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- photograph
- Brief description:
- 2 colour photographs mounted together, one of the Camera Obscura near Clifton Suspension Bridge, Bristol and the other a view taken from it
- Collection:
- Trowbridge Museum
- Acquisition date:
- 2.8.2010
- Acquisition method:
- gift
- Acquisition reference number:
- Dep 1917
- Associated concept:
- recreation
- Associated concept:
- photography
- Condition:
- good
- Dimension:
- l
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 30
- Dimension:
- w
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 21
- Material:
- : card
- Object name:
- photograph
- Object number:
- TRWBM:2010.210.1
- Object production person:
- Sansom, John
- Object production place:
- 21 Parklands
- Object production place:
- Wiltshire
- Place status:
- County
- Object production place:
- Trowbridge
- Place status:
- Parish
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/85c1f0d6-958f-3809-8068-1e30343ab6af
Use licence for this record: CC BY
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/85c1f0d6-958f-3809-8068-1e30343ab6af, Trowbridge Museum, CC BY
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- Object name(s):
- poster
- Brief description:
- Publicity Poster from the GWR 2017/2018 Famous Five Publicity Campaign. Titled Five Go Up, Up and Away. The poster depicts the famous five in a hot air balloon over the Clifton Suspension Bridge, Bristol. In full colour, on gloss paper.
- Collection:
- Swindon Museums (Swindon Borough Council)
- Object name:
- poster
- Object number:
- STEAM:2019/7/2
- Responsible department/section:
- STEAM - Museum of the Great Western Railway
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/9d1087a5-3559-389f-8690-d1e17454815f
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/9d1087a5-3559-389f-8690-d1e17454815f, Swindon Museums (Swindon Borough Council), CC BY-NC
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- Object name(s):
- Cardamine/L.; impatiens/L.; CRUCIFERAE
- Brief description:
- Herbarium of Nat. His. Mus., Wollaton Hall, Nottingham
- Collection:
- Nottingham Museums
- Condition:
- Good
- Field collection date:
- 6.vii.1934
- Field collection place:
- -
- Place note:
- nr Clifton, Suspension Bridge, N. Somerset
- Field collection place:
- UK, England, Somerset
- Place status:
- region
- Field collector:
- Thompson, H S
- Number of objects:
- 1
- Object name:
- Cardamine/L.; impatiens/L.; CRUCIFERAE
- Other number:
- 48
- Other number type:
- specimen or sheet number
- Other number:
- HSUP01B
- Other number type:
- file name
- Physical description:
- [6 cuttings]
- Responsible department/section:
- Carr Herbarium (Herbarium Britannicum Supplement)
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/c5f0cf39-ed80-354e-b8c6-82a4710539b5
Use licence for this record: CC BY
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/c5f0cf39-ed80-354e-b8c6-82a4710539b5, Nottingham Museums, CC BY
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- Title:
- Piece of iron bar used as suspended traveller
- Object name(s):
- Iron bar
- Brief description:
- This is a piece of the second iron bar that was part of Brunel's suspended traveller, a basket car which hung from an iron bar 305 m (1,000 ft) long suspended across the gorge. It was erected in August 1836 to enable people and materials to cross the gorge during the initial construction of the bridge.
The first bar was dropped during its erection, causing it to kink. Following an incident on 27th August 1836, the bar was taken down and replaced. Brunel ordered a new, thicker bar 5 cm (2") in diameter to be made and within four weeks it had been installed on site. By 27th September 1836, Brunel made the first successful crossing accompanied by the son of Captain Christopher Claxton, Secretary of the Bridge Committee. While free for workmen to cross on business, the public were charged and it became a thrilling attraction as well as a source of income for the company. In 1853 - when the original ironwork of the bridge was sold off - the bar was taken down and parts of it were cut up and kept as souvenirs.
- Collection:
- Clifton Suspension Bridge Museum
- Associated concept:
- suspended traveller
- Number of objects:
- 1 piece of circular wrought iron bar, 50 mm/ 2" diameter x 170mm length
- Object name:
- Iron bar
- Object number:
- GB 3493 079
- Object production date:
- 1836
- Date - association:
- Creation
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1836-01-01
- Date - latest:
- 1836-12-31
- Object production person:
- unknown
- Other number:
- 2006-079
- Other number type:
- Accession number
- Responsible department/section:
- Clifton Suspension Bridge Trust Archives
- Text reason:
- Collection online record
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/acf55acf-b7b2-3da5-bc67-57bcc3fb8c8b
Use licence for this record: CC BY
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/acf55acf-b7b2-3da5-bc67-57bcc3fb8c8b, Clifton Suspension Bridge Museum, CC BY
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- Title:
- The suspension Bridge, Clifton
- Object name(s):
- print; print
- Collection:
- Fitzwilliam Museum
- Acquisition source:
- Unknown
- Object name:
- print; print
- Object number:
- P.14170-R
- Object production date:
- Date - period:
- 19th Century
- Object production note:
- Inscription on bottom "London J & E Harwood, 25 Fenchurch Street".
- Object production person:
- Unknown
- Person's association:
- printmaker
- Object production person:
- Harwood, J. & F.
- Person's association:
- publisher
- Other number:
- P.14170-R
- Other number type:
- accession number
- Other number:
- 205926
- Other number type:
- priref
- Other number type:
- uri
- Reproduction format:
- jpeg
- Reproduction number:
- media-193776
- Reproduction type:
- image
- Responsible department/section:
- Paintings, Drawings and Prints
- Style:
- British
- Technique:
- etching
- Text reason:
- Collections online record
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/eaeedb8f-c1d6-363a-a5aa-69831a2c1604
Use licence for this record: CC 0
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/eaeedb8f-c1d6-363a-a5aa-69831a2c1604, Fitzwilliam Museum, CC 0
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- Title:
- ELORRIO of Newport (painting)
- Object name(s):
- ELORRIO of Newport; painting; art
- Brief description:
- View of the S.S. ELORRIO passing under the Clifton suspension bridge. Title painted at bottom centre of picture. Initialed 'W' and dated 1904. Unframed.
- Collection:
- Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
- Acquisition date:
- 4/7/1962
- Acquisition method:
- donation
- Associated concept:
- 1900s
- Associated concept:
- Elorrio (S.S.)
- Associated concept:
- steam (maritime)
- Associated concept:
- maritime
- Associated concept:
- steam powered (water)
- Dimension:
- length (mm):460
- Dimension:
- width (mm):612
- Dimension:
- height (mm):15
- Entry date:
- 4/7/1962
- Material:
- canvas
- Material:
- wood
- Number of objects:
- 1
- Object name:
- ELORRIO of Newport (painting); painting; art (fine)
- Object production date:
- 1904
- Object production date:
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1/1/1904
- Date - latest:
- 31/12/1904
- Object production note:
- Initialled 'W'
- Object production person:
- unknown
- Person's association:
- artist
- Person's biographical note:
- person
- Other number:
- 62.229/1
- Other number type:
- accession number
- Ownership dates:
- 1904
- Ownership place:
- Bristol
- Place status:
- place name
- Reproduction number:
- media-16539
- Reproduction type:
- image
- Technique:
- oil on canvas
- Technique:
- painting and drawing
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/0825a6e5-bba6-3e1f-b1e7-0bd2d5abb9bb
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/0825a6e5-bba6-3e1f-b1e7-0bd2d5abb9bb, Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales, CC BY-NC
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- Title:
- P.S. WESTWARD HO in the Avon Gorge (photo)
- Object name(s):
- P.S. WESTWARD HO in the Avon Gorge; photograph; accessioned photograph
- Brief description:
- P.S. WESTWARD HO! carrying many passengers passing under the Clifton Suspension Bridge, pre-1914.
- Collection:
- Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
- Acquisition date:
- 17/10/1996
- Acquisition method:
- donation
- Associated concept:
- Westward Ho (P.S.)
- Associated concept:
- steam (maritime)
- Associated concept:
- maritime
- Associated concept:
- bridge
- Associated concept:
- steam powered (water)
- Credit line:
- donated in memory of donors father Mr J.H. Guy
- Dimension:
- length including mount (mm):380
- Dimension:
- width including mount (mm):520
- Dimension:
- length excluding mount (mm):270
- Dimension:
- width excluding mount (mm):430
- Entry date:
- 17/10/1996
- Material:
- card
- Material:
- paper
- Number of objects:
- 1
- Object name:
- P.S. WESTWARD HO in the Avon Gorge (photo); photograph (print); accessioned photograph
- Other number:
- 1996.213/2
- Other number type:
- accession number
- Other number:
- V6 system number:1054
- Other number type:
- other
- Other number:
- IND entry number:E7
- Other number type:
- other
- Ownership dates:
- 20th century, early
- Ownership place:
- Bristol
- Place status:
- shipping company
- Ownership place:
- Bristol
- Place status:
- place name
- Technique:
- colour (photomechanical)
- Technique:
- photomechanical
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/78f9ec54-224f-3f99-aae3-c93689e799d9
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/78f9ec54-224f-3f99-aae3-c93689e799d9, Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales, CC BY-NC
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- Title:
- P.S. WESTWARD HO, photograph
- Object name(s):
- P.S. WESTWARD HO, photograph; photograph; accessioned photograph
- Brief description:
- View of Westward Ho at Hotwells, Clifton Suspension Bridge in background, 1912.
- Collection:
- Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
- Acquisition date:
- 12/4/2006
- Acquisition method:
- bequest
- Associated concept:
- 1910s
- Associated concept:
- Westward Ho (P.S.)
- Associated concept:
- steam (maritime)
- Associated concept:
- maritime
- Dimension:
- length (mm):89
- Dimension:
- width (mm):140
- Entry date:
- 4/5/2006
- Material:
- paper
- Number of objects:
- 1
- Object name:
- P.S. WESTWARD HO, photograph; photograph (print); accessioned photograph
- Other number:
- 2006.39/182
- Other number type:
- accession number
- Other number:
- V6 system number:71120
- Other number type:
- other
- Other number:
- IND entry number:E983
- Other number type:
- other
- Ownership dates:
- 1912
- Ownership place:
- Hotwells, Bristol
- Place status:
- company name
- Technique:
- black and white (monochrome photograph)
- Technique:
- photograph
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/52d02547-9cec-3f6c-968e-6f2ffe356ec2
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/52d02547-9cec-3f6c-968e-6f2ffe356ec2, Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales, CC BY-NC
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- Title:
- P.S. WESTWARD HO, postcard
- Object name(s):
- P.S. WESTWARD HO, postcard; photograph; postcard; accessioned photograph
- Brief description:
- Postcard showing the Westward Ho at Hotwells, 1912. Clifton Suspension Bridge in background.
- Collection:
- Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
- Acquisition date:
- 12/4/2006
- Acquisition method:
- bequest
- Associated concept:
- 1910s
- Associated concept:
- Westward Ho (P.S.)
- Associated concept:
- steam (maritime)
- Associated concept:
- maritime
- Dimension:
- length (mm):88
- Dimension:
- width (mm):141
- Entry date:
- 4/5/2006
- Material:
- paper
- Number of objects:
- 1
- Object name:
- P.S. WESTWARD HO, postcard; photograph (print); postcard; accessioned photograph
- Other number:
- 2006.39/179
- Other number type:
- accession number
- Other number:
- V6 system number:71117
- Other number type:
- other
- Other number:
- IND entry number:E983
- Other number type:
- other
- Ownership dates:
- 1912
- Ownership place:
- Hotwells, Bristol
- Place status:
- company name
- Technique:
- black and white (monochrome photograph)
- Technique:
- photograph
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/8d3bccfe-b647-3d5a-b70e-6ab6be94c463
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/8d3bccfe-b647-3d5a-b70e-6ab6be94c463, Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales, CC BY-NC
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- Title:
- P.S. WESTWARD HO, photograph
- Object name(s):
- P.S. WESTWARD HO, photograph; photograph; accessioned photograph
- Brief description:
- Port view of Westward Ho in Avon Gorge, under Clifton Suspension Bridge, 1890s.
- Collection:
- Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
- Acquisition date:
- 12/4/2006
- Acquisition method:
- bequest
- Associated concept:
- 1890s
- Associated concept:
- Westward Ho (P.S.)
- Associated concept:
- steam (maritime)
- Associated concept:
- maritime
- Dimension:
- length (mm):95
- Dimension:
- width (mm):138
- Entry date:
- 4/5/2006
- Material:
- paper
- Number of objects:
- 1
- Object name:
- P.S. WESTWARD HO, photograph; photograph (print); accessioned photograph
- Other number:
- 2006.39/127
- Other number type:
- accession number
- Other number:
- V6 system number:70716
- Other number type:
- other
- Other number:
- IND entry number:E983
- Other number type:
- other
- Ownership dates:
- 1890s
- Ownership place:
- Avon Gorge
- Place status:
- company name
- Technique:
- black and white (monochrome photograph)
- Technique:
- photograph
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/ab8131a6-77e8-36a8-b08b-e5532e5ab059
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/ab8131a6-77e8-36a8-b08b-e5532e5ab059, Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales, CC BY-NC
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- Title:
- Handbill giving 'An Account of Mr. G. Courtney's Second and Last Grand and Terrific Flight From off St. Vincent's Rock into Leigh Wood!' on 5 June 1826
- Object name(s):
- Handbill
- Brief description:
- The handbill describes Mr G. Courtney's second attempt of crossing the Avon Gorge at 6:30pm on Monday 5 June 1826. The first crossing took place on 22 May 1826 when Courtney 'flew' across the Avon Gorge horizontally from a rope suspended from a point above the Giant's Cave to a tree in Leigh Woods. As well as a poem, the item includes a woodcut illustration showing winged figure flying over the Avon Gorge.
- Collection:
- Clifton Suspension Bridge Museum
- Associated person:
- Courtney, G.
- Associated place:
- Avon Gorge
- Number of objects:
- 1 paper handbill
- Object name:
- Handbill
- Object number:
- GB 3493 196
- Object production date:
- 6 June 1826
- Date - association:
- Creation
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1826-06-05
- Date - latest:
- 1826-06-06
- Object production person:
- Bonner, H, printer, 4 Unity Street, St. Philips
- Other number:
- 2023-196
- Other number type:
- Accession number
- Responsible department/section:
- Clifton Suspension Bridge Trust Archives
- Text reason:
- Collection online record
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/bd45af1c-da46-36bd-b345-a1555862c223
Use licence for this record: CC BY
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/bd45af1c-da46-36bd-b345-a1555862c223, Clifton Suspension Bridge Museum, CC BY
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- Title:
- Postcard showing Pont des Arts, Paris
- Object name(s):
- Postcard
- Brief description:
- Inscribed on reverse: 'Supposedly just passing thru from [...] to Bordeaux but AF singularly unimpressive and its [sic throughout] been a rather dreary 2 hrs or so and so are late before leaving. Its a 4 dys trip for a [...] & others. Should be fun. Andres has [...] he did better [...] certainly cheaper! Its [sic] an amazing 10 yrs now since I got to chair in [...]. Hard to believe & and how life has changed. The [...] here is difficult for all sorts of reasons & despite dipping my toes into "cracks', they are ignored. I am going to [...] I don't know how. Its not normally [me]. [John] currently in a "stress" stuck into pressure in Univ. for some college review on budget, his mother not [well], brother divorcing again & me away a lot recently. We get some time next [...] but probably no [...] yet. Hope you are OK. As ever this card makes me think of you. With love
J x x'.
- Collection:
- Clifton Suspension Bridge Museum
- Associated place:
- Pont des Arts, Paris, France (1984)
- Number of objects:
- 1 black and white postcard
- Object name:
- Postcard
- Object number:
- GB 3493 AA/3/112
- Object production date:
- c. 2001 - 2017
- Date - association:
- Creation
- Date - earliest / single:
- 01/01/2001
- Date - latest:
- 31/12/2017
- Object production person:
- Nouvelles Images, publisher
- Responsible department/section:
- Clifton Suspension Bridge Trust Archives
- Text reason:
- Collection online record
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/b9187565-c1e9-3c24-b680-37a6ad1aa617
Use licence for this record: CC BY
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/b9187565-c1e9-3c24-b680-37a6ad1aa617, Clifton Suspension Bridge Museum, CC BY
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- Title:
- S.S. CYMRIAN Entering Bristol (painting)
- Object name(s):
- S.S. CYMRIAN Entering Bristol; painting; art
- Brief description:
- The ship is shown at the entrance of Bristol Docks - the Avon gorge and Clifton suspension bridge in the background.
Signed bottom left. Undated. Framed.
- Collection:
- Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
- Acquisition date:
- 9/4/1987
- Acquisition method:
- purchase
- Associated concept:
- Cymrian (S.S.)
- Associated concept:
- 1980s
- Associated concept:
- steam (maritime)
- Associated concept:
- maritime
- Associated concept:
- steam powered (water)
- Dimension:
- length (mm):800
- Dimension:
- width (mm):902
- Entry date:
- 9/4/1987
- Material:
- canvas
- Material:
- wood
- Number of objects:
- 1
- Object name:
- S.S. CYMRIAN Entering Bristol (painting); painting; art (fine)
- Object production date:
- 1986
- Object production date:
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1/1/1986
- Date - latest:
- 31/12/1986
- Object production person:
- Rogers, Terry F.J.
- Person's association:
- Creation
- Person's association:
- artist
- Person's biographical note:
- person
- Other number:
- 87.57I/7
- Other number type:
- accession number
- Other number:
- V6 system number:4182
- Other number type:
- other
- Ownership place:
- Bristol
- Place status:
- place name
- Reproduction number:
- media-16915
- Reproduction type:
- image
- Technique:
- oil on canvas
- Technique:
- painting and drawing
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/423e53e7-ca2b-3d38-b25b-cac3c7e4ea88
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/423e53e7-ca2b-3d38-b25b-cac3c7e4ea88, Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales, CC BY-NC
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- Title:
- P.S. WESTWARD HO, photograph
- Object name(s):
- P.S. WESTWARD HO, photograph; photograph; accessioned photograph
- Brief description:
- View of Westward Ho at Hotwells, Clifton Suspension Bridge in background, 1912.
- Collection:
- Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
- Acquisition date:
- 12/4/2006
- Acquisition method:
- bequest
- Associated concept:
- 1910s
- Associated concept:
- Westward Ho (P.S.)
- Associated concept:
- steam (maritime)
- Associated concept:
- maritime
- Dimension:
- length (mm):92
- Dimension:
- width (mm):142
- Entry date:
- 4/5/2006
- Material:
- paper
- Number of objects:
- 1
- Object name:
- P.S. WESTWARD HO, photograph; photograph (print); accessioned photograph
- Other number:
- 2006.39/181
- Other number type:
- accession number
- Other number:
- V6 system number:71119
- Other number type:
- other
- Other number:
- IND entry number:E983
- Other number type:
- other
- Ownership dates:
- 1912
- Ownership place:
- Hotwells, Bristol
- Place status:
- company name
- Technique:
- black and white (monochrome photograph)
- Technique:
- photograph
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/aa02d0d5-4f0e-3014-a61a-8eb64cf57c66
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/aa02d0d5-4f0e-3014-a61a-8eb64cf57c66, Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales, CC BY-NC
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- Title:
- P.S. WESTWARD HO, photograph
- Object name(s):
- P.S. WESTWARD HO, photograph; photograph; accessioned photograph
- Brief description:
- View of Westward Ho at Hotwells, Clifton Suspension Bridge in background, 1912.
- Collection:
- Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
- Acquisition date:
- 12/4/2006
- Acquisition method:
- bequest
- Associated concept:
- 1910s
- Associated concept:
- Westward Ho (P.S.)
- Associated concept:
- steam (maritime)
- Associated concept:
- maritime
- Dimension:
- length (mm):98
- Dimension:
- width (mm):146
- Entry date:
- 4/5/2006
- Material:
- paper
- Number of objects:
- 1
- Object name:
- P.S. WESTWARD HO, photograph; photograph (print); accessioned photograph
- Other number:
- 2006.39/180
- Other number type:
- accession number
- Other number:
- V6 system number:71118
- Other number type:
- other
- Other number:
- IND entry number:E983
- Other number type:
- other
- Ownership dates:
- 1912
- Ownership place:
- Hotwells, Bristol
- Place status:
- company name
- Technique:
- black and white (monochrome photograph)
- Technique:
- photograph
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/ecedbd65-b147-3d25-9343-710ceaaec70f
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/ecedbd65-b147-3d25-9343-710ceaaec70f, Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales, CC BY-NC
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- Title:
- Postcard showing Union Chain Bridge, Berwick-on-Tweed
- Object name(s):
- Postcard
- Collection:
- Clifton Suspension Bridge Museum
- Associated place:
- Union Chain Bridge, Horncliffe, England, Fishwick, Scotland
- Number of objects:
- 1 black and white postcard
- Object name:
- Postcard
- Object number:
- GB 3493 AA/3/133
- Object production date:
- c. 1900 - 1950
- Date - association:
- Creation
- Date - earliest / single:
- 01/01/1900
- Date - latest:
- 31/12/1950
- Object production person:
- Valentine & Sons Ltd, publisher
- Person's biographical note:
- Valentines of Dundee was founded in 1851 by James Valentine (1815-1879). Initially concerned with engraving, printing and stationery, the firm soon adopted photography. In 1855 Valentine erected one of the largest photographic glasshouses in Britain. About 1860 he started selling topographical photographs, converting a barouche into a mobile darkroom. His son, William Dobson Valentine (1844-1907), entered the family business in about 1860 after training as landscape photographer in the studios of Francis Frith, the largest English publisher of commercial landscapes at that time.
From 1882 Valentines branched out to include English as well as Scottish views, producing different sizes of grouped prints and stereoscopic photographs. Upon James' death in 1879, his sons William and George Dobson Valentine (1852-1890) took over the company. Based in Dundee, William pioneered large scale photographic processing and photo-mechanical printing and undertook the first unsuccessful attempts at submarine photography in connection with the investigation of the Tay rail bridge disaster early in 1880. In 1898 they started producing picture postcards. In 1900 under Managing Director Harben James Valentine (1872-1949) they became a private limited company, employing their own staff photographers and artists and also buying images from local and national photographers and agencies. By the 1950s, the production of postcards began to wane as greetings cards became more profitable. Failing to take advantage of colour photography, in 1967 they stopped publishing monochrome postcards and by 1970 they ceased publishing postcards altogether.
The major archive of monochrome topographical views by James Valentine & Sons is held by the University of St Andrews Library. For further details of this collection please contact the Library, or refer to http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/library/specialcollections/
- Responsible department/section:
- Clifton Suspension Bridge Trust Archives
- Text reason:
- Collection online record
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- Title:
- Postcard showing Union Chain Bridge, Berwick-on-Tweed
- Object name(s):
- Postcard
- Collection:
- Clifton Suspension Bridge Museum
- Associated place:
- Union Chain Bridge, Horncliffe, England, Fishwick, Scotland
- Number of objects:
- 1 colour postcard
- Object name:
- Postcard
- Object number:
- GB 3493 AA/3/134
- Object production date:
- c. 1900 - 1950
- Date - association:
- Creation
- Date - earliest / single:
- 01/01/1900
- Date - latest:
- 31/12/1950
- Object production person:
- Valentine & Sons Ltd, publisher
- Person's biographical note:
- Valentines of Dundee was founded in 1851 by James Valentine (1815-1879). Initially concerned with engraving, printing and stationery, the firm soon adopted photography. In 1855 Valentine erected one of the largest photographic glasshouses in Britain. About 1860 he started selling topographical photographs, converting a barouche into a mobile darkroom. His son, William Dobson Valentine (1844-1907), entered the family business in about 1860 after training as landscape photographer in the studios of Francis Frith, the largest English publisher of commercial landscapes at that time.
From 1882 Valentines branched out to include English as well as Scottish views, producing different sizes of grouped prints and stereoscopic photographs. Upon James' death in 1879, his sons William and George Dobson Valentine (1852-1890) took over the company. Based in Dundee, William pioneered large scale photographic processing and photo-mechanical printing and undertook the first unsuccessful attempts at submarine photography in connection with the investigation of the Tay rail bridge disaster early in 1880. In 1898 they started producing picture postcards. In 1900 under Managing Director Harben James Valentine (1872-1949) they became a private limited company, employing their own staff photographers and artists and also buying images from local and national photographers and agencies. By the 1950s, the production of postcards began to wane as greetings cards became more profitable. Failing to take advantage of colour photography, in 1967 they stopped publishing monochrome postcards and by 1970 they ceased publishing postcards altogether.
The major archive of monochrome topographical views by James Valentine & Sons is held by the University of St Andrews Library. For further details of this collection please contact the Library, or refer to http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/library/specialcollections/
- Responsible department/section:
- Clifton Suspension Bridge Trust Archives
- Text reason:
- Collection online record
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/013fe424-e85f-3db3-8aad-190c665fa102
Use licence for this record: CC BY
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/013fe424-e85f-3db3-8aad-190c665fa102, Clifton Suspension Bridge Museum, CC BY
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- Title:
- P.S. WESTWARD HO, photograph
- Object name(s):
- P.S. WESTWARD HO, photograph; photograph; accessioned photograph
- Brief description:
- Starboard view of Westward Ho in the Avon, 1900s. Clifton Suspension Bridge in far distance.
- Collection:
- Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
- Acquisition date:
- 12/4/2006
- Acquisition method:
- bequest
- Associated concept:
- 1900s
- Associated concept:
- Westward Ho (P.S.)
- Associated concept:
- steam (maritime)
- Associated concept:
- maritime
- Dimension:
- length (mm):105
- Dimension:
- width (mm):155
- Entry date:
- 4/5/2006
- Material:
- paper
- Number of objects:
- 1
- Object name:
- P.S. WESTWARD HO, photograph; photograph (print); accessioned photograph
- Other number:
- 2006.39/156
- Other number type:
- accession number
- Other number:
- V6 system number:71087
- Other number type:
- other
- Other number:
- IND entry number:E983
- Other number type:
- other
- Ownership dates:
- 1900s
- Ownership place:
- River Avon
- Place status:
- company name
- Technique:
- black and white (monochrome photograph)
- Technique:
- photograph
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/cd61398a-b965-3ace-b48a-514251d15d58
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/cd61398a-b965-3ace-b48a-514251d15d58, Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales, CC BY-NC
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- Title:
- P.S. TINTERN, postcard
- Object name(s):
- P.S. TINTERN, postcard; photograph; postcard; accessioned photograph
- Brief description:
- Postcard showing the Tintern at Hotwell's landing stage, with Clifton Suspension Bridge in the background. The Westward Ho is in mid stream. 1912
- Collection:
- Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
- Acquisition date:
- 12/4/2006
- Acquisition method:
- bequest
- Associated concept:
- 1910s
- Associated concept:
- Tintern (P.S.)
- Associated concept:
- Westward Ho (P.S.)
- Associated concept:
- steam (maritime)
- Associated concept:
- maritime
- Dimension:
- length (mm):87
- Dimension:
- width (mm):138
- Entry date:
- 4/5/2006
- Material:
- paper
- Number of objects:
- 1
- Object name:
- P.S. TINTERN, postcard; photograph (print); postcard; accessioned photograph
- Other number:
- 2006.39/653
- Other number type:
- accession number
- Other number:
- V6 system number:74051
- Other number type:
- other
- Other number:
- IND entry number:E983
- Other number type:
- other
- Ownership dates:
- 1912
- Ownership place:
- Hotwells, Bristol
- Place status:
- company name
- Technique:
- black and white (monochrome photograph)
- Technique:
- photograph
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/25776e0e-f49c-3e13-8f0c-aab6b6bbf687
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/25776e0e-f49c-3e13-8f0c-aab6b6bbf687, Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales, CC BY-NC
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- Title:
- P.S. WESTWARD HO, postcard
- Object name(s):
- P.S. WESTWARD HO, postcard; photograph; postcard; accessioned photograph
- Brief description:
- Postcard showing the Westward Ho at Hotwells in the 1900s. Clifton Suspension Bridge in the background.
- Collection:
- Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
- Acquisition date:
- 12/4/2006
- Acquisition method:
- bequest
- Associated concept:
- 1900s
- Associated concept:
- Westward Ho (P.S.)
- Associated concept:
- steam (maritime)
- Associated concept:
- maritime
- Dimension:
- length (mm):89
- Dimension:
- width (mm):140
- Entry date:
- 4/5/2006
- Material:
- paper
- Number of objects:
- 1
- Object name:
- P.S. WESTWARD HO, postcard; photograph (print); postcard; accessioned photograph
- Other number:
- 2006.39/144
- Other number type:
- accession number
- Other number:
- V6 system number:71063
- Other number type:
- other
- Other number:
- IND entry number:E983
- Other number type:
- other
- Ownership dates:
- 1900s
- Ownership place:
- Hotwells, Bristol
- Place status:
- company name
- Technique:
- black and white (monochrome photograph)
- Technique:
- photograph
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/bca3c7ca-bcad-3497-b33d-4d9324b7e218
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/bca3c7ca-bcad-3497-b33d-4d9324b7e218, Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales, CC BY-NC
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