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Glass Plates

Some years ago my wife Karen started collecting glass plate negatives, finding them in junk shops and latterly in auctions. A handful grew into around a thousand or so which I am gradually scanning, gently restoring when needed and adding to the collection. This is obviously a time consuming process so I expect to be working on this for a very long time.

Many of the plates are from press archives and are in a poor state, probably from being processed in a rush and perhaps not being fully washed so the images could be rushed to print and so make a deadline. Some have extended captions which have been taken from the original typewritten notes that accompany the plates and provide a fascinating window to the past.

If you wish to you use one or more of these images I would carry out a sympathetic restoration before distribution.

Friday, 25 February 2022
Inquiry into the R 101 disaster - Glass Plates

Inquiry into the R 101 disaster

Photo shows: Sir John Simon presiding at the second day’s inquiry into the causes of the R 101 disaster. M 29 October 1930. 14931
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Inquiry into the R 101 disaster - Glass Plates

Inquiry into the R 101 disaster

Photo shows: Sir John Simon presiding at the second day’s inquiry into the causes of the R 101 disaster. M 29 October 1930. 14931
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R 101 Inquiry opens in London - Glass Plates

R 101 Inquiry opens in London

R 101 Inquiry opens in London Photo shows: Sir William Jowitt, the Attorney General, arriving at the Institute of Civil Engineers in London to open the evidence on the inquiry into the cause of the disaster to the airship R 101. On the right is Sir Stafford Cripps, the Solicitor General. 28th October 1930. 14889
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R 101 Inquiry opens in London - Glass Plates

R 101 Inquiry opens in London

Photo shows: Members of the public queueing up outside the Institute of Civil Engineers in London to attend the inquiry into the cause of the R 101 disaster. 28th October 1930. 14887
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Model of the R 101 taken into Institute of Civil Engineers for P - Glass Plates

Model of the R 101 taken into Institute of Civil Engineers for P

A model of the R 101 has been made and taken to the Institute of Civil Engineers, Westminster, to be used in connection with the Public Inquiry into the loss of the R.101, which opens there on Tuesday. PHOTO SHOWS:- The model of the R.101 being taken into the Institute of Civil Engineers at Westminster. October 27th 1930 14865
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Model of the R 101 taken into Institute of Civil Engineers for P - Glass Plates

Model of the R 101 taken into Institute of Civil Engineers for P

A model of the R 101 has been made and taken to the Institute of Civil Engineers, Westminster, to be used in connection with the Public Inquiry into the loss of the R.101, which opens there on Tuesday. PHOTO SHOWS:- The model of the R.101 which will be used in connection with the inquiry into the causes of the disaster, seen at the mast in the room where the inquiry will open at the Institute of Civil Engineers at Westminster, London. October 27th 1930 14865
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Model of the R 101 taken into Institute of Civil Engineers for P - Glass Plates

Model of the R 101 taken into Institute of Civil Engineers for P

A model of the R 101 has been made and taken to the Institute of Civil Engineers, Westminster, to be used in connection with the Public Inquiry into the loss of the R.101, which opens there on Tuesday. PHOTO SHOWS:- The model of the R.101 which will be used in connection with the inquiry into the causes of the disaster, seen at the mast in the room where the inquiry will open at the Institute of Civil Engineers at Westminster, London. October 27th 1930 14865
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A model of the R 101 has been made and taken to the Institute of Civil Engineers, Westminster, to be used in connection with the Public Inquiry into the loss of the R.101, which opens there on Tuesday. PHOTO SHOWS:- The model of the R.101 being taken into the Institute of Civil Engineers at Westminster. October 27th 1930 14865 - Glass Plates
A model of the R 101 has been made and taken to the Institute of Civil Engineers, Westminster, to be used in connection with the Public Inquiry into the loss of the R.101, which opens there on Tuesday. PHOTO SHOWS:- The model of the R.101 being taken into the Institute of Civil Engineers at Westminster. October 27th 1930 14865
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Model of the R 101 taken into Institute of Civil Engineers for P - Glass Plates

Model of the R 101 taken into Institute of Civil Engineers for P

A model of the R 101 has been made and taken to the Institute of Civil Engineers, Westminster, to be used in connection with the Public Inquiry into the loss of the R.101, which opens there on Tuesday. PHOTO SHOWS:- The model of the R.101 being taken into the Institute of Civil Engineers at Westminster. October 27th 1930 14865
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Girls students arrive for University of London degrees day - Glass Plates

Girls students arrive for University of London degrees day

The University of London Degrees Day ceremony took place at the Albert Hall, London, when students received their degrees from the Earl of Athlone, Chancellor of the University. Photo shows: Girls students arrive for University of London degrees day held at the Albert Hall. G May 11th 1938 PN.g.
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Crowds gather to see debutantes in the Mall - cars held up. 11 May 1938 - Glass Plates
Crowds gather to see debutantes in the Mall - cars held up. 11 May 1938
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First public polo ground opened in Richmond Park - Glass Plates

First public polo ground opened in Richmond Park

By throwing in the ball for the match between Chinchillas and London teams, Wing Commander Sir Louis Greig (Deputy Manager of the Park) opened the first public polo ground at Richmond Park, Surrey. Photo shows:
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Mrs Warren Lockwood - Glass Plates

Mrs Warren Lockwood

Mrs Warren Lockwood from Washington is the wife of the assistant trade commissioner at the US embassy in London. 40 Okehampton Square N12. 7 May 1938.
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15 Year old girl applies for marriage license - Glass Plates

15 Year old girl applies for marriage license

Amy Althea Moseley, within a week of her sixteenth birthday, has, with her mother’s consent, applied for a marriage license at Caxton Hall, Westminster. The man she wants to marry, Frederick Charles Alexander is a 25-year-old motor driver and lives in the same street - Graham Street, Ebury Street, Victoria. They first met when Amy was ten. Photo shows: Amy Althea Moseley (extreme left) photographed while out shopping. CHI May 11th 1938 PN.g. 76072
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First public polo ground opened in Richmond Park - Glass Plates

First public polo ground opened in Richmond Park

By throwing in the ball for the match between Chinchillas and London teams, Wing Commander Sir Louis Greig (Deputy Manager of he Park) opened the first public polo ground at Richmond Park, Surry. Photo shows: Lt. Colonel J.B. Blake with “Beetle”. Next to him is Major F.H. Wood and standing is Lt. Colonel C. Black. CALC PN.g. 76063 [No date but in group of plates from 1938/9]
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“Strike pay” for London schoolchildren in sweets - Glass Plates

“Strike pay” for London schoolchildren in sweets

Every morning before the 1,793 children on strike at Willesdon (London) start their day’s play, they are given a small bag of sweets provided by the Brantfield and District Parents Road Safety Committee. So far they have consumed more than a hundredweight. The children belong to Gibbons Road and Bridge Road schools. Their parents have called them out on strike to enforce demands for greater road safety. Photo shows: Handing out sweets to schoolchildren at the Brentfield Road Recreation Ground, Willesdon. BAK May 10th 1938 PN.r. 760020
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