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ALBERT PALACE, BATTERSEA PARK

IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0074 O/522

Held at: London Metropolitan Archives

Title: ALBERT PALACE, BATTERSEA PARK

Date(s): 1884-1887

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 0.01 linear metres

Name of creator(s): Albert Palace Association Ltd

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

In 1885 the Albert Palace from the Dublin Exhibition of 1872 was erected in Battersea Park for public entertainments. The building was demolished in 1894.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of the Albert Palace Association Ltd, consisting of a prospectus for purchase of debentures and two newspaper cuttings relating to entertainment, 1884-1887.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Three items

Conditions governing access:

Available for general access.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copyright rests with the City of London.

Physical characteristics:

Fit

Finding aids:

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Donated in 1956 (AC/56/008)

ALLIED MATERIALS

DESCRIPTION NOTES Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions: July to October 2009

INDEX ENTRIES

Subjects

Business records | Documents | Information sources

Press cuttings | Newspaper press | Press

Public entertainment | Entertainment | Leisure time activities | Leisure

Recreational buildings | Buildings | Architecture

Share dealing | Financial markets | Investment | Finance

Personal names

Corporate names

Albert Palace Association Ltd

Places