Leonard Bentley
Victoria Embankment
This is a Valentine's postcard published in 1908, it shows the Victoria Embankment from Waterloo Bridge looking north west. From the left is the Hotel Cecil, Savoy Hotel, the Medical examination Hall and Waterloo Pier. The Savoy Hotel flies the Union Flag and the Stars and Stripes, the Medical Examination Hall flies the flag of the Red Cross. Between Monday 10th and Friday 14th June 1907 the eighth International Conference of the Red Cross Societies was held at the Examination Hall, the President of the conference was Field Marshall Lord Roberts VC. On the following Saturday the delegates attended a reception at Buckingham Palace, King Edward VII was the Patron of the Society and Queen Alexandra was President. Meanwhile two London County Council paddle steamers are tied up at Waterloo Pier, the "Olaf" and "Christopher Wren" are two of the thirty LCC boats which were sold by auction in 1909 after the LCC scheme failed in 1907. The Olaf was sold to an Italian company for use on Lake Lugano in northern Italy and "Christopher Wren" ended her days on the River Tigris in Mesopotamia.
Victoria Embankment
This is a Valentine's postcard published in 1908, it shows the Victoria Embankment from Waterloo Bridge looking north west. From the left is the Hotel Cecil, Savoy Hotel, the Medical examination Hall and Waterloo Pier. The Savoy Hotel flies the Union Flag and the Stars and Stripes, the Medical Examination Hall flies the flag of the Red Cross. Between Monday 10th and Friday 14th June 1907 the eighth International Conference of the Red Cross Societies was held at the Examination Hall, the President of the conference was Field Marshall Lord Roberts VC. On the following Saturday the delegates attended a reception at Buckingham Palace, King Edward VII was the Patron of the Society and Queen Alexandra was President. Meanwhile two London County Council paddle steamers are tied up at Waterloo Pier, the "Olaf" and "Christopher Wren" are two of the thirty LCC boats which were sold by auction in 1909 after the LCC scheme failed in 1907. The Olaf was sold to an Italian company for use on Lake Lugano in northern Italy and "Christopher Wren" ended her days on the River Tigris in Mesopotamia.