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Title:
Daily Herald Photograph: Steeplejack repairing the Albert Memorial
Object name(s):
photographic print; photographic print
Brief description:
One photograph of steeplejacks working on the lightening conductor of the Albert Memorial. Caption on back reads: 'Working on a lofty perch. With the Royal Albert Hall providing a background, Mr A. Barrett, the clerk of works, examines a lightning conductor on the top of one of the columns of the Albert Memorial which is now encased in scaffolding while the work of repair and restoration goes on'.
Collection:
Science Museum Group
Material:
paper
Object name:
photographic print; photographic print
Object production date:
Date - earliest / single:
1954
Date - latest:
1954
Object production date:
Date - association:
made
Date - earliest / single:
1954
Date - latest:
1954
Object production person:
Central Press Photos Ltd
Object production place:
London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Other number:
1983-5236/46996
Other number type:
accession number
Responsible department/section:
NSMM - Photographs

Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/b462ef64-342e-35e9-ad25-c81676687c45

Use licence for this record: CC BY

Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/b462ef64-342e-35e9-ad25-c81676687c45, Science Museum Group, CC BY

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