One thousand five hundred and seventy-two predominantly film negatives of London landmarks and street scenes from the 1900s to the 1960s. The series includes a number of night scenes of floodlit buildings, some of which may have been taken on the night of V E Day in May 1945. These include Somerset House, Buckingham Palace, St Paul’s Cathedral, Westminster Abbey, the Palace of Westminster, St James’s Park, Lambeth Palace and the Tower of London. The Christmas Tree in Trafalgar Square is also shown at night.
Processions, parades and ceremonies also feature in the series. Changing the Guard, and the procession for the Silver Jubilee of George V are two which is has been possible to identify with certainty. A number of London churches are included such as St Mary-le-Strand, St Martin-in-the-Fields and St Clement Danes.
Bush House on Aldwych at various stages of its construction and the replacement of the Gaiety Theatre with English Electric House are also covered by the series.
Some images are duplicates of other negatives in the collection or were produced from prints.
Only those images which have been digitized have been catalogued.
This is part of the Collection: SAM01 Julian Joseph Samuels Collection
Photographer: J J Samuels Limited
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