"banner, Operative Bricklayers Society" [NBS I/D 346]

Catalogue Number
NBS I/D 346

Object Name
banner

Title
OPERATIVE BRICKLAYERS SOCIETY BRIXTON BRANCH PRUDENTIAL ASSURANCE COMPANY NORTHERN BLOCK OF OFFICES LONDON

Place
Brixton & London & England & UK

People
Smith, A.; worker: bricklayers

Date
c.1910 NM 3.11.15

Creator(s)
NBS National Museum of Labour HistoryNBS National Museum of Labour HistorySmith, A.

Description
Images on Front
Large building - offices of the Prudential Assurance Company.


Images on Back
Large heraldic shield, with two male supporters (a worker and an architect). Crest is a hand holding a trowel.


Notes
Labels: "A. Smith, Junr. Brixton, Artist & Banner Maker 60 Stansbury Road, Peckham , SE London" and " Renovated by Parson & Graham 3, Rushcroft Rd." Image: Copyright & courtesy of National Museum of Labour History. Copying of images is strictly prohibited.

The Bricklayers branch banners always used the Waudby logo design and depicted a prominent local contemporary building on which their members woorked, or occasionally a historical significant building. (eg Derby branch has the Silk Mill.) NM, 3.11.15

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