For Sale: For Sale: Three Historic Photographic Press Libraries

By Will Carleton June 14, 2011 August 19th, 2016 Will Carleton

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An amalgamated historic library including Barratt’s Photo Press, Fleet Street News and London News Service.
A rare opportunity to own the full copyright of a historic, mainly black and white, glass plate library originating from the early 1900s to film negatives in the 1960s, ongoing to 1980. Totalling approximately 250,000 images.

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.

For Sale: For Sale: Three Historic Photographic Press Libraries

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