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ELECTRIC AVENUE, BRIXTON CENTRAL

ELECTRIC AVENUE, BRIXTON CENTRAL

View looking from Brixton Road showing under cover shops on Electric Avenue with Bonanza and Parke's Drug Stores. Electric Avenue, built in 1888 with glazed canopies over both sides of the shopping street. It was the first shopping street to have electric lighting. The glazed canopies were removed in the 1970s.Linskey Postcard Collection
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Collection:Linskey Postcard Collection
Image type:Photograph
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Ref:04834
Identifier:SP340
Date:c. 1905

#1901 - 1925  #ARCHITECTURE / BUILDINGS  #BRIXTON  #Linskey Postcard Collection  #Photograph  #ROADS AND STREETS  #SHOPS AND SHOPPING