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Tuesday 8 March 2016

Joseph Adamsons Photographs

Photographs dated from 1948 - 50

 FOR SALE ON EBAY FROM 
Andrew Cox Rare Books 

Whilst
browsing through Ebay I can across a fantastic collection of  97 Original photographs from Joseph Adamson  & Co Ltd, Boiler Makers Hyde.. These are superb, showing the inside of the works, the pictures measure around 8.25 by 6.5 inches, they depict all aspect of the production line, with many of the workers in shot. The company boilers of of all types and shipped worldwide 


At the time these were taken the company was part of the Adamson Alliance group who also owned the Horsehay works in what is now Telford. Some of the photographs are 'caption' of the back, and a number have been mounted on card.



There are advertised as Buy Now price of £245

A Valuable Historical Pictorial record of this lost part of British Industrial Heritage




























PLEASE NOTE, ALL THE ABOVE PHOTOGRAPHS ARE FULLY COPYRIGHTED AND ARE NOT TO BE REPRODUCED UNLESS PERMISSION AS BEEN GRANTED BY THE OWNERS.









3 comments:

Unknown said...

Great photos Tom. Thanks for posting them.

Trish said...

Brilliant photos Tom, keep up the excellent work you do on keeping the blog going. I promise to look in every week from now on!

Unknown said...

Thx for uploading..i served my time there 1965 to 1971..there used to be a guy who was in charge of the stores (which is still standing) who was always out on the shop floor with his twin lens Reflex on a tripod photographing just about EVERYTHING! I wonder where all those pics are now?.all 60s stuff..theres none here so im presuming his family may have the negatives!