The photographs in this fascinating collection bring to vivid life the first half century of the City of Nottingham. They show the fledgling city emerging from the Victorian era into the twentieth century and the great changes which overtook it in the 1920s and '30s.
More than half of them were taken by the distinguished photographer Frank Walden Stevenson, first as an enthusiastic amateur and later as the senior staff photographer on the Nottingham Journal. He was a man who foresaw that many of the Nottingham's older houses and public buildings were vanishing for ever and so captured on film a visual record that would preserve for posterity the city's rich architectual heritage. But Frank Stevenson's work is more than that. As well as possessing a distinctive beauty, it provides us with a glimpse of the everyday lives of our ancestors and imbues our vision of a past with a nostalgic glow.
Chapters cover transport - guaranteed to kindle many fond memories - the city's major industries, and Nottingham during the Second World War. This intriguing book will appeal both to those lucky enough to remember the old Nottingham and to those who enjoy discovering their city's history.
| ISBN: | 9780752401577 |
| Publication date: | 29th June 1995 |
| Author: | Douglas Whitworth |
| Publisher: | The History Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 160 pages |
| Series: | The Archive Photographs Series |
| Genres: |
Local history Places in old photographs |
The photographs in this fascinating collection bring to vivid life the first half century of the City of Nottingham. They show the fledgling city emerging from the Victorian era into the twentieth century and the great changes which overtook it in the 1920s and '30s.
More than half of them were taken by the distinguished photographer Frank Walden Stevenson, first as an enthusiastic amateur and later as the senior staff photographer on the Nottingham Journal. He was a man who foresaw that many of the Nottingham's older houses and public buildings were vanishing for ever and so captured on film a visual record that would preserve for posterity the city's rich architectual heritage. But Frank Stevenson's work is more than that. As well as possessing a distinctive beauty, it provides us with a glimpse of the everyday lives of our ancestors and imbues our vision of a past with a nostalgic glow.
Chapters cover transport - guaranteed to kindle many fond memories - the city's major industries, and Nottingham during the Second World War. This intriguing book will appeal both to those lucky enough to remember the old Nottingham and to those who enjoy discovering their city's history.
Nottingham, 1897-1947 features in the following genres: Local history, Places in old photographs
Nottingham, 1897-1947 is available in Paperback
Nottingham, 1897-1947 was written by Douglas Whitworth and published by The History Press
Nottingham, 1897-1947 has 160 pages
Yes it is part of The Archive Photographs Series series
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