2-703-897 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Over Olympia and the Headquarters of the Post Office Savings Bank', c1935. Aerial view of the exhibition halls at Olympia in west London, with the tube station in front. The Post Office Savings Bank building, known as Blythe House, was built between 1899 and 1903. It has since been used as storage by the Victoria & Albert Museum (V&A), the Science Museum and the British Museum. It is seen here just behind the arched roof of Olympia, built in 1886. From "Wonderful London, Volume 2", edited by Arthur St John Adcock. [The Fleetway House, London, c1935]