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Reference Number (click to see whole series/group)15A13/1/3/2/110
Extent8 items
TitleIMAGES OF THREADNEEDLE STREET DEMOLITION AND REBUILDING: SMOKE RECORDS
Date9 Jan 1934 - 7 Apr 1934
DescriptionSet of images that appear to record the amount of smoke on the skyline as seen from the Bank and the effectiveness of the camera filter. All images have a caption under the image and a Bank of England copyright stamp and photographer's stamp on the verso.

1) HOD/1816/609A: 'Smoke record 'A' - taken 9.1.34 at 10.38AM without filter.'
2) HOD/1816/609B: 'Smoke record 'B' - taken 9.1.34 at 10.40AM with filter.'
3) HOD/1816/609C: 'Smoke record 'C' - taken 9.1.34 at 11.00AM without filter.'
4) HOD/1816/609D: 'Smoke record 'D' - taken 9.1.34 at 11.5AM with filter.'
5) HOD/1816/609E: 'Smoke record 'E' - taken 29.1.34 at 10.20AM without filter.'
6) HOD/1816/609F: 'Smoke record 'F' - taken 29.1.34 at 10.32AM with filter.'
7) HOD/1816/609G: 'Smoke record 'G' - taken 7.4.34 at 1.55PM without filter.'
8) HOD/1816/609H -'Smoke record 'H' - taken 7.4.34 at 2.0PM with filter.'
Original ReferenceHOD/1816
YearOpen2016
AuthorJoel, Humphrey
CopyrightBank of England Copyright
DimensionsAll approx. 205mm x 255mm
PhysicalDescriptionPhotographic print
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