'Outside the People's Palace in the Mile End Road', c1935. Creator: Donald McLeish.
'Outside the People's Palace in the Mile End Road', c1935. The People's Palace was the brainchild of philanthropist John Thomas Barber Beaumont (1774-1841), who wanted to bring culture to the East End by building a home for higher education. The building, designed by Edward Robert Robson, opened in 1887. From "Wonderful London, Volume 3", edited by Arthur St John Adcock. [The Fleetway House, London, c1935]