A museum in exile: The great refurbishment of 1997
…Brian in the Daily Herald Collection at Black Dyke Mill, 1997 © John Angerson Before I came along the curators had answered all the enquiries between them. Now they were…
‘Never Alone’: A sociological standpoint, part 1 – who’s watching?
…the UK. CCTV in Oxford Street, Ron Burton, 20 November 1964. Daily Herald/Science Museum © Mirrorpix A 2016 survey by the British Security Industry Authority revealed there could be as…
Commercial beach photography and reflex operators at the seaside
…away from traditional British resorts to the Spanish Costas. For beach photographers the writing was on the wall. Roy Kirby photographing Miss Carmel Martin, Ramsgate, 24 September 1949, Daily Herald…
Britain’s first TV set is one of the stars of our collection
…in on 30 September 1929. Sydney Moseley and two employees of the Baird Television Development Co. watch the inaugural television broadcast on a Noah’s Ark Televisor, 30 September 1929, Daily…
My message to Bradford
…3 million objects. We will, for example retain photographic collections such as the Kodak Collection, which charts the development of the photographic process; The Daily Herald Archive, a unique newspaper…
The last remaining Scophony TV receiver high-speed scanner motor?
…the richly veneered cabinet when not in use. A model demonstrates the Ekco-Scophony ES104 television receiver on Scophony’s stand at Radiolympia, 23 August 1938, Edward George Malindine © Daily Herald…
Collection Selections: The First World War on camera
…Trustees of the Science Museum Peace scenes in London, wounded soldiers with flags, 1919, Daily Herald Archive, Photographer unknown © The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum A street…
How the UK watched the Apollo 11 moon landing
…control camera and issued through Associated Press, 21 July 1969. (Daily Herald Archive / Science Museum Group Collection) In the studio, Michelmore, Burke and Moore were all careful not to…
Picture a Museum Day 2011
…MuseumPics group to see images from around the world. Large Object Store in Insight: Collections & Research Centre Daily Herald Archive Large Object Store in Insight: Collections & Research Centre…
The future of television, past and present
…time compelled many to portray it as an object of fantasy, even when television had become a reality. ‘The Radio Set of the Future’, 1933, Daily Herald Archive © Science…
Collection Selections: The 1948 London Olympic Games
…the Daily Herald newspaper, and are a wonderful example of sports photojournalism in our collection. Alistair McCorquodale in the Olympic Village, London, 1948, © The Board of Trustees of the…
Hidden Treasures of Our Collection: Herbert Ponting’s Cine Camera
…the Antarctic, 1912 © Daily Herald, Science Museum Group Collection When the news of Scott’s tragic demise reached England, Ponting took it upon himself to become the arbiter of the…