Catalogue description The Thompson collection of railway photographs (also known as the 'Brighton' collection)

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Details of The Thompson Collection
Reference: The Thompson Collection
Title: The Thompson collection of railway photographs (also known as the 'Brighton' collection)
Description:

This section of Thompson's archive was known as the 'Brighton' Collection but although it includes images of the LBSC it also comprises photographs of all the main English railway companies, particularly lines in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire. These include static views of locomotives and their crews, together with photographs of moving trains dating back to the 1890s.

 

A handwritten list is available. There are also reference prints from the Millbrook House collection available to view on request.
Date: c1890-1923
Held by: Search Engine (National Railway Museum), not available at The National Archives
Language: English
Creator:

Thompson, Norman, fl 1890-1923, engineer and railway signalman.
Physical description: 131 negatives in Millbrook House; 104 negatives in Adams collection
Subjects:
  • Railway transport
Administrative / biographical background:

Norman Thompson is believed to have trained as an engineer and then worked as a signalman on the LBSC's Oxted line, before emigrating to the American mid-west. This personal archive was acquired in two portions. Some of Thompson's photographs were included in the Adams collection, whilst others were acquired with the Millbrook House collection in 1994. (See NRM collections for further details).

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