Photography

Dorset Museum started collecting photographs late in the 19th century. Images in the archive date from the earliest days of photography to today. Around 50,000 prints, 20,000 negatives, 12,000 slides and 5,000 glass plates in the collection give us insights into lifestyles, occupations and traditions around the region over time.  Significant photographers featured in the archive include Harry Pouncy, Francis Frith and Charles Cornish-Browne.

018_Street Seller, South Street, Dorchester

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May 12, 2021

Vegetable Stall, South Street, Dorchester

Taken by M. Collier…

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017_Vegetable seller at The Conduit, Sherborne

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May 12, 2021

Vegetable seller at The Conduit, Sherborne

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016_Mr Courtney’s Fruit and Vegetable stall, South Street, Dorchester

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May 12, 2021

Courtney’s Fruit and Vegetable Stall, South Street, Dorchester

Taken by V. Dicker…

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015_Fruit and Vegetable stall, South Street, Dorchester

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May 12, 2021

Fruit and Vegetable Stall, South Street, Dorchester

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014_Demonstration of Debenham’s patented hay sweep & tractor driven baler

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May 12, 2021

Demonstration of Debenham’s patented hay sweep and tractor driven baler, Affpuddle

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013_Picking watercress at Lawrences’s Farm, near Shaftesbury

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May 12, 2021

Picking watercress at Lawrences’s Farm, near Shaftesbury

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012_Cutting corn with scythes

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May 12, 2021

Cutting hay with scythes

Pouncy Collection…

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011_Constructing a sheaf of wheat

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May 12, 2021

A sheaf of wheat

Pouncy Collection…

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010_Hauling in the sprat harvest, West Bay

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May 12, 2021

Hauling in the sprat harvest, West Bay

Taken by I. Hardwick…

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