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British Embassy, 70 Wilhelmstrasse, Berlin, 1939. Artist: Unknown.

British Embassy, 70 Wilhelmstrasse, Berlin, 1939. View of the porticoed main entrance, photographed before the outbreak of World War II. The Palais Strousberg, designed by Augustus Orth, dated from 1867-1868. The British government purchased it for use as their embassy in 1884. The building was demolished in 1950.

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Title:

British Embassy, 70 Wilhelmstrasse, Berlin, 1939. Artist: Unknown.

Caption:

British Embassy, 70 Wilhelmstrasse, Berlin, 1939. View of the porticoed main entrance, photographed before the outbreak of World War II. The Palais Strousberg, designed by Augustus Orth, dated from 1867-1868. The British government purchased it for use as their embassy in 1884. The building was demolished in 1950.

Technique/material:

Photograph

Credit:

Album / Historic England Archive/Heritage Images

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Image size:

3918 x 5177 px | 58.0 MB

Print size:

33.2 x 43.8 cm | 13.1 x 17.3 in (300 dpi)

Keywords:

1930S • 19TH CENTURY • 20TH CENTURY • ARCHITECTURAL FEATURE • ARCHITECTURE • ART • ARTS • AUGUST FRIEDRICH WILHELM ORTH • AUGUST FRIEDRICH WILHELM • AVENUE • B / W • B&W • BERLIN • BLACK & WHITE • BLACK AND WHITE • BRITAIN • BRITISH EMBASSY • BRITISH • BUILDING • BUILDINGS • CENTURY • COLUMN • COUNTRY • EMBASSY • ENTRANCE • EXTERIOR • GERMAN • GERMANS • GERMANY • LANE • LOCATION • MONOCHROMATIC • MONOCHROME • NEOCLASSICAL • NEOCLASSICISM • NINETEENTH CENTURY • ORTH • OUTDOOR • OUTDOORS • OUTSIDE • PALACE • PALAIS STROUSBERG • PHOTOGRAPH • PILLAR • PILLARS • PORTICO • ROAD • STREET • THIRTIES • WILHELMSTRASSE