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Photocopies and photographs

Reference: D/Ph 506 Catalogue Title: Photocopies and photographs Area: Catalogue Category: Other Records Description: Postcards of Teesdale

Covering Dates: 1920s

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    • Postcards of Teesdale (Ref: D/Ph 506/1/1-29)

Catalogue Description

These postcards were collected by Esme and Leslie Howarth of 9 Riversdale Terrace, Sunderland. Esme married a Mr Dryden and moved to 13 Shirley Gardens, Sunderland, and Leslie moved to London. He was a well respected journalist, contributing articles to many regional and national publications.
Their grandfather, Mark Howarth, was a Sunderland builder who worked on Sunderland Empire among other projects.
[Information supplied by family]

Catalogue Contents

Postcards of Teesdale (Ref: D/Ph 506/1/1-29)Ref: D/Ph 506/1/1

Postcard photograph of Jack's Scar, Middleton in Teesdale, n.d. [1920s]
(1 postcard, 9cm x 14cm, black and white)

Ref: D/Ph 506/1/2

Postcard photograph of entrance to Jack's Scar, Middleton in Teesdale. "Valentine's 'Bromotype' Series, n.d. [1920s]
(1 postcard, 9cm x 14cm, black and white)

Ref: D/Ph 506/1/3

Postcard photograph of Gibson's Cave, Middleton in Teesdale, "J. Langstaff, Middleton in Teesdale", n.d. [1920s]
(1 postcard, 9cm x 14cm, sepia)

Ref: D/Ph 506/1/4

Postcard photograph of Gibson's Cave, Stream, and Falls, Middleton in Teesdale, n.d. [1920s]
(1 postcard, 9cm x 14cm, black and white)

Ref: D/Ph 506/1/5

Postcard photograph of Winch Bridge, Middleton in Teesdale, "Valentine's X.L. Series. Real Photo Cards", n.d. [1920s]
(1 postcard, 9cm x 14cm, sepia)

Ref: D/Ph 506/1/6

Postcard photograph of Winch Bridge, Middleton in Teesdale, n.d. [1920s]
(1 postcard, 9cm x 14cm, black and white)

Ref: D/Ph 506/1/7

Postcard photograph of Mid Stream and Woods, Middleton in Teesdale, n.d. [1920s]
(1 postcard, 9cm x 14cm, black and white)

Ref: D/Ph 506/1/8

Postcard photograph of Pine Wood by Tees Side, Middleton in Teesdale, n.d. [1920s]
(1 postcard, 9cm x 14cm, sepia)

Ref: D/Ph 506/1/9

Postcard photograph of Holwick Scarr, Middleton in Teesdale, n.d. [1920s]
(1 postcard, 9cm x 14cm, black and white)

Ref: D/Ph 506/1/10

Postcard photograph of River Tees above Scoberry Bridge, Middleton in Teesdale, n.d. [1920s]
(1 postcard, 9cm x 14cm, sepia)

Ref: D/Ph 506/1/11

Postcard photograph of Horse Shoe Falls, Middleton in Teesdale, "Valentine's X.L. Series. Real Photo Cards", n.d. [1920s]
(1 postcard, 9cm x 14cm, black and white)

Ref: D/Ph 506/1/12

Postcard photograph of The Fisherman's Pool, River Tees, Middleton in Teesdale, n.d. [1920s]
(1 postcard, 9cm x 14cm, black and white)

Ref: D/Ph 506/1/13

Postcard photograph of Fairy Dell, Holwick, Middleton in Teesdale, "Valentine's 'Bromotype' Series", n.d. [1920s]
(1 postcard, 9cm x 14cm, black and white)

Ref: D/Ph 506/1/14

Postcard photograph of Kings Walk, Middleton in Teesdale, n.d. [1920s]
(1 postcard, 9cm x 14cm, black and white)

Ref: D/Ph 506/1/15

Postcard photograph of Middleton in Teesdale, "Published by the Photochrom Co Ltd Graphic Works Tunbridge Wells", n.d. [1920s]
(1 postcard, 9cm x 14cm, sepia)

Ref: D/Ph 506/1/16

Postcard photograph of Middleton in Teesdale, n.d. [1920s]
(1 postcard, 9cm x 14cm, black and white)

Ref: D/Ph 506/1/17

Postcard photograph of Market Place, Middleton in Teesdale, n.d. [1920s]
(1 postcard, 9cm x 14cm, black and white)

Ref: D/Ph 506/1/18

Postcard photograph of Hude, Middleton in Teesdale, n.d. [1920s]
(1 postcard, 9cm x 14cm, black and white)

Ref: D/Ph 506/1/19

Postcard photograph of Cauldron Snout and High Force, Middleton in Teesdale, n.d. [1920s]
(1 postcard, 9cm x 14cm, black and white)

Ref: D/Ph 506/1/20

Postcard photograph of Cauldron Snout, Teesdale, n.d. [1920s]
(1 postcard, 9cm x 14cm, black and white)

Ref: D/Ph 506/1/21

Postcard photograph of High Force, Teesdale, n.d. [1920s]
(1 postcard, 9cm x 14cm, black and white)

Ref: D/Ph 506/1/22

Postcard photograph of High Force, February 1929
(1 postcard, 9cm x 13cm, black and white)

Ref: D/Ph 506/1/23

Postcard photograph of High Force, February 1929
(1 postcard, 9cm x 13cm, black and white)

Ref: D/Ph 506/1/24

Postcard photograph of High Force, Middleton in Teesdale, "G. Prudhoe & Co., Darlington", n.d. [1920s]
(1 postcard, 9cm x 14cm, black and white)

Ref: D/Ph 506/1/25

Postcard photograph of Salmon Leap, February 1929
(1 postcard, 9cm x 14 cm, black and white)

Ref: D/Ph 506/1/26

Postcard photograph of The Weald, Upper Teesdale, n.d. [1920s]
(1 postcard, 9cm x 13cm, black and white)

Ref: D/Ph 506/1/27

Postcard photograph of The Mill, Newbiggen, "J. Langstaff, Middleton in Teesdale", n.d. [1920s]
(1 postcard, 9cm x 13cm, black and white)

Ref: D/Ph 506/1/28

Postcard photograph of Wesleyan Chapel, Newbiggen, "J. Langstaff, Middleton in Teesdale", n.d. [1920s]
(1 postcard, 9cm x 13cm, black and white)

Ref: D/Ph 506/1/29

Postcard photograph of Near Newbiggen, Teesdale, "J. Langstaff, Middleton in Teesdale", n.d. [1920s]
(1 postcard, 9cm x 14cm, black and white)



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