Catalogue description The J Smithson collection of prints featuring electric railways and tramways

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Details of The J Smithson Collection
Reference: The J Smithson Collection
Title: The J Smithson collection of prints featuring electric railways and tramways
Description:

The collection is composed of two albums of prints featuring electric railways and tramways in Britain and overseas. The photographs show the vehicles in motion and at rest in yards and platforms. Engines and trains from the LNER, LNWR and GWR are shown, with some photographs taken from trains in motion. Railways and tramways from the USA, France, Austria and Switzerland also featured in the collection. The photographs of tramways often show them in use in the streets with passengers and passers-by, which give this collection an added 'social history' dimension, although the images themselves are not always of the highest quality.

 

Albums are available to view on request. No negatives survive.
Date: c1900-1929
Held by: Search Engine (National Railway Museum), not available at The National Archives
Language: English
Creator:

Smithson, J, fl 1900-1929
Physical description: 157 prints in two albums
Subjects:
  • Railway transport
Administrative / biographical background:

The collection was acquired by the NRM in 1979.

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