Catalogue description W H Foster collection of railway prints

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Details of The Foster Collection
Reference: The Foster Collection
Title: W H Foster collection of railway prints
Description:

The Foster collection is mainly composed of prints, but there is also a small body of negatives and transparencies. These concentrate mainly on railways in Yorkshire, particularly the Settle to Carlisle line, with images of locomotives, passing trains and railway infrastructure. There are also small numbers of views of the Great Western and Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railways.
Date: c1910-1965
Held by: Search Engine (National Railway Museum), not available at The National Archives
Language: English
Creator:

Foster, W H, fl 1910-1965
Physical description: 12 negatives; 335 prints; 13 transparencies
Subjects:
  • Railway transport
Administrative / biographical background:

Many of the photographs were taken by Foster, but some are from official company sources or the LGRP collection (also held by the NRM).

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