Zinram Collection

Metropolitan Music Hall, Edgware Road
The Metropolitan Music Hall, 207 Edgware Road London - a very fine Music Hall which was sadly demolished in 1963 to allow the building of a flyover for the A40

Building Diesel Locomotives in Swindon
Engineers nearing completion on the first of 35 2, 700 hp diesel-hydraulic locomotives built at the Swindon Works for the Western Region

Preston Docks, Lancashire
A wonderful photograph showing the Bardic Ferry unloading British Road Services trucks while docked at the quayside in Preston, Lancashire. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

A 1950s Family Living Room
A classic nuclear family in their living room, the children playing with a train set, the Father reading his book or magazine in a comfy chair

Typesetter at work
A compositor at a the Lund Humphries print works places a small type glyph on a forme rack, finishing a page of imposing surface text prior to inking and printing. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Oil Tankers of the Manchester Oil Refinery. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Maintenance worker greasing pivots and slides
A Railway engineer, wearing no discernible protective clothing, greasing the pivots and slides with a grease gun. Photograph by Heinz Zinram. 1950s

Shaping metal with a steam hammer
Two metalworkers use a clamp and chain to hold a large piece of metal in place while it is shaped by a pneumatic steam hammer

Draughtsmen at work
Draughtsmen prepare technical drawings for an electronic wiring system, in a large open plan room, with plenty of essential natural light. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Family on holiday in Cornwall
A mother and her children on holiday in a seaside town in Cornwall. Photograph by Heinz Zinram Date: 1952

Scuba Diver
A scuba diver inside a large metal water tank. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Certificate - Royal Photographic Society
A certificate awarded to Heinz Zinram, conferring upon him Fellowship of The Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain - 11th November 1946

Dead Mans Handle
A dead mans handle is a switch that is automatically operated in case the human operator becomes incapacitated. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Promotional photograph for the IBM 1410
A female computer technician sits at an IBM 1410, in a promotional photograph for this business computer system. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Playing with Lego
A little blond girl and her Mother play with Lego building blocks, possibly building a train which is travelling under two little Lego bridges? Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Adjusting a tape storage device
A computer technician adjusts the large reels on a computer tape storage device. A promotional photograph for ICT. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

A factory worker cuts a block of wood
A young apprentice carpenter uses a large industrial jigsaw to cut a block of wood, while an older employee supervises his work. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Railway signal at night
Colour-light signalling, a modern innovation in the early 1960s, on an electrified railway line. Electrification of busy routes demanded a system of train control that was rapid

Manufacture of circuit boards
A complicated multi-component electronic device for manufacturing circuit boards. It consists of a number of miniature soldering irons to attach the electrical components and a magnifying camera

A Driver Climbing in to his Cab
A train driver climbs in to the cabin of a British Rail diesel locomotive. Photograph by Heinz Zinram Date: 1950s

Female Factory Worker Heinz Zinram 1950s Printed
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Jigsaw used to cut a piece of wood
A carpenter using a jigsaw to cut a piece of wood to shape, possibly for use in die cutting. Photograph by Heinz Zinram Date: 1950s

Monotype keyboard operator at a printing works
Monotype Keyboards at the Lund Humphries Printing Works. The operators readily surmount the problems posed by complicated mathmatical formulae or even composition in Arabic or Hebrew

A lathe operator at work
A metalworker checks the settings on a large industrial lathe. A lathe is a machine tool which spins a block of material to perform various operations such as cutting, sanding, knurling, drilling

Girl with baby in pram, Cornwall
A girl smiles down at a baby in a pram, while on holiday at a seaside town in Cornwall. The baby is playing with a bucket and spade. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

1960s Dinner Party
A 1960s dinner party. Two couples enjoy a jolly (if very formal!) evening meal with distinctive sixties period crockery, costume and interior decor. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Diesel Fuel Injection Pump Testing
A technician tests a distributor fuel injection pump on a Hartridge machine at the CAV Engineering Centre in Acton, London

Fire Brigade telephone
An emergency telephone for contacting the fire brigade, housed in a glass case. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Hairdresser at work - 1960s
A female hairdresser at work in a salon, crafting a classic 1960s bob hairdo. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Workmen drilling in Bristol, possibly doing maintenance work on the underground sewerage system. Date: circa 1950s

St Austell harbour, Cornwall
Aerial view of St Austell harbour in Cornwall, with fields in the background. Photograph by Heinz Zinram Date: 1952

Heinz Zinrams photography studio, Baker Street, London
A view of Heinz Zinrams photography studio, above the Cavendish Hood antique shop at No. 2 Baker Street, London. Examples of his photography of children are on display in the doorway

Little girl playing with toy tea set
A pretty young girl pouring herself a cup of pretend tea using a bright orange plastic tea set. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Little girl outside Selfridges, London
A little girl poses for her photo outside Selfridges department store in Central London. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Aerial view of a seaside town, Cornwall
Aerial view of a seaside town in Cornwall, with a small crowded beach, buildings and a church tower. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Man playing piano at Christmas
A man playing a piano with a decorated Christmas tree at his side. Three of the candles are lit. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Two little girls with an ice cream cone
Two little girls holding an ice cream cone carefully between them -- perhaps it is melting and dripping. They are wearing winter coats, so its not the usual ice cream weather

Injectors for Diesel Engines, manufactured by C.A.V. Ltd. of Sudbury Suffolk. A wonderful photograph by Heinz Zinram

Printing Presses at Daily Mirror Works
A close-up view of one of the printing presses at the Daily Mirror works, where the newspapers were printed (far below ground level). Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Machine for testing wagon springs
The Worlds First Railway Laboratory was set up at Crewe in 1864. One hundred years later, the Duke of Edinburgh opened new engineering research laboratories at Derby

The Glasgow Electric Railway, Scotland. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Internal Roadway at Daily Mirror Printing Works
Part of the Internal Roadway at Daily Mirror Printing Works, facilitating the delivery of newsprint by day and the despatch of completed newspapers at night. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

LMR Dual-Purpose Maintenance Depot
The Depot at Allerton on the outskirts of Liverpool, opened to serve the maintenance needs of the London Midland Railway (LMR) to maintain and service electric and diesel rolling stock

Fast Delivery advertisement
Advertisement for the DCL (The Distillers Company Limited). Thei fast delivery is illustrated here by a tanker being throw fast like a ball from a mans hand. Photographic montage by Heinz Zinram

Advertisement for Brake Linings
An advertisement for Don and Capasco brake linings, Manchester, depicting siz cars on their invisible transporter, stressing the quality of their brakes

Surface Plate being developed
A surface plate being developed in the Replika Department of the Lund Humphries Printing Works. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Binding Machines in Operation
Binding machines in operation at the Lund Humphries Printing Works. Automatic Feeders in the Binder supply sections to the endless chain of a wire-stitching machine. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Retoucher working on a colour separation positive
A Retoucher working on a colour separation positive at the Lund Humphries Printing Works. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

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