Volume: Miscellaneous UK and international Laing projects, staff photographs and exhibition displays

Date:
1920 - 1995
Reference:
JLP01/20/005
Type:
Volume containing Photographic material
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Description

Box of 9 packets, containing:

- group portraits of long serving and retiring Laing staff, 1992-1994; - 184 modern prints taken from contemporary views of buildings constructed by Laing in the 1920s and 1930s, and buildings in and around Carlisle from the same period, with photographic copies of artists impressions by Joseph Pike; - 16 prints with a contents list, showing example views of significant Laing projects from the 1950s up to the 1970s and 80s; - a selection of photographs of Laing exhibition displays from the 1970s and 1980s; - 15 prints showing new buildings on the company's sports ground in Borehamwood, 1983; - a view of a racing motorcyclist; - views of an unidentified quarry site; - portraits of Maurice Laing; - 14 loose prints and postcards relating to the construction of Banias boat harbour in Syria in the early 1950s; - 11 photographs showing various projects in Poland, Spain and Saudi Arabia, with a list of overseas projects from 1974 to 1983.

A detailed list is available.

Content

This is part of the Series: JLP01/20 John Laing Photographic Collection Miscellaneous Prints Folders; within the Collection: JLP01 John Laing Photographic Collection

This Volume contains the following materials:
Photograph (Positive): 318
Photograph (Negative): 153

Rights

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People & Organisations

Builder: Pike, Joseph: John Laing And Son Ltd

Artist: Rand, Terry

Photographer: Thorpe, Len