The Daily Mail has an article with some interesting old photos of London and beyond.
I was intrigued by the Kodak shop, which the Mail says is in Clerkenwell: but where? According to Nachphoto, it’s Kodak’s head office, in Clerkenwell Road, and the photo was taken in 1902.
The building was designed by George Walton, a Glaswegian designer and architect who came to London in 1897. Examples of his furniture are here. There’s a photo of the interior here, when it was Head Office of the Eastman Photographic Materials Company, and you can certainly see Walton’s style.
Today the site of the building is a mix of shops and cafes; Kodak has long since relocated its HQ to a tower block in Hemel Hempstead.
Meanwhile, as one of the Mail readers has spotted, even in those days they were digging up the roads…
David Mery said
Here’s a more recent view of these buildings.
On the 1902 pic, it looks like the building was facing a road where there’s now the car park that used to be a petrol station.
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bridgetfox said
Thank you to Jonathan Calder for mentioning this in his Brit blog Roundup
http://liberalengland.blogspot.com/2009/08/britblog-roundup-234-one-that-breaks.html
@AlisonW said
Actually, Kodak long ago moved out of their big tower blog in Hemel …
Andy Wild said
This one is easy. The building on the right hand side is Turnmills which hasnt changed taken from Clerkenwell Green.
http://travel.webshots.com/photo/1143921559035037512MQIfXa
ruth said
hi Bridget,
I am currently finishing a book about Holloway Road and would like to use one of your images..the hanging baskets..
I work for an arts charity called Rowan Arts.Unfortunately we have no budget to pay but we would acknowledge you…
Please phone..07958 589229
thanks!