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M D Trace Lambeth Photographic Archive

Catalogue reference: IV/325

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This record is about the M D Trace Lambeth Photographic Archive dating from c.1968-1987.

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Reference
IV/325
Title
M D Trace Lambeth Photographic Archive
Date
c.1968-1987
Description

As well as providing a meticulous photographic record of streetscapes around the borough, Trace’s work frequently documented industrial, commercial and public buildings and included interior views of public houses and churches. In 1987 he undertook a very detailed survey of the Lambeth Hospital site and buildings.

His photography also captured many areas of the borough that were then under immediate threat of demolition and development and so provides a good record of many of the streets and houses that would be cleared in the 1970s and 1980s in what was to be the final phase of council house building by Lambeth’s Development Directorate under the direction of Edward Hollamby.

Held by
Lambeth Archives
Former department reference
Accession no. 2015/17
Legal status
Not Public Record(s)
Creator(s)
Michael David Trace
Access conditions
Open Access
Immediate source of acquisition
Donation from the executors of M D Trace via London Metropolitan Archives.
Unpublished finding aids
A hard copy of the catalogue is available at Lambeth Archives.
Administrative / biographical background
Michael David Trace(1937 – 2006) was a commercial photographer and also a painter and sculptor. He began working for Lambeth Archives in the late 1960s, initially providing copy photographic services for the archives and for customers. In 1971 he was commissioned by Lambeth Archives to undertake an ongoing photographic survey of the streets and buildings of Lambeth that would last for16 years until 1987.
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/d9704572-f84c-4432-bd78-661bb4306cfd/

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M D Trace Lambeth Photographic Archive