Photography — 1956-04
A designated 'play street' clear of traffic
A designated 'play street' clear of traffic in Islington. The sign reads 'Play Street, Vehicles prohibited sunrise to sunset unless calling at premises in this street'. During the 1950s there were approximately 700 play streets in London but by the 1980s all of them had been given over to redevelopment.
- Category:
- Photography
- Object ID:
- HG1664/7
- Object name:
- A designated 'play street' clear of traffic
- Object type:
- Artist/Maker:
- Grant, Henry
- Related people:
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- Production date:
- 1956-04
- Material:
- cellulose acetate
- Measurements/duration:
- H 60 mm, W 61 mm (overall)
- Part of:
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- On display:
- —
- Record quality:
- 60%
- Part of this object:
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- Credit:
- Purchased with V&A Purchase Grant Fund support.
- Copyright holder:
- London Museum
- Image credit:
- © Henry Grant Collection/London Museum
- Creative commons usage:
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- License this image:
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