A detail view of a doorway in the Grand Ballroom at the Hotel Metropole, used for state banquets and balls since the hotel's opening in 1885

Date:
Oct 1921
Location:
Hotel Metropole, Northumberland Avenue, City Of Westminster, Greater London Authority, Sw1
Reference:
BL25842
Type:
Photograph (Negative)
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Description

The Hotel Metropole opened in 1885 as a high class hotel and became a popular venue for banquets, balls and dinner parties. This photograph was commissioned by Harrods department store who furnished several of the rooms for the hotel's re-opening in 1921 after its requisition by the government during World War One.

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

Doorway, Ballroom, Victorian Grand Hotel