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City Square, original construction

1897. View showing City Square being laid out, taken from the roof of the old Post Office building on Park Row. City Square was first conceived of after Leeds was given City statu...

Central Library, Library of Commerce, Science and Technology

Undated. View shows the Commercial and Technical Library when situated in the Tiled Hall on the ground floor of the Central Library. It was possibly taken around the time of the o...

Central Library, Reference Library

March 1967. View shows the Reference department of Leeds Central Library situated in the Municipal Buildings. This is the main reading room area where the centre space is occupied...

Central Library, Reference Library

March 1963. View shows the Reference department of Leeds Central Library, situated in the Municipal Buildings. Tables are crowded with people studying. The entrance to the departm...

Central Library, Reference Library

March 1963. View shows the Reference department of Leeds Central Library in the Municipal Buildings. This room to the side of the main reference space appears to have been the cou...

Wade Lane, Merrion Hotel

18th January 1966. View of Wade Lane showing the Merrion Hotel. The hotel was new at the time, having been opened by the Duke of Devonshire on 12th January 1966. Shop units on the...

Marlborough Towers, Duncombe Street

17th March 1966. View shows Marlborough Towers, a high-rise block of flats situated in Duncombe Street, taken in the year of its completion, 1966. The flats rise to a height of 47...

Infirmary Street, Post Office House

16th August 1966. View of Infirmary Street showing Post Office House, home to Lombard Banking Ltd. and Northern Rock Building Society, among others.

Bond Street, nos.26-27

15th November 1966. View of Bond Street showing nos.26-27, the premises of B.S. Matthews, Kell & Co. Ltd., typewriters, stationers, office equipment and supplies.

Trinity Street, from Commercial Street

1st June 1966. View looking along Trinity Street from the junction with Commercial Street. Barratt's shoe shop is on the left, in the same position it still occupies today (2011)....

Bishopgate Street, Cantral newsagents

7th February 1966. View of Bishopgate Street showing the newsagent's shop of E.Cantral. Many advertisements are displayed around the shop, mostly for newspapers or cigarettes. Und...

Briggate, F.W. Woolworth & Co. Ltd.

27th October 1965. View of Briggate showing the F.W. Woolworth & Co. Ltd. store which opened on 1st December 1928 and closed in 1987. It is now the site of House of Fraser. To the...

Alfred Street, from Boar Lane

27th May 1966. Looking along Alfred Street from Boar Lane. On the corners are Dunn & Co., hatters (left) and the National Provincial Bank (right). At the far end of Alfred Street ...

Kirkgate, former Scarr's premises

7th February 1966. View of Kirkgate showing the former premises of Scarr's Ltd., hardware merchants and ironmongers. A car is parked beside a parking meter outside.

Park Square West, nos.24-30

7th July 1966. View shows a row of office buildings on Park Square West, running from no.24 on the left to 30 on the right. Occupants include the Ancient Order of Foresters at no....

Leeds Education Offices, Great George Street

17th November 1965. View taken from outside the Civic Hall, looking across the gardens in front towards the Leeds Education Offices building on Great George Street by the junction...

Wade Lane, Merrion Centre Car Park

23rd June 1966. View of Wade Lane showing the Merrion Centre multi-storey car park. To the right is the entrance to the Merrion Centre superstore. Opened in 1964, the Merrion Cent...

Ambulance, Leeds General Infirmary

Undated. Black and white image showing a Leeds Ambulance Service Daimler backed into an entrance to a hospital, thought to be Leeds General Infirmary. The ambulance, registration...

Eastgate, looking south-west

28th November 1966. View looking south-west along Eastgate towards the Eastgate roundabout on the left, with the continuation of Eastgate into the city centre leading off the righ...

Harewood Barracks, Woodhouse Lane, demolition

9th November 1966. View shows Harewood Barracks on Woodhouse Lane in the process of demolition. This is the rear of the building, which had been a military establishement since 19...

Harewood Barracks, Woodhouse Lane

9th November 1966. View shows Harewood Barracks on Woodhouse Lane which is in the process of demolition. The building dates from around 1791-95, when it was a private residence kn...

Civic Hall, Council Chamber

Undated. Interior of Leeds Civic Hall showing the Council Chamber where meetings of the full council are held. This would appear to have been taken before the opening of the Hall ...

Civic Hall, Lord Mayor's parlour

c1933. Interior view of the Civic Hall, dating from around the time of its opening in 1933, showing the Lord Mayor's parlour. This is situated on the first floor at the west end o...

Civic Hall, Assembly Hall, doors

c1933. Interior of the Civic Hall dating from around the time of its opening in August 1933. This is the Assembly Hall, also known as the Banqueting Hall, which is situated on the...

Civic Hall, Assembly Hall

c1933. Interior view of the Civic Hall showing the Assembly Hall, also known as the Banqueting Hall, taken around the time of the opening of the building in 1933. The doors on the...

Civic Hall, Assembly Hall, Musician's Gallery

c1933. Interior view of the Civic Hall showing the Musician's Gallery in the Assembly Hall, taken around the time of the opening of the Civic Hall on 23rd August 1933. The Assembl...

Civic Hall, Lady Mayoress's parlour

c1933. Interior view of Leeds Civic Hall showing the Lady Mayoress's parlour, taken around the time of the opening of the Hall in 1933. Situated at the east end of the Reception...

Civic Hall, Reception Hall

c1933. View shows the Reception Hall of Leeds Civic Hall, taken around the time of the opening of the building in 1933. This impressive room on the first floor is accessed via the...

Alderman R.H. Blackburn, Lord Mayor of Leeds, portrait

c1933. Portrait of Alderman Robert Holliday Blackburn in the robes of Lord Mayor of Leeds, the position that he held during 1932-33. His time in office included the day of the vis...

Civic Hall, front view

Undated. Exterior view of the Civic Hall, probably dating from around the time of its opening on 23rd August 1933. The building wad designed by architect E. Vincent Harris and ope...

Civic Hall, staircase

Undated. Interior view of the Civic Hall showing a staircase looking down from the top through four floors. The image probably dates from around the time of the opening of the Civ...

Civic Hall, Committee Room

Undated. Interior view of the Civic Hall showing one of the Committee Rooms on the first floor of the East Wing. The photo probably dates from around the time of the opening of th...

Civic Hall, Committee Room

Undated. Interior view of Leeds Civic Hall showing one of four committee rooms situated on the first floor. The photo probably dates from around the time of the opening of the Civ...

Civic Hall, Council Chamber Anteroom

c1933. Interior view of the Civic Hall, taken around the time of its opening in 1933, showing the Anteroom to the Council Chamber. The door to the left is one of two leading into ...

Civic Hall, Council Chamber

c1933. Interior view of the Civic Hall showing the Council Chamber where full meetings of the city council are held. The Lord Mayor's seat, in the foreground here, is in prime pos...

Civic Hall, interior

Undated. Interior view of Leeds Civic Hall showing a washroom with sinks against the far wall, probably dating from around the time of the opening of the Civic Hall on 23rd August...

Civic Hall, Council Chamber

c1933. Interior view of the Civic Hall showing the Council Chamber where meetings of the full council are held. The Lord Mayor's seat takes the prime position with other seating a...

Civic Hall, staircase

Undated. Interior view of Leeds Civic Hall showing the head of the main staircase, seen from the Reception Hall on the first floor. The Civic Hall was designed by E. Vincent Harri...

Civic Hall, staircase

c1933. Interior view of Leeds Civic Hall showing a bend in the main staircase. Pillars made of Scagliola, a synthetic form of green malachite marble, can be seen, partially obscur...

Civic Hall, Great Entrance Hall and Staircase

c1933. Interior view of Leeds Civic Hall showing the Great Entrance Hall, the large room encountered when first coming through the main front doors. To the left is the staircase w...

Civic Hall, Great Entrance Hall and Staircase

c1933. Interior view of Leeds Civic Hall showing the Great Entrance Hall, which is accessed through three doorways from under the portico at the main front entrance. The view look...

Civic Hall, rear view

Undated. View of Leeds Civic Hall seen from the rear. The courtyard is seen in the centre. On the right is Portland Gate Warehouse occupied by Douglas Bros., clothiers and drapers...

Civic Hall, Committee Room

Undated. Interior view of the Civic Hall showing one of the Committee Rooms on the first floor, probably taken around the time of its opening in 1933.

Civic Hall, Council Chamber

Undated. Interior view of Leeds Civic Hall showing the Council Chamber, the rectangular hall where meetings of the full council take place. The Lord Mayor's seat, seen in the ce...

Civic Hall, Council Chamber

Undated. Interior view of Leeds Civic Hall showing the Council Chamber, the rectangular hall where meetings of the full council take place. Seating is on three tiers arranged in a...

Civic Hall, Lord Mayor's Room, fireplace

Undated. Interior view of Leeds Civic Hall showing the fireplace in the Lord Mayor's Parlour. This room leads off from the Reception Hall on the west side; a similar room for the ...

Civic Hall, Assembly Hall, door

Undated. Interior view of the Civic Hall showing a door which leads from the Assembly Hall, otherwise known as the Banqueting Hall, into the Reception Hall. The central one of thr...

Civic Hall, Assembly Hall

c1933. Interior view of Leeds Civic Hall taken around the time of its opening in 1933, showing the Assembly Hall, also known as the Banqueting Hall. This is accessed through three...

Civic Hall, Great Entrance Hall

Undated. Interior view of the Civic Hall showing the Great Entrance Hall. This massive T-shaped room is entered through the wrought iron gates at the front of the building. It is ...

Civic Hall, Reception Hall

Undated. Interior view of the Civic Hall showing the Reception Hall on the first floor. This impressive room has a floor of Belgian black marble and walls of Hopton Wood stone in ...