Glass Plate Negatives (2)

12201011464?profile=originalLast year Sutton Archives was awarded £96,000 by the HLF to rehouse, digitise, catalogue and research the glass plate collection of the Edwardian photographer David Knights-Whittome  (shops in Sutton and Epsom). Since then we have recruited a part-time Project Officer who is managing the 23+ volunteers who are doing most of the work - cleaning plates, rehousing them in four-flap folders, digitising the plates and original envelopes, cataloguing the plates and researching the individuals photographed.

We have digitised over 1200 1/4 plates so far (there are about 10,000 plates in 5 different sizes) and created both a Blog and Flickr account enabling us to share the project with others. As David was active in the area between 1904-1918 the collection includes many WW1 soldiers and nurses - there are nearly 300 on our Flickr site. 

The Past on Glass Blog is contributed to by both staff and volunteers - telling the story of individuals we've researched, what we're discovering about David's technique and the ups and downs of such a project.

You can follow the Blog here - include your email address to receive updates - https://pastonglass.wordpress.com/

Our Flickr account can be viewed here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/pastonglass/sets/

Enquiries about the project can be made to Abby Matthews, Project Officer, The Past on Glass abby.matthews@sutton.gov.uk 

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12200952060?profile=originalWe have in our archives a large (10,000+) collection of glass plate negatives which came from the Edwardian photographer David Knights-Whittome. We're beginning work on a project to preserve and make them more widely available. This will be a massive task as some of the plates are broken but worse some are stuck to their original envelopes or image pealing off. As a starting point I've set up a small Flickr set here : http://www.flickr.com/photos/38156052@N05/sets/72157631016526978/

I hope you enjoy and please comment. You can see his work was varied and included the well to-do. many thanks,

Kath.

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