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Collection Selections: The First World War on camera

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…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…

The last remaining Scophony TV receiver high-speed scanner motor?

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By Iain Baird

…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 1948 London Olympic Games

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…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…

M is for… Mug shots, the criminal identification portrait

https://blog.scienceandmediamuseum.org.uk/a-z-of-photography-m-is-for-mugshots/
By Colin Harding

…Miller], 7 May 1909 © Science Museum Group collection A detainee at a camp for German political prisoners is photographed, June 1945 © Planet News Ltd / Daily Herald, Science…

History of British television: Timeline, 1926–2017

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…addresses the Baird studio cameras, 2 November 1936, from the Daily Herald Archive, Science Museum Group collection 1940s 23 December 1941: Baird gives first demonstration of 600-line electronic stereoscopic television…

Picture a Museum Day 2011

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By Emma Thom

…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…

Television fears inspire spooky reading in J.B. Priestley’s ‘Uncle Phil on TV’

https://blog.scienceandmediamuseum.org.uk/television-technology-and-the-occult/
By Iain Baird

…still very much a novelty. J.B. Priestley at work in his study, 1940, Tovey © Daily Herald / Science Museum Group collection The cultural context Television had been around for…

Attention pop pickers! Our alternative Top 5 chart

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By Annie Jamieson

…total nightmare? Depends on whether you’re a big Beatles fan or not! From the Daily Herald Archive at National Science and Media Museum (© Science Museum Group Collection. CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0)…

The future of television, past and present

https://blog.scienceandmediamuseum.org.uk/past-predictions-of-the-future-of-television/
By Iain Baird

…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…

My message to Bradford

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By Jo Quinton-Tulloch

…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…

Commercial beach photography and reflex operators at the seaside

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By Colin Harding

…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

Hidden Treasures of Our Collection: Herbert Ponting’s Cine Camera

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By Kendra Bean

…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…