Photography and Film Links:
Yorkshire Film Archive - over 100 years of moving images documenting life in Yorkshire
Explore, record and illustrate why people have moved to England over the last 200 years.
Community Archive sites, including those of Eastmoor, Hemsworth, King Street - Wakefield, Knottingley and Ferrybridge, South Elmsall, South Kirkby and Upton, South Hiendley.
www.one2one-development.com/fitzwilliamarchive
Fitzwilliam Community Archive.
National Museum of Photography, Film and Yelevision.
Leeds City Art Gallery houses prints, watercolours, paintings, sculpture and contemporary work.
Images of England - Learn more about your ancestors by searching for images of the buildings that they lived and worked in through this unique English Heritage project that aims to create a point in time photographic record of England's listed buildings.
Using photographs, maps, memorabilia and prints from the collections of Wakefield Metropolitan District Council (WMDC) Libraries and Information Services, local groups and individuals, this online archive of images of Wakefield and District and related areas shows the diversity of life in our area both past and present. The Archive is a freely available valuable learning resource for use by all ages and abilities.
www.viewfinder.english-heritage.org.uk
The Picture Gallery and Stories contain illustrations of the industrial age, social history (including the Henry W Taunt Collection), architecture and archaeology, dating from the 1840s to the present day.
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