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“Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding it still”
Photographic Material
Research Themes Supported
Hull History Centre holds large numbers of photographic materials. Such records can aid research into:
- Changing Urban Landscapes
- Changing Rural Landscapes
- Local Geography
- Buildings History and Architecture
- Impact of WWII on Towns
- Portraiture
- History of Photography
- Protest Imagery
- Depictions of Leisure
- Depictions of Working Class Life
- Depictions of the Landed Classes
- Modes of Transport
- Seafaring
- Dock Development
- Local People
Typical Record Formats
The following are common photographic image supports: photographic prints on paper; postcards; framed negative slides; glass plate negatives; rolls of negatives; digital images.
The following are common categories of information which feature in this record type:
- People
- Buildings
- Events
- Vehicles
- Scenery
- Source Guide Photographic Material List of key photographic material at HHC
Additional supporting material
The following secondary literature provides contextual background and useful further information when trying to understand and use this record type:
- Beaumont Newhall, The History of Photography: From 1839 to the Present (1984)
- Ian Jeffrey, Photography – A Concise History (1981)
