John Gay Collection (1945-1990) Gallery

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

St Mawes Harbour, Cornwall AA086715

ST MAWES HARBOUR, St Mawes, St Just In Roseland, Cornwall. A viewpoint overlooking Summers Beach near St Mawes Harbour in Cornwall, with a view west over small sailboats towards St Mawes Castle, and Pendennis Point and Castle in the distance. Photographed by John Gay. Date range: 1950-1965

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Boat, Sea, Tranquil

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