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Archive
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The Museum has a substantial
archive collection, of magic lantern slides, photographs and ephemera of which the following is a
selection. In the
Slide Collection, click
individual images for larger pictures.
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The magic lantern was a popular form of
entertainment in Victorian times, both at public performances and at home.
These glass slides of Royston were taken around 1900 by local photographer Frank Hinkins
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The Mount |
The Town Hall |
The Market |
The Priory Pond |
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Melbourn Street |
The High Street |
Market Hill |
The Parish Church |
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The Museum's
Photographic Collection
is extensive and records events, people and places. |
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Left: Mr Hubert Stearn,
Chairman of Royston Town Council, and Mr Joseph Cooke, proprietor of The
Royston Crow, display the Grant of Arms to the town in 1952. |
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Left
View of Royston High Street from the Cross, looking south,
c 1900
Right
The Crown and Dolphin Inn, Kneesworth Street, Royston, c
1900 |
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The
Royston Crow newspaper archive
is one of the Museum's most
valuable and extensively consulted resources. The run of bound volumes
goes back to its first edition
in 1855 (the original press also forms part of the Museum's collection and
is illustrated on the
Museum Trail page). The
Crow has provided essential
information for several books on Royston. |
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Among the collection of
Ephemera are concert and drama programmes, and a number of greetings
cards, some of which are of both artistic and historic interest.
Embroidered cards such as
the ones on the right were popular among British servicemen in France
during the 1914-18 war, and several of those sent to relatives in
Royston have been donated to the Museum. (See also Jack Halstead's
illustrated First World War diary on the
Books and Booklets
page) |
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