Caption

Two bronze plaques on Portugal Street mark the former head office of W H Smith and Son, which occupied the building from 1920 to 1976. A lower plaque records that shrapnel damage on the upper sign came from a German bomb during an air raid on 10 October 1940. London, England, United Kingdom

Date

Jul 14, 2026

Credit line

Photo12/ImageBROKER/David Rowland

Reference

BRK26I79_052

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

92.5Mb (30.8Mb) / 15.5in x 23.2in / 4645 x 6964 (300dpi)

Keywords

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