Men playing games of chess and draughts in the drawing room of the YMCA's Headquarters at Exeter Hall on the Strand

Date:
Jul 1907
Location:
Exeter Hall, Strand, City Of Westminster, Greater London Authority, Wc2
Reference:
BL20047
Type:
Photograph (Negative)
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Description

Exeter Hall was erected in 1829-1831 on the site of the Exeter Exchange on the Strand. The building was demolished in 1907 and its site is now occupied by the Strand Palace Hotel. This photograph was taken for the YMCA, which was founded in 1844 to provide Christian fellowship for clerks and shop assistants, but quickly expanded to serve a much wider public. The Bedford Lemere daybook records that the photograph was commissioned by a 'Putterill - Sec-y' on behalf of the YMCA, which may refer to a secretary with the surname Putterill, but this cannot be confirmed.

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

Photographer: Lemere, Henry Bedford: Bedford Lemere And Company

Keywords

Drawing Room, Christian Association Hostel, Leisure And Recreation