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Description: | The collection is social and local history and includes industrial, transport, domestic, prints, drawings, photographs, postcards, and oral history items from 1650 ot present. In total there are 20,000 science and industry, mainly 2 large wheelwright and iron foundry collections but also industrial equipment, plumbing and ship building; 24,000 social history domestic appliances and furnishings, shop fittings, local government, local organisations, personal items, costume; 100 transport items include public service, in particular passenger transport from 1890-1955 and boats and an industrial locomtive; Comprehensive collection of 3000 tokens, badges, medals and decorations; Costume and textiles from 1787 -1997 with strengths in local territorial unifroms, women's costume, from 1935- 1975 and small collection of banners; 3,700 photographs with a large topographical collcetion, local interest in portraits of local people and large collection by comtemporary photographers including Danny Weinstein; Substantial collection of postcards of local views and subjects, mainly mid 20th century; paintings, drawings and prints are marine, topographical and portraits by local artists such as WA Jeffries, Edward King and WE Atkins with a substantail collection of shipping and harbour subjects from 1800-1900 including works by W L Wyllie and Rowlandson, Stansfield and Serres; A large collection of 900 oral history recordings in particular D Day and Dockyard interviews of 20th century. Also 500 maritme items, | Source: | Cornucopia - Discovering UK Collections | Address: | Museum Road
Old Portsmouth
Portsmouth Hampshire United Kingdom,
PO1 2LJ | FAX: | 01705 875276 | Telephone: | 01705 827261 | Identifier: | oai:www.cornucopia.org.uk:4503 | Go to resource |
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