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Description: | c1900.
Watercolour painting by Leeds artist, Pete Lapish, showing Briggate under a covering of snow. The view is in the direction of the Headrow, or Upperhead Row and Lowerhead Row as it was known then, and dates from before 1905 when the open-topped trams were still in operation. Boots Cash Chemists, occupying numbers 112, 113 and 114 briggate at the junction with King Edward Street, are advertising Christmas Trees for sale. To the left of Boots the ornate building of the Empire Music Hall designed by Frank Matcham is visible, with the statue on the top.
Some images by Pete Lapish are available to purchase as postcards or greetings cards from Leeds Visitor Centre - see our 'useful links' page. | License: | http://www.leodis.net/article.aspx?id=12 | Rights holder: | Leeds Central Library | Subjects: | Briggate Upperhead Row Headrow Lowerhead Row Pete Lapish tram | Source: | Leodis - A photographic archive of Leeds | Identifier: | http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?id=20... | Go to resource |
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