Title

Construction for the Festival of Britain, London, 1951. Artist: Henry Grant

Caption

Construction for the Festival of Britain, London, 1951. Between May and September 1951 a grand exposition was held throughout Great Britain. A Festival Council brought together a team of designers, architects and builders to mastermind this exhibition, whose intention was to demonstrate all that was best about Britain at the time. The central focus was a purpose built exhibition constructed on the South Bank of the Thames in London.
Museum of London

Date

1951

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Museum of London

Reference

HRM19A84_493

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

54,0Mb (1,7Mb) / 14,4in x 14,5in / 4329 x 4360 (300dpi)

Keywords

London England people male event man men architecture metal construction steel guy big small structure girder location century framework concept B&W MONOCHROME fifties 1950s south bank Southbank black & white black and white B W 20th century Lambeth Museum of London decade Festival of Britain 1951 TGN photograph Henry Grant Grant Henry photograph