OVER 24000 LANTERN SLIDE PHOTOGRAPHS IN ONE ARCHIVE. people, places and moments that history nearly lost.
Fishwives and foundrymen. Polar explorers and street urchins. The archive that rescued their stories, and puts them back in the picture.
In the mid-twentieth century, millions of glass photographic slides were thrown away. Andrew Gill spent decades rescuing the finest — from attics, churches and antiques fairs across the UK. The result is an archive of over 24,000 images that no one else has. Fishwives and foundrymen. Polar explorers and street urchins. A world only a few generations removed from our own.
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The people mainstream archives overlook.
Fishwives, foundrymen, polar explorers, street urchins — ordinary lives in extraordinary clarity.
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Every image traced to its physical original.
No artificial intelligence. What you see is what was.
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Available via Alamy and Mary Evans Picture Library.
Browse our 24,000+ collection of images - or get in touch to discuss your project.
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![A vintage black-and-white photo of six people, including three adults and three children, gathered outdoors against a brick wall, with a window visible behind them. The scene appears to be from an earlier time period.]()
Working lives and social history
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The world at a turning point
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Places and communities
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![Interior of St Paul's Cathedral with high vaulted ceilings, ornate woodwork, stained glass windows, and a central altar with a statue and candles. Several people are standing and sitting, some engaged in conversation.]()
Visual rarities
