Panoramas of lost London : work, wealth, poverty & change, 1870-1945 / Philip Davies ; foreword by Dan Cruickshank.

"This spectacular book reproduces historic photographs commissioned by the London County Council--many of them in the early days of photography--to capture individual buildings and streets that, along with entire neighbourhoods, were on the threshold of redevelopment. Enlarging over 180 of the phot...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Davies, Philip (Philip H.)
Corporate Authors: London Metropolitan Archives
English Heritage
Language:English
Published: Croxley Green, Hertfordshire, UK : Transatlantic Press, 2011.
Subjects:
Historic buildings > England > London > History > 19th century > Pictorial works.
Historic buildings > England > London > History > 20th century > Pictorial works.
London (England) > History > 1800-1950 > Pictorial works.
Genre:
Pictorial works.
Physical Description:320 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 30 x 38 cm
Format: Book
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Summary:
"This spectacular book reproduces historic photographs commissioned by the London County Council--many of them in the early days of photography--to capture individual buildings and streets that, along with entire neighbourhoods, were on the threshold of redevelopment. Enlarging over 180 of the photographs found in Lost London and with more than 100 previously unseen images, this new larger, landscape-format book provides readers with a wealth of hidden detail in these historic pictures..."--Jacket.
Note:Majority of photographs taken from the collections of the London Region of English Heritage or the London Metropolitan Archives.
Call Number:DA684 .D383 2011
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781566490153
1566490154
9781907176722 (hbk)
1907176721 (hbk)
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