Maxwell Street

Maxwell Street

Image Details

Title Maxwell Street
Reference Number STH0005194
Photographer Cleet James Henry
Town or Village South Shields
Date 11 Jan 1938
Original Format Black and White Photograph
Period 1930s
Copyright South Tyneside Libraries
Further Information Black and white photograph showing Nos. 10 to 14 Maxwell Street, South
Shields. Rear yard, brick washouse with corrugated roof. Twisting
chimney leading from washouse. Covered staircase leading to the upper
flat. Photograph was taken as evidence for the Town Council that
some properties, which at the time were in the hands of private
landlords, were not fit for habitation and would be cleared for
redevelopment.