B/W print; Victory Celebrations outside Royal Albert Hall, 1919
Main details
| Reference number | 2002/9548 |
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| Description | Underground Group staff arrive at the Royal Albert Hall for the Victory Celebrations in June 1919, following the end of World War One. A man is wearing his Scottish regimental bonnet. The staff are being cheered and waved at by onlookers lining the street. The buses belong to the London General Omnibus Company. Some of the men on the buses are using crutches, perhaps because they were wounded in action. These men would have been among the 15,000 troops that marched on the Victory Parade watched by hundreds of thousands of people. Many of the onlookers came from outside London and had spent a night in the capital's parks and streets to be sure of a good vantage point. |
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| Dates | Jun 1919 |
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| Photograph number | ww1-8 |
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| Completeness | 72% |
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Physical description
Dimensions Attribute Value Descriptive size 8x6insItem content Attribute Value Text Advert on bus: Heinz Spaghetti
Advert on bus: The Empire Leicester Square. We're All In It
Advert on bus: Pears
Advert on bus: Ask for Claymore Whisky
Advert on bus: Lea & PerrinsSign: Liverpool Street 9 Barnes
Sign: Is it safe?
Sign: Look before you leap
Sign: Hammersmith Broadway Station
Sign: Bank - Charing + - Piccadilly Circus - Kensington - HammersmithDesign Attribute Value Shot Medium exterior -
People involved
Role Person(s) involved Photographer unknown, Jun 1919 -
Associated companies, people and places
Places Borough Kensington and Chelsea,Location Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Gore, London, SW7