Catalogue description J M Crowther collection of photographs of British railways in the inter-war years

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Details of The Crowther Collection
Reference: The Crowther Collection
Title: J M Crowther collection of photographs of British railways in the inter-war years
Description:

The photographic collection is composed of medium format film negatives. There is particular emphasis on the LNER and LMS, images of the GWR in Devon and the Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway, characteristically views of passing trains or static locomotives.

 

No list is available, but over half of the collection appears in the albums, identified by negative numbers but with no captions.
Date: c1929-1939
Held by: Search Engine (National Railway Museum), not available at The National Archives
Language: English
Creator:

Crowther, J M, fl 1929-1988
Physical description: Approx 900 negatives; Approx 494 prints in six albums
Subjects:
  • Railway transport
Administrative / biographical background:

The NRM received Crowther's collection of book, papers and photographs as a bequest, after his death in March 1988.

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