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Ref NoDM1819/22/1
TitleFile: Photographs
DescriptionDM1819/22/1/1 - photograph of an article in The Tatler about Mrs Claude Beddington's "Everest" party. The article includes a photograph of Allen Lane talking to the Duchess of Hamilton, n.d. [c.1930s]. Photographer: unknown. (1 x black and white photograph).

DM1819/22/1/2 - photographs of Allen Lane with penguins at a zoo, n.d. [c.1935]. Photographer: unknown. (2 x black and white photographs).

DM1819/22/1/3 - photographs of the Holy Trinity Church crypt, Marylebone Road, London [formerly used as a store by The Bodley Head (-1935), then the warehouse, accounts department and distribution centre for Penguin Books Ltd.(1935-1937) before it was moved to Harmondsworth]. Includes photographs of the exterior of Holy Trinity Church, showing the despatch of Penguin books by horse-drawn wagon; the interior of the crypt, showing piles of Penguin books stacked in front of the family vault of Mr Henry Archer Raymond; the interior of the crypt, showing piles of Penguin books stacked in front of the vaults and packaging all over the floor; the interior of the crypt, showing a young man putting together an order of Penguin books, n.d. [c.1937]. Photographer: unknown. [Reproduced in 'Shelf Appeal', August 1937]. (4 x black and white photographs).

DM1819/22/1/4 - series of photograph taken at the Harmondsworth offices of Penguin Books Ltd, n.d [1940]. Includes photograph of Allen Lane on the telephone; Allen Lane and Eunice Frost discussing David Low's cartoons for his latest book; Richard Lane at his desk; and three men working in a warehouse surrounded by stacks of Penguin books. Photographer: Tunbridge-Sedgwick. [Many of these photographs were published in an article in 'The Bystander' on 10 January 1940 (see DM1294/1/6)]. (5 x black and white photographs).

DM1819/22/1/5 - series of photographs taken at the Harmondsworth offices of Penguin Books Ltd. and entitled "Adventures in Publishing", n.d. [c.1940]. Includes photograph of Sydney Payne packing books for export; a package of books being sent to Suva in the Fiji islands; Peter Messer (editor): Peter Messer and [Eunice Frost?] cross-reading proofs of a new Penguin book; Penguin Books being loaded for export. Photographer: Pictorial Press, London. (4 x black and white photograph).

DM1819/22/1/6 - photographs of a buffet-dance at Harmondsworth to celebrate Sir Allen Lane's 50 years in publishing and to mark his retirement as Managing Director of Penguin Books Ltd., 18 April 1969. Photographer: unknown. (41 x black and white photographs).
Date1930-1969
FormatPhotograph
Extent6 files
Access ConditionsPrior permission must be obtained from Penguin Books Ltd. Please ask Special Collections for further information.

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