Sujet

Shot Tower, gates with sphinxes, and milk cart, Belvedere Road, Lambeth, London, 1930. Artist: Unknown.

Légende

Shot Tower, gates with sphinxes, and milk cart, 63 Belvedere Road, Lambeth, London, 1930. A man with a hand-drawn milk cart waits in front of a gateway with sphinxes on the posts, leading into a yard. Beyond is the Shot Tower, used for making lead shot by dropping molten lead into containers of liquid. It was used during the Festival of Britain to project messages to the Moon.

Date

1930

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/City of London : The London Archives

Notre référence

HRM19B05_134

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

27,2Mo (1,1Mo) / 29,1cm x 23,5cm / 3432 x 2772 (300dpi)

Mots clés

transport transportation road building buildings London England drink people male job man men waiting landmark architecture street tower guy occupation lane avenue cart courtyard gateway entrance gate location century milk profession cobbled thirties Sphinx concept B&W cobblestone MONOCHROME milkman milk churn cobblestones road Transport Council black & white black and white B W 1930s 20th century Lambeth Guildhall Library & Art Gallery Belvedere Road gate pier gatepost Greater London Council London County Council milk cart milk float milk seller Shot Tower TGN photograph GLC Unknown LCC