IM/601
Reference code
IM/601
Level of description
Sub-series
Title
S G Pickford, Seven Glass Plate Negatives of the Cathedral & Palace Grounds
Date
1918-1919
Description
Press photo by A P News Features to advertise the need for repair and restoration of the tie beams in the Cathedral roof. Caption on the reverse reads: 'Ageing Glory' Salisbury Cathedral England is now locked in a 10-year battle with the death-watch beetle and wet and dry rot in the 700 years old timbers of its 404ft spire. 10 American townships named Salisbury have been asked for help. Here Mr Tom Dowty, a carpenter and joiner, holds a ravaged section of a tie beam from the North Triforium. (For use Sunday January 4th with Godfrey Andersons London APN Story on Crumbling Cathedrals).
Language
English
Physical Characteristics
Material: paper
Contents
- IM/601_1 - Entrance to Halle of John Halle, Salisbury, 1918
- IM/601_2 - Salisbury Cathedral Tower and Spire, 1918
- IM/601_3 - Decorative Stone Garden Table in the Grounds of the Bishop's Palace, 1919
- IM/601_4 - Detail of Chapter House Arcading and Frieze, 1919
- IM/601_5 - Rear of West Front from North Cloister, 1919
- IM/601_6 - Trunk and Branches of a Tulip Tree in the Bishop's Palace Garden, 1919
- IM/601_7 - Chapter House and Tulip Tree, Bishop Palace Garden, 1919