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Fabulous old photo from 1925 copied onto acetate negative and used on twice coated watercolour paper for 8 minutes. This is a very important photo showing a whole Nottinghamshire colliery village turning out in their Sunday best for a train trip to the seaside paid for by the colliery company. This train journey would be impossible for most of the miners to afford at that point in time. I love the whole feel to this and it is a very important piece of social history! Most likely the original photo was a contact print of 116 size and it was a very good quality image given it is 99 years old!

Photographer:: roaringtree
Uploaded:: 2024-02-21
Tags:: cyanotype
Camera:: unknown antique camera
Film:: cyanotype paper negative
Country/region:: United Kingdom
Albums:: Cyanotypes from mixed negatives and my journey to understand the process!

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5 Comments

sanichiban · 2024-02-22 01:48
What an incredible upload. 99 years old and preserving some history! Nice work
roaringtree · 2024-02-22 06:09
@sanichiban Thank you so much!!
paulmgarger · 2024-02-23 13:37
What a great story and beautiful image of a moment from long ago. Very nice!
paulmgarger · 2024-02-23 13:37
What a great story and beautiful image of a moment from long ago. Very nice!
roaringtree · 2024-02-23 21:17
@paulmgarger Thank you so much! I find the photo quite moving knowing what a huge thing this would have been for these working families :-)