Images Dated 10th June 2004

Alexandra Palace, the home of the B.B.C. The large transmitt

Alexandra Palace as the home of the B.B.C television service in 1936 showing the mast and transmitting aerials for vision and sound. Special tests of reception of the B.B.C from Alexandra Palace of synchronised television and speech were held at Olympia by a committee of the Radio Manufacturers Association. On alternate days transmissions from Alexandra Palace were given by Baird and Marconi E.M.I systems. In 1935 the B.B.C experimented with John Logie Baird's television system and Marconi's E.M.I system. The E.M.I succeeded Baird's in 1937

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Prison babies

Weighing a baby on its admission to Holloway prison. Holloway was a women-only prison where babies who were either born there or were under three months when their mothers were jailed, were cared for. Offspring slept in cots within their mother's cell, with nurses overseeing the babies care and welfare. At nine months of age the baby would then leave the prison

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Portrait of Sir Benjamin Stone and his wife Lady Stone

Sir Benjamin and Lady Stone. Benjamin Stone was a Conservative MP for East Birmingham between 1895-1909. He was known for his keen interest in photography and was appointed offical photographer in Westminster Abbey for King George's Coronation. During his years in parliament he became the unoffical House of Commons photographer, producing over his lifetime, 30, 000 photographic plates

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