National Media Museum

National Media Museum

The National Media Museum is home to over 3.5 million items of historical and cultural significance, and our diverse Collection encompasses some of the finest and most compelling visual material to be found anywhere in the world.

Our archives includes the National Photography Collection which incorporates a number of world-class photographs and key images by the most influential photographers of our time, alongside an extensive collection of photographic technology.


Find out more at: www.nationalmediamuseum.org.uk



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  • A scooter speedway in the city, London

    1930s - They delivered coal in front of our door into the cellar. We used to take turns to go down to the cellar and fill ... (read more)

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  • Bathing the baby

    We bathed in front of the coal fire in a tin bath that was hung outside when we weren't using it. Heating the water for it, ... (read more)

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  • Young children playing with hoops in Regent's Park

    I was born in 1925 in Southampton, we moved to Bishopstone until I got married in the 1940s. We skipped to school down the middle of ... (read more)

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  • Miners working coal face, Powell Duffryn Colliery

    I was born in 1941. I left school at 15 and worked in the building trade. I missed National Service by one year! Originally from Rhondda, ... (read more)

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  • Army open air concert for troops

    My father was conscripted in 1943 - he was in the army for four months then went to the Navy. He worked on Radar on the ... (read more)

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  • Gas cookers being replaced with electric ones

    I was born in 1941 in Kent. I remember gas cookers, electric lights, playing football in the streets, days in the woods, playing on bombsites - ... (read more)

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  • Sewing machinists

    Hope Bros were one of the reasons that my Great Grandmother came to Littleport - having left London as a child, and then left Dunstable after ... (read more)

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  • Snow at Whitby Harbour, about 1905

    Looks like Sea Foam to me? (read more)

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  • Waterfall, about 1905

    That looks like Hardraw Force, the UK's highest single drop waterfall. http://www.hardrawforce.com/ I went there many times as a kid, and took mine there too! (read more)

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  • Sailors buying goods at a YMCA shop

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  • Applying film makeup

    A photograph of a technician applying spray makeup before filming, taken by Tomlin for the Daily Herald newspaper on 23 May, 1934. These women are being ... (read more)

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  • Weighing sugar

    A photograph of a shopkeeper weighing out sugar into a paper bag surrounded by displays of tea, taken by Woodbine for the Daily Herald newspaper on ... (read more)

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  • Filling up with petrol

    Photograph of a woman having her car filled up with petrol at a garage, taken by Edward Malindine for the Daily Herald newspaper. This image was ... (read more)

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  • A group of clowns

    A photograph of a group of circus clowns preparing for a performance in Chelmsford, taken by James Jarche for the Daily Herald newspaper on 10 April, ... (read more)

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  • Little girl with two puppies

    A photograph of a little girl sitting with two Chow puppies, taken by Tomlin for the Daily Herald newspaper on 7 April, 1934. Despite the cold, ... (read more)

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  • Battersea Power Station chimney

    A photograph of a chimney at Battersea Power Station in London, taken by Tomlin for the Daily Herald newspaper on 17 January, 1934. The man on ... (read more)

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  • Engineer in Battersea Power Station

    Engineer watching a bank of monitors in the Control Hall of Battersea Power Station. These monitors would regulate the output of electricity from the power station's ... (read more)

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  • Model of the Loch Ness Monster

    A photograph of a Loch Ness Monster model being taken by trailer to Bertram Mills Circus, taken by James Jarche for the Daily Herald newspaper on ... (read more)

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  • Father Christmas at Selfridges

    A photograph of crowds of children with Father Christmas at Selfridges. The group gaze at the latest toys on display, including Meccano 'Dinky Toys' and 'Modelled ... (read more)

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  • Sewing machinists

    A photograph of sewing machinists at work, taken by James Jarche for the Daily Herald newspaper on 24 November, 1933. These women sewing machinists are busy ... (read more)

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  • Telephone float in a parade

    A photograph of the General Post Office (GPO) float in the Lord Mayor's Show in London, taken by Tomlin for the Daily Herald newspaper on 9 ... (read more)

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  • Two women with fireworks and a 'Guy''

    Factory workers and a life-size Guy Fawkes character at Brock's Fireworks Ltd, Cheam, Surrey, photographed by Cardew for the Daily Herald newspaper. The women display giant ... (read more)

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  • Workers on a car assembly line

    A photograph of workers on the car assembly line of the Triumph Works in Coventry, West Midlands, taken by Leslie Cardew for the Daily Herald nmewspaper ... (read more)

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  • Giant snowman

    A photograph of a giant snowman. The snowman was part of a display of Christmas products shown at the Chocolate and Confectionery Exhibition at London's Olympia. (read more)

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  • Woman inside a radiogram, Radiolympia

    A photograph of a woman inside a radiogram on display at the Radiolympia show at Olympia, London, taken by George Woodbine for the Daily Herald newspaper ... (read more)

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