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FOUNDATION CEREMONY, JAMES WALKER LTD, STREATHAM HIGH ROAD

FOUNDATION CEREMONY, JAMES WALKER LTD, STREATHAM HIGH ROAD

Ceremony to lay the cornerstone of Century House, 245 Streatham High Road, performed by Sidney Sanders (4th from left with presentation trowel). The building was the headquarters and workshops of James Walker Goldsmith and Silversmith Ltd. The firm was originally established in 1823, but considerably expanded by Sidney Sanders from 1920 onwards into the second largest multiple retailer of jewellery and silverware in Britain. The business was taken over by H.Samuel in April 1984 and subsequently closed down.From the James Walker Collection.
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Collection:James Walker
Image type:Photograph
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Ref:07185
Identifier:SP/14/41.FAW.I
Date:1938

#1926 - 1950  #BUILDINGS / ARCHITECTURE  #James Walker  #Photograph  #SANDERS- Sidney  #STREATHAM CENTRAL