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Envelope typed 'Track Views', first of two mounted on reverse of item 28, containing...

Catalogue reference: ZSPC 11/634/29

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This record is about the Envelope typed 'Track Views', first of two mounted on reverse of item 28, containing... dating from [1897] - 1954 in the series W E Hayward Collection. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
ZSPC 11/634/29
Date
[1897] - 1954
Description

Envelope typed 'Track Views', first of two mounted on reverse of item 28, containing seven monochrome photographic images of Snowdon Mountain Tramroad and Snowdon Mountain Railway:

1) Postcard by F Frith and Company, No 40061 [published c.1897], with printed caption on face, view up mountain from below Clogwyn, train in middle distance, 8cm x 13cm.

2) Cutting from unnamed journal [c.1900], photographic illustration, track of Snowdon Mountain Tramroad on an 'S' bend.

3) Postcard by Judges Limited, Hastings, No 9005, with printed caption on face, very similar to 2 [image c.1920], 8cm x 13cm.

4) Postcard by Valentine, No 94911 [published 1925], with printed caption on face, view from summit, Tramway on mountain, 9cm x 14cm.

5) Postcard by Valentine, No 94996, [published 1925], train approaching Snowdon summit, 8cm x 13cm.

6) Postcard by Valentine, No W1575, [published 1934], with printed caption on face, view down mountain, train approaching summit, 8cm x 13cm.

7) Photograph with stamps of C L Fry on reverse, view up mountain from train, 1954, 9cm x 14cm.

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The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Non record material
Access conditions
Open Immediately
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C17084619/

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W E Hayward Collection

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