The Empire Promenade
Promenade in the Empire Theatre, Leicester Square, London - a place with a reputation for picking up women of easy virtue, but popular nevertheless with the urbane gentleman. Social reformer Laura Ormiston Chant campaigned against the promenade claiming it a mart of vice'. She had it successfully abolished by London County Council in October 1894
Picture No
11936359
Media ID
46888180
Size
5142px x 6541px
(3.1MB)
Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Unattributed illustration in London Town by J. B. Booth, 1929
Date
1890s
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