iamtimbo

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Gallery: Pick of English Heritage

Mitchell's Motor Company, Wardour Street, London, August 1907

@iamtimbo / 9 years ago / 800 views / comments

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An early motor car in the Mitchell Motor Works and Garage at 114 Old Wardour Street. Mitchell Motor Works and Garage was built in 1906 and offered 5 storeys of space for customers to 'garage' their vehicles, which were moved by a system of lifts and turntables, above their motor works.

The garage facility was aimed at Soho's theatre-goers, as commuting any great distance by car was still relatively unknown. The Mitchell Motor Garage commissioned this photograph.

©English Heritage.NMR  ‑ used with permission

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