Series: Series of negatives
- Date:
- 1920-1940
- Reference:
- AWH01/01
- Type:
- Series Containing Photographic And Textual Material
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Description
The collection contains 234 black and white negatives.
All bar one are oblique aerial images of towns and industrial sites taken from an aircraft. The negatives are 5 inch x 4 inch glass plates and they are undated. They were probably taken in the 1920’s-1940s when we know the photographer Arthur William Hobart was active.
Within the AWH01/01 collection are 233 oblique aerial views of which 201 have been identified as sites in England and catalogued, 13 have been identified as being of Wales, 6 of Scotland and 13 remain unidentified. There is also one ground shot photo which depicts Mr Gordon Selfridge, Captain Gathergood and Captain Saint in an AirCo plane
Archival History
The collection was acquired by the Historic England Archive in 2023.
Content
This is part of the Collection: AWH01 Hobart Aerial Photography Collection
This Series contains the following materials:
Rights
Source: Historic England Archive
People & Organisations
Photographer: Hobart, Arthur William
Keywords
Aerial View