Catalogue description The Halls collection of railway photographs

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Details of The Halls Collection
Reference: The Halls Collection
Title: The Halls collection of railway photographs
Description:

It is composed of 4¼ x 3¼ ins glass negatives featuring locomotives and trains of the GWR, LSWR and Southern Railway. Landkey, Sonning Cutting, Bishops Tawton, Pines Dean and Newport are some of the favoured locations where Halls photographed of GWR 'King', 'Castle', 'Saint' and 'Hall' Class locomotives. His Southern Railway photographs were mainly taken near Barnstaple Junction and include some views of freight trains.

 

A typed list is available, giving details of the location, railway company, locomotive type and name. There are modern reference prints available to view on request for most of the collection.
Date: c1930-1932
Held by: Search Engine (National Railway Museum), not available at The National Archives
Language: English
Creator:

Halls, A, fl 1930-1932, railway photographer
Physical description: 100 negatives
Subjects:
  • Railway transport
Administrative / biographical background:

The NRM acquired the Halls collection in two sections in the 1980s, from Maurice Earley and R J Sellick. (Further references to Earley and Sellick can be found in other NRM collections).

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