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View of auditorium, the Edinburgh Picture Theatre or New Picture House cinema on Princes Street. It opened in 1913 and was demolished in 1951 to make way for a Marks and Spencer store.

SC 680404

Description View of auditorium, the Edinburgh Picture Theatre or New Picture House cinema on Princes Street. It opened in 1913 and was demolished in 1951 to make way for a Marks and Spencer store.

Date 1914

Collection Records of Bedford Lemere and Company, photographers, London, England

Catalogue Number SC 680404

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of BL 22541/18

Scope and Content Auditorium, the New Picture House, No 56 Princes Street, Edinburgh The New Picture House, designed by the architects, Atkinson & Alexander, opened in 1913 as one of Edinburgh's new 'refined' cinemas. This photograph of the auditorium was taken in 1914 by the architectural photographer, Harry Bedford Lemere. The auditorium, with an elaborately coffered ceiling, had seating for almost 1,000 people. Its attractions included a full orchestra to accompany the silent films, and an air-conditioning system, guaranteed to change the air 12 times an hour. Robert Atkinson, of the architectural firm, Atkinson & Alexander, also designed the Regent Cinema in Brighton in 1921. The Regent is generally acknowledged to be the first cinema of outstanding architectural importance to be built in Britain. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

External Reference Box 63

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/680404

File Format (TIF) Tagged Image File Format bitmap

Collection Hierarchy - Item Level

Collection Level (551 109) Records of Bedford Lemere and Company, photographers, London, England

Batch Level (551 109/61) Picture Theatre, Princes Street, Edinburgh

>> Item Level (SC 680404) View of auditorium, the Edinburgh Picture Theatre or New Picture House cinema on Princes Street. It opened in 1913 and was demolished in 1951 to make way for a Marks and Spencer store.

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Attribution: © Courtesy of HES (Bedford Lemere and Company Collection)

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