Catalogue description N N Forbes collection of railway photograph albums

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Details of The Forbes Collection
Reference: The Forbes Collection
Title: N N Forbes collection of railway photograph albums
Description:

The albums feature overseas railways, including those of Ireland, Germany, Austria, South America, Asia, Africa, Australasia, India and Japan. British subjects include the Southern Railway, GWR, LNER, Great North of Scotland, British Railways and industrial locomotives. The photographs originate from a wide variety of sources, and none appear to have been taken by Forbes.
Date: c1900-1966
Held by: Search Engine (National Railway Museum), not available at The National Archives
Language: English
Creator:

Forbes, N N, fl 20th century
Physical description: Approx 1,400 prints in 34 albums
Subjects:
  • Railway transport
Unpublished finding aids:

Albums available to view on request. Most prints captioned. Notebooks on locomotive identification and classification accompany the collection.

 

The NRM acquired Forbes' collection of photograph albums in 1985.

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