The original caption reads: "Visit of Members of the Council and Executive of the Festival of Britain to the site of the 1951 Exhibition, Thames Bank, London. In the Dome of Discovery. From the left: 1) Ralph Freeman, 2) Misha Black, 3) Hugh Casson, 4) Sir Wynn Wheldon, 5) Sir Harry Lindsay, 6) Sir Alan Herbert, 7) Mrs. Jean Mann, 8) Sir Frederick Bain, 9) Lady Megan Lloyd George, 10) Sir Henry French, 11) John Ratcliff, 12) Sir Alan Barlow, 13) Cecil Cooke, 14) Gerald Barry, 15) Leonard Crainford, 16) Ralph Tubbs."
The Dome of Discovery was designed by Ralph Tubbs, shown on the far right side of this photograph. The building was a temporary structure using reinforced concrete and aluminium. At the time it was the largest aluminium structure ever erected,
This is part of the Collection: FOB01 Festival of Britain official photographs
Source: Historic England Archive
People, Construction
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