecture and London County Council housing developments. The majority of the articles are reprints from architectural journals in the 1950s. There are a few press-clippings relating to architectural developments. There are also some typescript and manuscript notes by Percy Johnson-Marshall concerning a proposed article for the Town and Planning Association Journal , and a list of dissemination...

Scope and Contents Internal telephone directories for London County Council Architect's Department. These include full department lists, general division lists and town Planning Division North East Group and Reconstruction Areas Group lists. There are also 2 clippings from the Architect's Journal, ( August 1956) which comprise a glossary to abbreviations in Government departments, societies and committees relating to the...