Report, Improvements and town planning committee to the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor : aldermen and commons of the city of London, in Common council assembled, on the preliminary draft proposals for post-war reconstruction in the city of London.

  • City of London (England). Court of Common Council.
Date:
1944
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Credit: Report, Improvements and town planning committee to the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor : aldermen and commons of the city of London, in Common council assembled, on the preliminary draft proposals for post-war reconstruction in the city of London. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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