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Envelope, unmarked, containing 5 photographs and 7 postcards, [images of Royal Albert...

Catalogue reference: ZSPC 11/495/35

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This record is about the Envelope, unmarked, containing 5 photographs and 7 postcards, [images of Royal Albert... dating from [1900] - [1950] in the series W E Hayward Collection. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
ZSPC 11/495/35
Date
[1900] - [1950]
Description

Envelope, unmarked, containing 5 photographs and 7 postcards, [images of Royal Albert Bridge over river Tamar]:

Photographs, monochrome:

1) 8 cm x 13 cm, [from rail level], typed note on reverse, 'The Saltash Station end ..., about 1900 and before entrance was opened in 1908 to take the junction points, via D C Vosper, Saltash, 1959'.

Remainder 9 cm x 14 cm:

2) [from river edge, Saltash], reverse stamped 'Locomotive [and] General Railway Photographs, No' 21831 [in manuscript], undated [c 1900].

3) [from river edge, Saltash], reverse stamped 'Locomotive [and] General Railway Photographs, No' 21832 [in manuscript], undated [c 1900].

4) [from rail level, Saltash, unidentified locomotive and train approaching from bridge], reverse stamped 'Locomotive [and] General Railway Photographs, No' 21798 [in manuscript], undated [c 1900].

5) [panorama from Saltash river bank, road bridge under construction behind], typed note on reverse, '... taken from window of the 7.46am train from Weston-[super]-Mare just after crossing the short Coombe-by-Saltash viaduct ..., [photography] by M Windeatt, 9 [September] 1961'.

Postcards, 9 cm x 14 cm:

6) [from St Budeaux rail side], coloured photographic illustration, undated [c 1910].

7) [from St Budeaux mid-valley side], coloured photographic illustration, undated [c 1910].

8) [from St Budeaux lower-valley side], coloured painted illustration, signed 'Hannaford' undated [c 1910].

9) [from St Budeaux lower-valley side, train crossing bridge], monochrome, 'Valentines Series', undated [c 1910].

10) [identical view to item 4], monochrome, published 'The Locomotive Publishing Company', undated [c 1900].

11) [panorama from St Budeaux mid-valley side, image 6 cm x 14 cm], 'Frith's Series', undated [c 1910].

12) coloured painted illustration, signed 'Alan Anderson', 'British Railways, Western Region, A Cornish express crossing ...' [with brief details of bridge, 4-6-0 locomotive No 7017 leading], 'Salmon Series', No 5103, undated [c 1950].

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Non record material
Physical description
photographs and postcards
Access conditions
Open Immediately
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16518432/

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W E Hayward Collection

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