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The Miner Comes to Town Exhibition, Central Office of Information (C.O.I.) Exhibition Centre, Marble Arch, London: the pit-head bandstand erected in steel scaffolding in Hyde Park

RIBA Ref No RIBA63440
Artist/PhotographerCracknell, Alfred
CountryUK: England
CityLondon
Subject Date1947
Image Date1947
ViewExterior
MediumPhotoprint
Library ReferenceAP 607 Mining (Cracknell
OrientationLandscape
Colour InfoBlack and white
CreditArchitectural Press Archive / RIBA Collections
SubjectExhibitions ; Machinery ; Parks ; Mining
NOTES: The designers associated with the C.O.I. for the various sections of this exhibition included: Peter Moro, Robin Day, Ronald Avery, Ian Chapman, Messrs. Davy and Chapman, Ronald Dickens, Gordon Cullen, Pauline Behr, W.F. Manthorpe. Misha Black was the Supervising Designer, James Holland the Chief Designer, and R. J. Harrison, Chief Architect, C.O.I.
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