View of the entrance front of the Peoples' Palace, seen from the quadrangle

Date:
10 Sept 1891
Location:
Peoples' Palace, Mile End Road, Tower Hamlets, Greater London Authority, E1
Reference:
BL11082
Type:
Photograph (Negative)
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Description

The Palace was established to provide 'intellectual improvement and rational recreation' for the people of East London. The architect was E R Robson and the building was constructed in stages between 1886 and 1892.

Content

This is part of the Series: HBL01/01 Series Of Photographic Negatives And Prints; within the Collection: HBL01 The Bedford Lemere Collection

Rights

Source: Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Architect: Robson, Edward Robert

Photographer: Boucher, Adolphe Augustus: Bedford Lemere And Company

Keywords

Victorian Social Club, Victorian Institute, Victorian Working Mens Club