This eclectic collection defies definition, but is roughly divided into two halves. The first half depicts scenes of life from the early twentieth century; family holidays, children playing, early motorists and aviators, both world wars, and views around the UK. The other side of the collection represents a magpie tendency and creative eye, encompassing a wide range of fascinating material from wartime postcards to elegantly chic 1950s fashion plates.
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Reginald A. Malby, was one of the finest horticultural photographers of his era and official photographer of the Royal Horticultural Society in the early years of the twentieth century. As well as working in black and white, often photographing plant species for the first time, Reginald Malby employed colourists who would painstakingly apply colour to the 5cm square images using a magnifying glass and fine paintbrushes.
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The March of the Women Collection was painstakingly compiled piece by piece over a period of 30 years, and focuses on the activities of the suffragette movement from 1903 to 1914 and the role of women during the First World War.
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The Marx Memorial Library was established in 1933 in Clerkenwell in East London as a permanent memorial to Karl Marx on the fiftieth anniversary of his death. The collection is an eclectic mix of politics, portraits and events where images of Robert Maxwell or Oswald Mosley sit side by side with photos of Billy Bragg, Sylvia Pankhurst, Graham Greene or Arthur Scargill. There are some great scenes of rallies, strikes, pickets, and campaigning.
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