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Description of our Photographic Collection
As part of our 50th Anniversary
celebrations in 2007 with the backing of Arts Council funding
we collated a collection of photographic prints taken between
1950 and the present day, taken in Wensleydale, Coverdale and
Swaledale. The exhibition was known as "Wensleydale in Camera".
We included work by local sixth form students and a selection of
winners from the photographic sections of local agricultural
shows to bring the work up to date. Most of the work will go
into archival storage at the Dales Countryside Museum in Hawes
for the benefit of future generations.
We already owned a historic glass plate archive, mainly produced
by a family running a now 100 year old motor car business, who
converted an old property in Coverdale bought in 1913 to a
weekend cottage. The family still occupy the cottage. Many of
the car and bicycle photographs are attributed to this source.
Our historic photos collator, Alan Ellinson, also owns a
charming collection of Greystone Bird glass slides taken in the
1890s and depicting rural life as it was in the 1800s.
All the "Wensleydale in Camera" photographs and a selection from
our historic slides collection can be viewed via the Historic
Photos button.
In 2008/9 a digital A-V compilation of the Historic Images is
being produced together with a suitable musical accompaniment
and commentary by our in-house Yorkshire dialect exponent.
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