The Blue Bird garage viewed from across the Kings Road, with a "Motor Spirit" tanker parked on the forecourt

Date:
1928
Location:
Blue Bird Garage, 350 Kings Road, Kensington And Chelsea, Greater London Authority, Sw3
Reference:
BL29112
Type:
Photograph (Negative)
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Description

The Blue Bird garage was Europe's largest motor garage when it opened in 1923. This photograph was taken for Walter Macfarlane & Company Ltd., architectural ironmongers.

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

Early 20th Century Garage, Early 20th Century Petrol Station, Road Transport