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Envelope typed 'Train Views', first of two mounted on reverse of item 31, containing...

Catalogue reference: ZSPC 11/634/32

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This record is about the Envelope typed 'Train Views', first of two mounted on reverse of item 31, containing... dating from [1938] - 1954 in the series W E Hayward Collection. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
ZSPC 11/634/32
Date
[1938] - 1954
Description

Envelope typed 'Train Views', first of two mounted on reverse of item 31, containing five monochrome photographic images of Snowdon Mountain Railway trains:

1) Postcard by Jerome Limited with manuscript and typed notes on reverse, train on lower part of mountain, by A Osborne, sent as Christmas card by Alan Ball 1938, 8cm x 13cm.

2) Photograph with stamps of C L Fry and typed captions on reverse, Clogwyn, passenger train with closed carriage waiting to ascend and stores train, containing [Summit] hotel water tank, descending, 1954, 9cm x 14cm.

3) Photograph with stamps of C L Fry and typed captions on reverse, Clogwyn, passenger train with closed carriage waiting to ascend, stores train has begun descent, 1954, 9cm x 14cm.

4) Photograph with stamps of C L Fry and typed captions on reverse, Clogwyn, two ascending trains in station, third, descending [not, as caption, 'ascending'], entering passing loop, 1954, 9cm x 14cm.

5) Photograph with stamps of C L Fry and typed captions on reverse, Clogwyn, up-mountain train beginning ascent, descending train in passing loop, second ascending train waiting in station, 1954, 8cm x 13cm.

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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/C17084668/

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W E Hayward Collection

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