Francis Frith's first photographic portraits of Britain
An incredible treasure trove of photographs delving into the history of Britain from sunseekers in Bognor Regis to bankers outside the Royal Exchange are online for the first time.
More than 150 years ago pioneering Victorian Francis Frith set about creating the first ever photographic record of Britain.
His candid compila tion reveals the changing face of the nation from hardy fishermen in Sheringham, Norfolk, in 1893 to the romantic 1886 scene of a couple painting a landscape of Bolton Abbey.
Elsewhere is a hardscrabble scene of prisoners in 1890 pulling a cart at Dartmoor Prison, while 'Highland Girls' at Strathpeffer are pictured wringing out the washing in 1890.  Â
Dorset-based company Francis Frith has now completed scanning the entire archive of some 330,000 images, dating from 1857 to 2005.Â
Around 170,000 are available to view on the website searchable by location, and the newly scanned images are being added at th e rate of 6,000 to 10,000 per month.Â
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