John Gay Collection (1945-1990) Gallery

Whitestone Pond, Hampstead Heath AA071818

WHITESTONE POND, Hampstead Heath, London. View of a boy lying down on the edge of the pond with his hand holding a model yacht on the water. Also, another boy behind him wearing Wellington boots stands on one leg in the water. Date range January 1962 - May 1964. John Gay

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Boat, Child Hood, Leisure, People, Play, Pond, Recreation, Water

Battersea Power Station AA077607

BATTERSEA POWER STATION, London. View of the station in Battersea, as seen at dusk from across the River Thames in Westminster, and showing steam rising from its four distinctive chimneys and lights illuminating the surrounding industrial machinery. Photographed by John Gay. Date range: 1955 - 1960

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Dusk, Industrial, River

Harlesden, London AA071670

HARLESDEN, Greater London. A street scene with a No. 220 bus at a bus stop by a London Underground station sign in Harlesden at night, people waiting and cars passing, with the North Acton power station to the south of Harlesden Station in the background. John Gay, 1965

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Dark, Lamp Post, People, Traffic, Transport, Urban