Carreras Cigarette Factory
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Carreras Cigarette Factory
Image: © Des Blenkinsopp Taken: 2 Feb 2016
Built 1926 - 1928 for the Carreras Cigarette Company. The frontage features splendid Egyptian style decoration, including two giant black cats. Between the 1880s and 1920s Egypt was a world leader in cigarette production, and tobacco companies would use this exotic eastern imagery in their marketing. When originally converted to offices in 1961, a lot of damage was done to the building's appearance, but recent restoration has brought back some of the decoration, including the cats. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carreras_Cigarette_Factory Carreras traded until 1958 when they merged with Rothmans.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.533457
Longitude
-0.137815