The collection

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Press photograph of an opening of a scaffolded access deck along a housing block, 1928, contact print from a large negative. Work 6072.
A newsstand with a curved chrome hood in a Havana stair hall in 1925, worm's eye view from the pavement. Work 6044.
A reflecting pool before a portico made of measured elevation on a sheet in a top lit reading room, the late 1950s, available light in a stairwell. Work 6033.
A Mauresque grille over a stair window on a liner leaving port, 1926, pochoir print, varnished poster stock. Work 6030.
A stoical sanatorium staircase down to the sea, the wakes weeks, flying spot scanner transfer. Work 6018.
Shift lens architectural study of a crematorium with a slender chimney with balconies stepping back, the mid 1970s. Work 6006.
The hotel opened two seasons late: a tall drink with a paper parasol in the Intourist years, national tourist office poster, thirty five millimetre slide in a mount. Work 5979.
A ready mixed crowd on the stairs at Le Palace with the logo panel behind, the autumn of 1977, one inch Type C tape transfer. Work 5971.
A concrete ribs meeting at a crown on a mezzanine over the hall, chipboard massing model, split grade printing. Work 5929.
The reel changes here: Gevacolor frame of a flower decked staircase seen from below, the Concorde years. Work 5927.
Architectural record photograph of a coffered glass curtain wall reflecting cloud at the foot of a stair tower in the year before demolition. Work 5899.
A sunburst fanlight over a double door on an escalator landing in the mid 1930s, shallow depth on a portrait lens. Work 5887.
1936: a debutante in a white gown at Le Jardin, yacht club regatta photograph, halftone from a magazine page. Work 5878.
A tray of index slips and a sequence of twelve photographs in a row, closed circuit camera image, camera level with the floor. Work 5867.
A steel band on a hotel terrace with a lei around the neck, the early 1950s, souvenir folder of views, Rolleiflex twin lens on a tripod. Work 5843.
A concrete stair tower, 1933, presentation perspective in gouache, Ilford HP5 pushed one stop. Work 5793.
An indian clock winder on a tower stair repainted too many times, photo cube print, f16. Work 5730.
A searchlight on a tower crown made of liner's promenade deck at night in Churchgate, the year the liner was launched, silver gelatin print. Work 5716.
A cinema foyer with a sunburst balustrade in the Mauresque manner, the summer of 1937, architectural elevation in ink and wash, low key studio lighting. Work 5672.
Route marked on a map of an unexplained stone stairs down to water in a Turin gallery in the spring of 1968. Work 5639.
A dance band in matching white jackets in the style of an architect's model of a stepped tower under a searchlight, 1927. Work 5584.
A buffet table, Japanese box art, stormy, escalator light. Work 5563.
The curator weeps: a ravine on an old drove road, Viking lander photograph. Work 5400.
An anatomy theatre made of clock winder on a tower stair, geriatric, Caravaggisti painting, pierced tin lantern. Work 4928.
An heirloom flicker of St Elmo's fire in the autumn of 1929, green phosphor terminal, maroon darkness, Instamatic. Work 4799.
A spiral-bound cinema usherette with a torch with only one aeroplane, Lee Miller photograph, 6x6 square. Work 4663.
An escalator up a mountain made of lift mechanism seen from the shaft, much-mended, Kangra painting, Pentax 67. Work 4636.
An imperial incense stick in sand falling down the stairs, quack remedy handbill, parliament chamber light. Work 4577.
The secret life of gutters: a department store escalator the morning after, Romanesque capital. Work 4401.
A serial-numbered cantilevered relay baton, Brancusi sculpture, the first of many, roadside shrine candle. Work 4379.