An open topped bus in London with passengers, pedestrians and motor cars.
Category
Photographs
Date
Unknown
Materials
Glass
Measurements
44 x 106 x 1 mm
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1520992.4
Summary
A gelatine silver stereoscopic glass slide for a Taxiphote viewer, depicting a London street scene with open topped bus, destination Victoria Station, Two bowler hatted figures in the foreground. Motor cars and pedestrians in the road and large multi storied buildings either side. The scene is from the early 20th century. A glass slide comprising two stereographic pictures separated by a clear glass section. The slide is unframed and unmounted. No markings.
Provenance
Part of the Fenton Collection. A gift from British Film Institute in 2017. From 1986-1999, part of BFI collection for the Museum of the Moving Image. BFI purchased collection in 1986 from James Fenton's Museum of Photography, Port Erin, Isle of Man 1976-1986