Photo agency and newspaper photo department footage

By Will Carleton December 1, 2015 Will Carleton

The PPHP are on the hunt for footage of the working life inside a photo department at newspaper on Fleet St from 1904.
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Why is it important?

At the turn of the 20th century, there was vast growth in press agencies and photographers due to the massive thirst for images in newspapers. Many are still in existence but others have been sold, absorbed or simply disappeared, effectively leaving gaps in the history of this industry… many agency offices were bombed during the WWII London Blitz resulting negative and print files being water damage from the hoses quenching the fires …most archives were in the building basements.

Photo agency and newspaper photo department footage

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