Collection GB 0074 LMA/4202 - PHOTOGRAPHS OF LONDON

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0074 LMA/4202

Title

PHOTOGRAPHS OF LONDON

Date(s)

  • 1948-1981 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

0.22 linear metres

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

These 1473 photographs of London views, buildings, and sights appear to have been taken in sets relating to specific subjects during the period 1948-1981, as part of a deliberate project. Most of the photographs give descriptions on the reverse.

Archival history

GB 0074 LMA/4202 1948-1981 Collection 0.22 linear metres Various.

These 1473 photographs of London views, buildings, and sights appear to have been taken in sets relating to specific subjects during the period 1948-1981, as part of a deliberate project. Most of the photographs give descriptions on the reverse.

Donated to the Archive in October 1998.

Photographs of London arranged in the following sets:

Railway Stations;
Greenwich and Blackheath;
Kenwood House;
London Lamp Posts;
Legal London;
Piers,
River Coast and Ships;
London Churches;
Statues of the Famous;
City of London and Southwark;
Panoramas from Monument;
Aerial Views;
River Thames and Greenwich;
London Views.

The arrangement of the original sets has been retained in cataloguing.

These records are available for public inspection although records containing personal information may be subject to access restrictions.

Copyright to this collection rests with the City of London.

English

Fit

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

August to October 2010. Street furniture Street lighting Cultural heritage Cultural property Immovable cultural property Historic properties Historic buildings Architecture Buildings Religious buildings Churches Transport infrastructure Railway stations Statues Sculptural works Works of art Arts Aerial photographs Photographs Visual materials London England UK Western Europe Europe Movable cultural property

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Donated to the Archive in October 1998.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Photographs of London arranged in the following sets:

Railway Stations;
Greenwich and Blackheath;
Kenwood House;
London Lamp Posts;
Legal London;
Piers,
River Coast and Ships;
London Churches;
Statues of the Famous;
City of London and Southwark;
Panoramas from Monument;
Aerial Views;
River Thames and Greenwich;
London Views.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

The arrangement of the original sets has been retained in cataloguing.

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

These records are available for public inspection although records containing personal information may be subject to access restrictions.

Conditions governing reproduction

Copyright to this collection rests with the City of London.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

Finding aids

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

Allied materials area

Existence and location of originals

Existence and location of copies

Related units of description

Related descriptions

Notes area

Alternative identifier(s)

Access points

Place access points

Name access points

Genre access points

Description control area

Description identifier

Institution identifier

London Metropolitan Archives

Rules and/or conventions used

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Status

Level of detail

Dates of creation revision deletion

Language(s)

  • English

Script(s)

    Sources

    Accession area