Catalogue description The Brain Collection of railway photographs

This record is held by Search Engine (National Railway Museum)

Details of The Brain Collection
Reference: The Brain Collection
Title: The Brain Collection of railway photographs
Description:

Comprises 4¼ x 3¼ ins glass plate negatives, some of which have, unfortunately, seriously deteriorated. They feature LBSCR and LSWR locomotives, railway scenes at Southampton and on the Isle of Wight, and Australian railways in Victoria, particularly in the Williamstown area. A manuscript list gives details of locomotive type and wheel arrangement, occasionally with numbers, name and railway company.
Date: c1900-1905
Held by: Search Engine (National Railway Museum), not available at The National Archives
Language: English
Physical description: 188 negatives
Subjects:
  • Railway transport
Administrative / biographical background:

Very little is known about the origins and creator of this photographic collection and it is named after the donor, who found it in the attic of her house in the 1950s. The NRM acquired the collection in 1986.

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