In the final post in our series showing you how to dating your old family photographs using physical clues, Colin Harding offers some tips on how to identify postcards.
The Red Cross has done some incredible work since its formation in 1863. A look through our collection reveals just a few of its heroes.
As the Football Association pays tribute to its founding fathers this week, we take a look at football photojournalism in our collection.
In the penultimate post in our series showing you how to date your old family photographs using physical clues, Colin Harding offers some tips on how to identify cabinet cards.
As Tate Britain prepares to open a new exhibition of L.S. Lowry’s industrial landscapes, we look at scenes of northern urban life in our collection.
Colin Harding takes a look at the life of one of the legendary figures of Fleet Street, who always came back with the picture his editor wanted.
Colin Harding looks at the rise of commercial beach photography, and the shift from stiff, formal portraits, to the unposed holidaymaker by the sea.
When the introduction of cheap snapshot cameras coincided with more leisure time for ordinary folk, they flocked to the seaside to record their sunny memories.
In our next post about dating your old family photographs, Colin Harding shows you how to identify a ferrotype, more commonly known as a tintype.
By Emily Philippou
The Daily Herald Archive: A historic photography collection from the world of print journalism
Containing millions of photographs from the first half of the 20th century, the Daily Herald Archive is one of the gems of our collection.
These images from our collection document attempts to reach the summit of the world’s most unforgiving mountain.
A look at social and political activism in the 20th century through the lens, to mark the 10th anniversary of one of the largest anti-war rallies in history.