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Royal Observatory Greenwich – postcard collection
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Estimated date
 1906
Publisher
 Anonymous: attributed to Perkins, Son & Venimore (PS&V) / Perkins & Son (P&S)
Publisher's title
 Greenwich Park.
Nominal size
 5.5 x 3.5 inches (real photograph)
Publisher/printer ref.
 n/a
Website ref.
 PC0334
Links
 Other versions of the same image

Perkins produced a number of different versions of this card which is believed to have been taken from one of the Chimneys of Greenwich Power station while it was under construction. At least five different titles are known to have been assigned to it: Greenwich Park; Birdseye view of Greenwich Park; Greenwich Park & Observatory; Greenwich Park, as seen from a Balloon and Greenwich Park & Observatory as seen from an Aeroplane.
 

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