H B Oliver Collection
- Made:
- 1890-1969
Photographs, a collection of approximately 2, 500 film negatives, 11/2 x 1 ins - 5 3/4 x 4 ins including 300 cellulose nitrate negatives, and approximately 7, 650 silver gelatin prints, 5 1/2 x 3 1/2 ins - 7 1/2 x 5 ins, in 30 albums. Featuring locomotives, trains, stations, signalling, signal boxes, level crossings and civil engineering of the North Staffordshire Railway, Leek & Manifold Light Railway, Midland Railway, Furness Railway, London & North Western Railway, Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway, North Eastern Railway, Great Eastern Railway, Great Central Railway, the Settle - Carlisle Route, Romney Hythe & Dymchurch Railway, light, narrow gauge and industrial railways and enthusiasts' rail tours. c 1890 - 1969. Photographs taken by H B Oliver and also purchased from the National Railway Museum, the Locomotive Publishing Company and the Locomotive & General Railway Photographs collections.
Details
- Category:
- Photographic Collections (Railway)
- Object Number:
- 1999-7443
- type:
- photographs
- credit:
- Moran, M.