Imperial War Museum Photograph Archive – RAF-T Collection
The Imperial War Museum recently acquired an important collection of nearly 10,000 superb colour photographs depicting the Royal Air Force at work during the 1950s and 1960s. These images are mostly uncaptioned and the Museum would welcome assistance from the RAF community and veterans who may be able to help with the task of identification.
The Museum has published an initial selection of 1,000 images from the collection in its Collections Online database. These cover a wide range of subjects including operations, day-to-day duties, accommodation, training and leisure activities: “What makes this collection special is that it shows life in the Royal Air Force at the height of the Cold War” says Ian Proctor, the curator responsible for cataloguing the collection.
The Imperial War Museum Photograph Archive is appealing for veterans who served during this period to assist them in gaining further information about what the photographs depict. Mr Proctor explains: “With the help of veterans, we can add context to the photographs and enhance their significance to younger audiences. As well as identifying locations and units, we hope that these photographs of day-to-day tasks and activities will spark recollections of the veterans’ own service days. This type of information is invaluable and cannot be obtained by books alone”. The Museum hopes to host a seminar later in the year at which invited veterans could view and discuss further photographs from the collection.
The initial selection of images can be viewed on the internet by entering the reference RAF-T in the reference number box of the IWM Photograph Archive’s online database at:
http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/qryPhotoImg.php
If you would like to assist the IWM Photograph Archive with its project, please contact Ian Proctor by email or letter with details of your service (including dates, stations and branch)as follows:
Ian Proctor
Curator, Photograph Archive
Imperial War Museum
Lambeth Road
London
SE1 6HZ
IProctor@iwm.org.uk
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Imperial War Museum Photograph Archive – RAF-T Collection
The Imperial War Museum recently acquired an important collection of nearly 10,000 superb colour photographs depicting the Royal Air Force at work during the 1950s and 1960s. These images are mostly uncaptioned and the Museum would welcome assistance from the RAF community and veterans who may be able to help with the task of identification.
The Museum has published an initial selection of 1,000 images from the collection in its Collections Online database. These cover a wide range of subjects including operations, day-to-day duties, accommodation, training and leisure activities: “What makes this collection special is that it shows life in the Royal Air Force at the height of the Cold War” says Ian Proctor, the curator responsible for cataloguing the collection.
The Imperial War Museum Photograph Archive is appealing for veterans who served during this period to assist them in gaining further information about what the photographs depict. Mr Proctor explains: “With the help of veterans, we can add context to the photographs and enhance their significance to younger audiences. As well as identifying locations and units, we hope that these photographs of day-to-day tasks and activities will spark recollections of the veterans’ own service days. This type of information is invaluable and cannot be obtained by books alone”. The Museum hopes to host a seminar later in the year at which invited veterans could view and discuss further photographs from the collection.
The initial selection of images can be viewed on the internet by entering the reference RAF-T in the reference number box of the IWM Photograph Archive’s online database at:
http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/qryPhotoImg.php
If you would like to assist the IWM Photograph Archive with its project, please contact Ian Proctor by email or letter with details of your service (including dates, stations and branch)as follows:
Ian Proctor
Curator, Photograph Archive
Imperial War Museum
Lambeth Road
London
SE1 6HZ
IProctor@iwm.org.uk
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Imperial War Museum Photograph Archive – RAF-T Collection
The Imperial War Museum recently acquired an important collection of nearly 10,000 superb colour photographs depicting the Royal Air Force at work during the 1950s and 1960s. These images are mostly uncaptioned and the Museum would welcome assistance from the RAF community and veterans who may be able to help with the task of identification.
The Museum has published an initial selection of 1,000 images from the collection in its Collections Online database. These cover a wide range of subjects including operations, day-to-day duties, accommodation, training and leisure activities: “What makes this collection special is that it shows life in the Royal Air Force at the height of the Cold War” says Ian Proctor, the curator responsible for cataloguing the collection.
The Imperial War Museum Photograph Archive is appealing for veterans who served during this period to assist them in gaining further information about what the photographs depict. Mr Proctor explains: “With the help of veterans, we can add context to the photographs and enhance their significance to younger audiences. As well as identifying locations and units, we hope that these photographs of day-to-day tasks and activities will spark recollections of the veterans’ own service days. This type of information is invaluable and cannot be obtained by books alone”. The Museum hopes to host a seminar later in the year at which invited veterans could view and discuss further photographs from the collection.
The initial selection of images can be viewed on the internet by entering the reference RAF-T in the reference number box of the IWM Photograph Archive’s online database at:
http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/qryPhotoImg.php
If you would like to assist the IWM Photograph Archive with its project, please contact Ian Proctor by email or letter with details of your service (including dates, stations and branch)as follows:
Ian Proctor
Curator, Photograph Archive
Imperial War Museum
Lambeth Road
London
SE1 6HZ
IProctor@iwm.org.uk
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Imperial War Museum Photograph Archive – RAF-T Collection
The Imperial War Museum recently acquired an important collection of nearly 10,000 superb colour photographs depicting the Royal Air Force at work during the 1950s and 1960s. These images are mostly uncaptioned and the Museum would welcome assistance from the RAF community and veterans who may be able to help with the task of identification.
The Museum has published an initial selection of 1,000 images from the collection in its Collections Online database. These cover a wide range of subjects including operations, day-to-day duties, accommodation, training and leisure activities: “What makes this collection special is that it shows life in the Royal Air Force at the height of the Cold War” says Ian Proctor, the curator responsible for cataloguing the collection.
The Imperial War Museum Photograph Archive is appealing for veterans who served during this period to assist them in gaining further information about what the photographs depict. Mr Proctor explains: “With the help of veterans, we can add context to the photographs and enhance their significance to younger audiences. As well as identifying locations and units, we hope that these photographs of day-to-day tasks and activities will spark recollections of the veterans’ own service days. This type of information is invaluable and cannot be obtained by books alone”. The Museum hopes to host a seminar later in the year at which invited veterans could view and discuss further photographs from the collection.
The initial selection of images can be viewed on the internet by entering the reference RAF-T in the reference number box of the IWM Photograph Archive’s online database at:
http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/qryPhotoImg.php
If you would like to assist the IWM Photograph Archive with its project, please contact Ian Proctor by email or letter with details of your service (including dates, stations and branch)as follows:
Ian Proctor
Curator, Photograph Archive
Imperial War Museum
Lambeth Road
London
SE1 6HZ
IProctor@iwm.org.uk
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Imperial War Museum Photograph Archive – RAF-T Collection
The Imperial War Museum recently acquired an important collection of nearly 10,000 superb colour photographs depicting the Royal Air Force at work during the 1950s and 1960s. These images are mostly uncaptioned and the Museum would welcome assistance from the RAF community and veterans who may be able to help with the task of identification.
The Museum has published an initial selection of 1,000 images from the collection in its Collections Online database. These cover a wide range of subjects including operations, day-to-day duties, accommodation, training and leisure activities: “What makes this collection special is that it shows life in the Royal Air Force at the height of the Cold War” says Ian Proctor, the curator responsible for cataloguing the collection.
The Imperial War Museum Photograph Archive is appealing for veterans who served during this period to assist them in gaining further information about what the photographs depict. Mr Proctor explains: “With the help of veterans, we can add context to the photographs and enhance their significance to younger audiences. As well as identifying locations and units, we hope that these photographs of day-to-day tasks and activities will spark recollections of the veterans’ own service days. This type of information is invaluable and cannot be obtained by books alone”. The Museum hopes to host a seminar later in the year at which invited veterans could view and discuss further photographs from the collection.
The initial selection of images can be viewed on the internet by entering the reference RAF-T in the reference number box of the IWM Photograph Archive’s online database at:
http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/qryPhotoImg.php
If you would like to assist the IWM Photograph Archive with its project, please contact Ian Proctor by email or letter with details of your service (including dates, stations and branch)as follows:
Ian Proctor
Curator, Photograph Archive
Imperial War Museum
Lambeth Road
London
SE1 6HZ
IProctor@iwm.org.uk
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Imperial War Museum Photograph Archive – RAF-T Collection
The Imperial War Museum recently acquired an important collection of nearly 10,000 superb colour photographs depicting the Royal Air Force at work during the 1950s and 1960s. These images are mostly uncaptioned and the Museum would welcome assistance from the RAF community and veterans who may be able to help with the task of identification.
The Museum has published an initial selection of 1,000 images from the collection in its Collections Online database. These cover a wide range of subjects including operations, day-to-day duties, accommodation, training and leisure activities: “What makes this collection special is that it shows life in the Royal Air Force at the height of the Cold War” says Ian Proctor, the curator responsible for cataloguing the collection.
The Imperial War Museum Photograph Archive is appealing for veterans who served during this period to assist them in gaining further information about what the photographs depict. Mr Proctor explains: “With the help of veterans, we can add context to the photographs and enhance their significance to younger audiences. As well as identifying locations and units, we hope that these photographs of day-to-day tasks and activities will spark recollections of the veterans’ own service days. This type of information is invaluable and cannot be obtained by books alone”. The Museum hopes to host a seminar later in the year at which invited veterans could view and discuss further photographs from the collection.
The initial selection of images can be viewed on the internet by entering the reference RAF-T in the reference number box of the IWM Photograph Archive’s online database at:
http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/qryPhotoImg.php
If you would like to assist the IWM Photograph Archive with its project, please contact Ian Proctor by email or letter with details of your service (including dates, stations and branch)as follows:
Ian Proctor
Curator, Photograph Archive
Imperial War Museum
Lambeth Road
London
SE1 6HZ
IProctor@iwm.org.uk
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