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Graystone Bird
Victorian Whitby through the Magic Lantern
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This lovely little book presents 50 photographs from magic lantern slides and text from a Victorian travel guide. The pictures are so sharp and clear, unlike the screenshots I've displayed below.
Introduction by Andrew Gill :
At the end of the 19th century, Whitby was one of the most photographed towns in England because of the remarkable pictures taken by local photographer Frank Sutcliffe. Although photography was sixty years old by then and portrait studios were commonplace in our towns and cities, only a handful of British, professional photographers were taking pictures of ordinary people going about their everyday lives. Those of the highest calibre took technically accomplised and beautifully composed images that, over one hundered and twenty years later, enable us to step back in time and experience fragmentary moments in the lives of our Victorian ancestors.
This book reproduces text relating to Whitby from a Victorian travel guide and photographs of Whitby taken by Graystone Bird. Graystone was a professional photographer who won many awards for his photographs but is now virtually unknown because of the 'forgotten' format in which his images were published ... glass 'magic lantern' projection slides.
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Inner Harbour
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The Herring Boats
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The Swing Bridge
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Cottages
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The Scarboro' Boat
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'Map of India' on the Sands'
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An Old Alley
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199 Steps
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Wilson's Yard
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The Mussel Gatherers
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Tin Ghaut
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A Chip off the Old Block
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