Photograph taken on the occasion of the official opening of the new Southwark Bridge, 6 June 1921, featuring the royal landau carrying King George V and Queen Mary with an unidentified man, travelling pass a large curved commercial building with 'Chicago Daily News' lettering.  

The new bridge was designed by Ernest George and Basil Mott, and built by Sir William Arrol & Company, replacing an earlier 19th century iron bridge, that had become too narrow for early 20th century traffic. Construction began in 1913 but was interrupted by the First World War, finally completing in 1921. It has five steel arches supported by four granite stone river piers, designed to align with Blackfrairs and London Bridges, to make it easier for river traffic to pass through. One of seven photographs on an album page (RCIN 2303829).