Interior view of the Boot Room at Cording and Co Ltd's workrooms at 21 Kingly Street, showing employees manufacturing Cording's famous waterproof India rubber boots using boot lasts created for individual customers

Date:
29 May 1915 - 31 May 1915
Location:
J C Cording And Co Ltd Workrooms, 21 Kingly Street, City Of Westminster, Greater London Authority, W1
Reference:
BL23018
Type:
Photograph (Negative)
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Description

This photograph was commissioned by J C Cording & Co Ltd. Cordings is an outfitting company famous for traditional British outdoors clothing and waterproof garments. Founded in 1839 by John Charles Cording with a shop at 231 Strand, the shop moved to 19 Piccadilly in 1877, where it remains today, with the workroom pictured in this image a short walk away.

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: Boucher, Adolphe Augustus: Bedford Lemere And Company

Keywords

Shoe Factory, Industrial Heritage, People At Work