The Elephant's Rich Variety
- maker:
- Bert Hardy
Silver gelatin print by Bert Hardy, printed in 1985, titled "The Elephant's Rich Variety: Its Country Past". Originally published in Picture Post Vol. 42, No. 2, January 8, 1949. Story titled "Life in the Elephant", about everyday life in London's Elephant and Castle neighbourhood. Caption in magazine reads: "Few know the rusty-looking smithy in Burman Street. Yet 80-year-old William Surridge has been blacksmith here for half his life."
Photographer's stamp on verso.
Details
- Category:
- Photographs
- Object Number:
- 1991-5065/45
- Materials:
- paper (fibre product)
- Measurements:
-
overall: 240 mm x 202 mm
- type:
- photograph
- credit:
- National Science and Media Museum, Bradford
