Title

'Over Olympia and the Headquarters of the Post Office Savings Bank', c1935. Creator: Surrey Flying Services.

Caption

'Over Olympia and the Headquarters of the Post Office Savings Bank', c1935. Aerial view of the exhibition halls at Olympia in west London, with the tube station in front. The Post Office Savings Bank building, known as Blythe House, was built between 1899 and 1903. It has since been used as storage by the Victoria & Albert Museum (V&A), the Science Museum and the British Museum. It is seen here just behind the arched roof of Olympia, built in 1886. From "Wonderful London, Volume 2", edited by Arthur St John Adcock. [The Fleetway House, London, c1935]
The Print Collector collection

Date

1935

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19D54_273

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

58,9Mb (3,2Mb) / 18,3in x 12,5in / 5493 x 3751 (300dpi)

Keywords

transport transportation building buildings London England bank finance British railway station cityscape railway line Olympia underground station century railway tracks Britain train track railway track thirties train tracks United Kingdom B&W aerial view MONOCHROME publication bird's eye view black & white black and white B W 1930s 20th century Kensington Kensington and Chelsea tube station The Print Collector exhibition hall Post Office Savings Bank street plan TGN Wonderful London photograph landscape panorama John Arthur St John Adcock Adcock John Adcock Surrey Flying Services Arthur St John Blythe House Arthur St John Adcock photograph landscape panorama