Images Dated 13th August 2018

Amateur Studio portrait photograph of a teenage girl

Amateur Studio portrait photograph - shot in the back garden with suitable table and plant pot props - the subject is not the most jolly ever - I don't think that hat was a regular personal choice... Date: circa 1910

© Grenville Collins Postcard Collection / Tom Gillmor / Mary Evans

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Holiday Beach Scene - Heacham , Norfolk

Holiday Beach Scene - Heacham, Norfolk - all the constituent features of the British beach holiday are here - multiple layers of clothing, a striped windbreak, Grandpa nodding off in a fold-out chair, a bright red lolly being grudgingly consumed, shoes worn to counteract the discomfort of walking on pebbles and a row of locked-up beach huts repeating out into infinity.... Date: circa 1960

© Grenville Collins Postcard Collection / Tom Gillmor / Mary Evans

Hartleys Jam Works, Aintree, Merseyside - Box-making Dept

Hartley's Jam Works, Aintree, Merseyside - The Box-making Department, capable of making 3000 boxes daily! The boxes being manufactured here are for exporting to America where they term the jars as Crocks'. Date: circa 1910s

© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection

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