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Envelope typed 'Summit, new station', second of two mounted on reverse of item 34,...

Catalogue reference: ZSPC 11/634/36

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This record is about the Envelope typed 'Summit, new station', second of two mounted on reverse of item 34,... dating from [1930] - 1954 in the series W E Hayward Collection. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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ZSPC 11/634/36
Date
[1930] - 1954
Description

Envelope typed 'Summit, new station', second of two mounted on reverse of item 34, containing six photographic images of Snowdon Mountain Railway at Summit station:

1) Monochrome postcard by Photochrom Company, No 77886, with printed title on face and 'Summit of Snowdon' stamp on reverse, view from station, train approaching [image c.1930], 8cm x 13cm.

2) Colour tinted postcard by Valentine, No A890 [published 1934], with printed title on face, train approaching summit 'from an original water colour by Brian Gerald' [although the card number suggests 1934 publication, it appears to show old hotel buildings], 9cm x 14cm.

3) Monochrome postcard, with printed title on face and 'Summit of Snowdon' stamp on reverse, view to summit with train powered by locomotive No 5 ['Moel Siabod'] just below new Summit station [image c.1935], 8cm x 13cm.

4) Cutting from unnamed publication, photographic illustration, Summit station, with two trains, image 1936.

5) Monochrome postcard by Valentine, No W1578 [published 1938], with printed title on face, view to summit with train approaching station, 8cm x 13cm.

6) Photograph with stamps of C L Fry on reverse, train in Summit station, 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/C17084698/

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