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Aerial Photographs

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = PJM

Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:

Development of Bristo Square: photographs, c1979

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Identifier: PJM/PJMA/EUD/B/5.4
Scope and Contents

16 black and white photographic prints (26cm x 40cm). Some show buildings and details of buildings in London. The remainder show details of street furniture in the area which was redeveloped to make way for Bristo Square, Edinburgh. There is also a photo mosaic (11cm x 23cm) showing an oblique aerial view of the area prior to redevelopment. These photos were collected to inform the design of street furniture for the newly created Bristo Square.

Dates: c1979

General papers: photographs of Stepney / Poplar, 1940-1961

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Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/2.1.4
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) ...
Dates: 1940-1961

Photographs: miscellaneous (1), 1950s

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Identifier: PJM/LCC/G/7
Scope and Contents 33 mixed black and white photographic prints (19cm x 24cm). These consist of: 19 oblique aerial photographs of central London; a photograph of a barge; 1 photograph of an architectural model of the Hyde Park Improvement Scheme, London, 1957; 1 photograph of an architectural model of New Zealand House, London; 2 unidentified photographs of architectural models; 2 photographs of an exhibition by the Buildings Regulations Division of the London County Council Architect's Department; 1...
Dates: 1950s

Photographs of Stepney / Poplar: aerial views, 1937-1951

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Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/2.1.4c
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1937-1951

Saint Paul's Cathedral Precinct: papers and photographs, 1956-1959

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Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/1.3.1
Scope and Contents File of papers relating to the St Paul's Cathedral Precinct area of London County Council Comprehensive Redevelopment Area no 1: City of London. The papers include an academic reprint, committee reports, notes and briefs, manuscript and typescript reports on Sir William Holford's proposals for the precinct and a report by the Corporation of London Improvements and Town Planning Committee to the Court of Common Council. The file also contains photographs from an unidentified...
Dates: 1956-1959

St Anne's Neighbourhood: papers and photographs, 1955-1956

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Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/2.3.4a
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...
Dates: 1955-1956

University of Edinburgh: "An Expanding University" - exhibition of university development at Adam House, correspondence, papers and photographs, 1960-1984

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Identifier: PJM/PJMA/EUD/F/3
Scope and Contents University of Edinburgh: Permanent exhibition of university development at Adam House, correspondence, papers and photographs file consists of: correspondence including notes concerning work required to set-up the exhibition, the possibility of reinstating it and concern about its future. completed information forms concerning the buildings to be profiled in the exhibition ...
Dates: 1960-1984

University of Edinburgh Comprehensive Development Area Review - aerial photographs, c1969-c1980

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Identifier: PJM/PJMA/EUD/B/15
Scope and Contents A bundle of 7 oblique aerial photographic prints (20cm x 25cm) of central Edinburgh. 5 show the University of Edinburgh Comprehensive Development Area. One shows the St James Centre in detail, while the remainder shows an area around the city's west end. 5 of the photographs are stamped on the rear by Scotsman Publications Ltd and have their original reference number and date. The remaining 2 photographs show close up detail of George Square and Bristo Square. One of these photographs is in...
Dates: c1969-c1980

University of Edinburgh: development of miscellaneous areas, c1958-1978

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Identifier: PJM/PJMA/EUD/G
Scope and Contents

University of Edinburgh: development of miscellaneous areas consists of:


  1. plans: Peffermill playing fields (1966-1978)
  2. aerial photograph: Pollock Halls of Residence (1967)
  3. plans: Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies (c1958-1968)
Dates: c1958-1978

University of Edinburgh, King's Buildings Development: aerial photographs, 1964-1967

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Identifier: PJM/PJMA/EUD/D/2.3
Scope and Contents

A series of 14 large format black and white aerial photographic prints (maximum size 30cm x 50cm) of the University of Edinburgh King's Buildings, taken in the 1960s by a professional photographer, and purchased by Percy Johnson-Marshall (possibly on behalf of Percy Johnson-Marshall & Associates) in connection with University of Edinburgh Development work at this location.

Dates: 1964-1967