One of my personal favourites, this one is on Dingley Road, EC1. It is for an old brand of cigarettes that no longer exists.
There used to be a factory located on this site but more interesting is that Greater London House in Mornington Crescent was originally built as a factory for these cigarettes by their owner Carreras. Note the black cats guarding the entrance way. I got this shot, which differs from the one published in Time Out, by asking someone to let me onto the third floor balcony of the nearby flats. Hopefully the picture on the right gives a sense of the size of this one i.e. big for London at three stories high.
i like this one a lot: kinda belongs in a victorian comic book
ReplyDeleteGreat Photo. My Great Aunt used to show me a metal tin for Black Cat Cigarettes. the top had the image of a horse drawn carriage with a little girl (her) and a very large black cat (her Uncle). The original photo taken by my grandfather.
ReplyDeleteI'm always on the lookout for this shot, so if you see it on the side of a building somewhere...please capture it for me!
Beautiful shot to find! My Great-grandfather spent 25 years working there until the outbreak of World War II. It was called the Imperial Tobacco Company's Dingley Road Factory. Thanks for bringing it to a wider audience.
ReplyDeleteGood to here from you Stuart, do get in touch with any more information you have. Some more picture of this sign can be found here.
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