5th October 1894. Image looks west from Briggate along Commercial Street, where an arch has been built across the street next to the Mitre Hotel. The arch was built to welcome the Duke of York, later King George V, and his wife Mary, Duchess of York, on their visit to Leeds to open the Medical School and Library at Yorkshire College, later the University of Leeds. The bread arch was created by a partnership with the Mitre proprietor Henry Child, architect Thomas Winn, and baker W. Morris, who baked 1500 loaves which were then placed on an iron and wooden frame. The arch was dismantled the following day, and the bread distributed to the poor. Flags and bunting can be seen, and the arch bears the initials 'G' and 'M'.
