Victoria Embankment
Victoria Embankment
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Record No
141997
Title
Victoria Embankment
Description
View of Victoria Embankment, Westminster. The buildings shown, between Savoy Street on the left and the entrance to the Kingsway Tram Tunnel which opened in 1906 on the right, were demolished in the late 1930s during the rebuilding of Waterloo Bridge. The two-storey building, built of worked stone and with a parapet, has two arches containing a complex arrangement of windows and ornate railings at ground level. It was home to 'Toler Brothers Ltd, Wholesale Newsagents and Stationers'. On the left is one of the company's horse-drawn wagons with posters advertising 'Weldon's Dressmaker' with free patterns for one penny, and the 'British and Tariff Reform Journal' with the headline 'Trifling with our Trade Interests and Prosperity'. Three figures are visible: two smartly dressed young men with caps lean casually against the building whilst to the right, by a hydrant sign, an older man in an apron and cap stands more awkwardly. There is an ornate Embankment street lamp standard with elegant 'pearl drop' light. Attached to this is an illuminated sign, 'Beware Cars Crossing', referring to trams turning across from the tunnel in front of traffic. Above it is a bracketed sign, 'Fire Alarm', with a manicle pointing to its position.
Date of execution
1909
Section
The London Archives
Collection
LCC Photograph Library
Medium
photograph
Catalogue No
SC_PHL_01_541_1552c
London picture map location
Exact
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