We are really pleased to be able to offer work placements to local students here at The Past on Glass. Everyone who works on the Knights-Whittome collection feels quite passionately about the importance of our Edwardian glass plate negative collection – indeed about the Local Studies and Archives collection as a whole, without which none of the research on…
Archive / digitisation / Education / Edwardian / Event / Exhibition / Funding / Glass Plate Negatives / Knights-Whittome / Photography / portrait / Sutton
At the risk of boring those of our followers who also follow our Facebook and Twitter feeds, there are just 5 days left to visit our project exhibition here at Sutton Central Library. We have been overwhelmed by some of the feedback and comments we have received and are sad that we have to take the boards…
Originally posted on Whitehall Historic House, Cheam:
This month’s object is brought to you by guest blogger Abby Matthews, Project Officer of London Borough of Sutton Local Studies & Archives Centre’s The Past on Glass project! Miss Pothecary’s Dog, photographed by David Knights-Whittome 6 Sep 1911 Poodle, with Bow, On Table Anonymous American Photographer In…
Archives / digitisation / Edwardian / Epsom / Glass Plate Negatives / Knights-Whittome / Photography / portrait / Uncategorized
‘Wood Jones was perhaps the greatest man of science to grace our shores, and I am very conscious of the fact that Charles Darwin visited Australia.’ Dr Barry Christophers, Medical Journal of Australia, 5 August 1972 ‘Professor Frederic Wood Jones could not appreciate the rare nature of his own industry, versatility and audacity.’ Peter…
Archives / Carshalton / digitisation / Event / Glass Plate Negatives / hospital / Knights-Whittome / Photography / portrait / Somme / Uncategorized / WW1
Recently we had the honour of being involved in the Borough’s Somme commemorations. A creative team made up of projectionist and video editor Kieron Brannan coordinated by Samia Tassio of SamiArt, took images of WW1 soldiers from our glass plate collection to create a poignant and moving slideshow of soldiers that was projected onto the facade of…
During July we are usually fortunate enough to host a work experience student for a week. This year we had two girls, one from local grammar school Nonsuch and the other from Carshalton High School for girls. Each of the students we have hosted has been kind enough to write about their experiences, which…
As we enter the final months of our project, we are thrilled to be putting the finishing touches to an exhibition that will enable us not only to display this wonderful collection to the public at last, but will also put on show just the achievements of our wonderful and dedicated volunteer team. This project…
This image of Charles Lovegrove, taken by Knights-Whittome in July 1916 featured prominently in the Great War Stories Exhibition which took place at Sutton Central Library during 2014. The image is a striking one taken against an elaborate painted backdrop and featuring a young soldier brimming with pride. These military portraits always ignite a…
This week’s post is a heads up about an exciting event happening later this week. It comes with rather short notice, for which we apologise, but we are thrilled to be involved in the Borough’s Somme commemorations, happening on this coming Friday, 1st July. We do hope that some of our local followers will be able to…
Father’s Day is commonly viewed as an occasion with its roots in commercial enterprise. In fact, its origins date back to 1910 in the United States where a woman called Sonora Smart Dodd wanted to honour her father, a veteran who had, as a single parent, raised six children on his own. Inspired by the US Mother’s day…
“Girls,” their mother interjected, “you must both stop being strange – it is unattractive. And don’t forget your hats. It would be absolutely the end for me if you two came down with freckles at a time like this.” ― Anna Godbersen, The Luxe A short but sweet post today. With Derby Day in our town…
The last few weeks have seen The Past on Glass HQ busy in a hive of activity. As we head rapidly towards summer, we also head towards the end of our two years of funding; a two years which have sped past and have seen over 4000 Glass Plates digitised, catalogued and made available online;…
