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Description: | Objects, pictures and documentary material which reflects the past life and continuing development of the community in LB Waltham Forest. The collection are particularly strong in Victorian and Edwardian material, covering a wide range of themes and drawing material from most areas of the borough.
a. personal, family and domestic life is well represented, but greater emphasis is being placed in current collecting on acquiring more recent material. More male and recent clothing is being sought to balance the existing collections.
b. working life comprises a considerable range of material, with several larer early 20th century manufacturers, such as Ensign cameras, Halex Plastics and the London Rubber Company, particularly well represented and collections of material from mslal business being developed.
c. the collections relating to community life are being developed to add more about young people, children and women to reflect more accurately the borough's minority ethnic residents. | Source: | Cornucopia - Discovering UK Collections | Address: | Vestry Road
Walthamstow London Great Britain (UK),
E17 9NH | Identifier: | oai:www.cornucopia.org.uk:5265 | Go to resource |
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