Lambeth; c 1860

[mark99]

[Richard Carter]

8 hours ago, mark99 said:

 

OK, anyone else here try to see that as *MASTER* ?

[Derek R.]

Mast, Oar, Scull and Pump maker. And perhaps someone is a keeper of Pigeons, as that looks like a rudimentary loft on the roof.

[max's son]

R.BAIN, BOAT BUILDERS, THAMES FORESHORE, LAMBETH - LandmarkLandmark (boroughphotos.org)

The premises of Robert Bain's, a mast, oar, skull & pump maker, in Upper Fore Street, Lambeth, seen here from the riverside, shortly before the construction of the Albert Embankment. Photograph by William Strudwick.

[Heartland]

Thanks to Richard Hill Norris. a Birmingham Surgeon, and the dry collodian process, photography opportunities increased.