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Commercial beach photography and reflex operators at the seaside

https://blog.scienceandmediamuseum.org.uk/sunny-snaps-and-the-world-of-the-walking-photographer/
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

Attention pop pickers! Our alternative Top 5 chart

https://blog.scienceandmediamuseum.org.uk/alternative-top-5-chart/
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)…

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…

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…

Britain’s first TV set is one of the stars of our collection

https://blog.scienceandmediamuseum.org.uk/logie-baird-model-b-televisor-30th-birthday-countdown/
By Iain Baird

…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

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

https://blog.scienceandmediamuseum.org.uk/herbert-ponting-cine-camera/
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…

Re-evaluating the Baird Double 8

https://blog.scienceandmediamuseum.org.uk/john-logie-baird-double-8/
By Paul Coleman

…with the Double-8. This photo from the Daily Herald Archive shows some of the missing features. © Science Museum Group Collection As it was originally configured, the device contained not…

Mervyn O’Gorman’s ‘Christina’: How the girl in red from a 1913 photo became a social media starlet

https://blog.scienceandmediamuseum.org.uk/christina-mervyn-o-gorman-1913-photograph-girl-in-red/

…is Christina, and the images—on show in our Drawn by Light exhibition until 21 June 2015—have been doing the rounds on social media and in the world’s press. The Daily

Sound-mapping moments in time

https://blog.scienceandmediamuseum.org.uk/sound-mapping-moments-in-time/
By Lucy Rose Cunningham

…my daily life, an obscured panoptical retelling of daily life. Translating my experience first into written language and then composing spoken language with audio produced during the first month of…

Hidden Treasures of Our Collection: Game Boy

https://blog.scienceandmediamuseum.org.uk/hidden-treasures-collections-game-boy/
By Lewis Pollard

As someone without a background in photography, film, television, or media, I often find myself mystified by the objects I deal with on a daily basis. However, I regularly come…

Celluloid and Photography, part 2: The development of celluloid roll film

https://blog.scienceandmediamuseum.org.uk/celluloid-and-photography-part-2-the-development-of-celluloid-roll-film/
By Colin Harding

…market, and the company are shipping it daily, so that those who have been promising themselves the pleasure of sampling it can now get supplies from the company. We understand…

Gallery listening

https://blog.scienceandmediamuseum.org.uk/gallery-listening/
By James G. Mansell

…a sound map of your daily listening, and plan a museum podcast. By the end, you’ll be an expert listener, ready to help the museum plan its future exhibitions about…