Picturing England - 150 years of English History
Incredible images from the unparalleled and mostly untapped - archive at Historic England, an archive of English history, people, and places, are being made available to the public for the first time.
Diamond Jubilee decorations, St Jamess Street, London 1897 From Edwardian shooting parties captured in all their finery to Blitzed churches, Picturing England is an revealing journey through 150 years of English history via beautifully-preserved photographs.
Birmingham Town Hall, Victoria Square, Birmingham 1941 
Henry Tount on his houseboat, Oxford, Oxfordshire, 1985 More than 300 images illustrate the changing appearance of English buildings, landscapes, and people, all the while revealing how the method, subject matter and purpose of photography has dramatically evolved over time.
Goosemire, Mardale, Cumbria 1935 
St Pauls Cathedral from Southwark Bridge, City of London 1855-9 Picturing England pinpoints crucial turning points in the history of photography, demonstrating how inventions such as the picture postcard, the handheld camera and the aeroplane changed the medium forever. It also provides an intimate insight into lost social worlds: from mischievous Victorian family 
photo albums to labourers working on the 1920 restoration of Stonehenge.
Group Portrait in costume, possibly at Manor House, Little Missenden, Buckinghamshire April 1878 
Egg gatherers, Flamborough, East Yorkshire July 1926 
Rotherhithe Tunner under construction, Southwark, London 30 November 1906 
Oxford Arms Inn, Oxford Arms Passage, Warwick Lane, City of London 1875 
Barton Swing Aqueduct, Bridgewater Canal, Trafford, Greater Manchester 1945-54 To tie in with publication of Picturing England, a free exhibition of the images from will run until 21 September at The Library of Birmingham.
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/photography/picturing-england-previously-unseen-photographs-chart-150-years-of-english-history-10364079.html
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Some beautiful old pictures
Indeed beautiful old photos.
The houseboat photos shows it as 1985, I'm sure that is a misprint. 1885 sure fits the photo better.
Industry may be dirty & grimy but it is still beautiful in its own way ...
Petey
The consequences of progress I have heard it called
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KAvika
Thanks for stopping by - you are probably right about that date
These are great!
The one of Cumbria, which I looked up to be near the border of Scotland, makes me understand why James Hatten, the father of geology, came to "be". What great pictures!
In going through books today, I found a unique set of books about the pictorial history of the Civil War and WWI. I saved them out to peruse... I love these pictures!
I go to yard sales just hoping to find boxes of pictures such as these!
I have always enjoyed looking at vintage photos - it's like learning history in a pleasant way.
A Mac
Glad you liked them
I love the old photos you share, especially when you present a mystery as to where and when the actual picture is from
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Buzz
Glad you liked them - thanks for the feedback