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GE - Gentry Collection
1 - Card indices to the photographs taken by South Lancashire Newspapers, mainly relating to the 'St.Helens Reporter'
2 - Photographers' diaries for the South Lancashire Newspapers, mainly relating to the 'St.Helens Reporter'
3 - Photographic negatives for South Lancashire Newspapers, mainly relating to the 'St.Helens Reporter'
4 - Photographic negatives of 'Historical Value' (HV) for South Lancashire newspapers, mainly relating to the 'St.Helens Reporter'
5 - Leigh old pictures
6 - Aerial photographs
7 - Knowsley Hall and Park glass negatives
8 - A collection of prints and glass negatives acquired from St.Helens Reporter
1 - "Other People's" glass negatives
2 - Glass negatives acquired by St.Helens Reporter
1 - Woman holding a baby probably Margaret Jackson with her daughter Annie B
2 - Woman with a baby in a perambulator: probably Margaret Jackson with her daughter Annie B
3 - Young child in a back yard, with 2 other young children, washing hanging out and a dolly in the background: child in foreground is probably William A Jackson
4 - Woman washing a front doorstep, seen from inside: probably Margaret Jackson at 107 Higher Parr Street, St.Helens
5 - Man in street, identified as "Mr Pearson" seen through an open door (probably of 107 Higher Parr Street, St.Helens)
6 - Close up of a man with a bicycle: identified as "J Gardner"
7 - Industrial landscape, including tall chimneys and gasometers
8 - Young man in the country: possibly Bertram W and William A Jackson
9 - 2 women sitting in the open air
10 - Woman sitting on a fallen tree
11 - Woman sitting on a fallen tree
12 - Close up of a woman sitting in the open air
13 - Woman standing beside a window
14 - Lighthouse, identified as "New Brighton Lighthouse (snap shot)"
15 - Shop front, probably of "J W Jackson, Cash Chemist", 107 Higher Parr Street, St.Helens, with flags and other decorations, possibly celebrating the Relief of Mafeking
16 - Woman holding child, in a back yard, probably Margaret Jackson with her daughter Annie B at 107 Higher Parr Street, St.Helens
17 - Young woman with a young girl, probably Beatrice B and Annie B Jackson, in back yard of 107 Higher Parr Street, St.Helens
18 - Woman and 3 children in a back yard, probably 107 Higher Parr Street, St.Helens
19 - 3 boys in a back yard, probably of 107 Higher Parr Street, St.Helens
20 - 2 young girls in a back yard: probably of 107 Higher Parr Street, St.Helens
21 - Young boy, probably William A Jackson, in a back yard probably of 107 Higher Parr Street, St.Helens
22 - Young boy, probably William A Jackson, in a back yard probably of 107 Higher Parr Street, St.Helens
23 - View from a window of the rear of a terraced house including possibly some elaborate pigeon lofts
24 - View showing the front of 2 shops, "B Barr and Sons, Umbrella Makers" and "F Kelsall, Fingerpost Boot Repairing Factory (est. 1885)": identified as 106 and 104 Higher Parr Street, St.Helens
25 - View showing the front of 1 house and 3 shops, the one on the left apparently with shop front newly inserted and the two on right being "B Barr and Sons, Umbrella Makers" and "Fingerpost Boot Repairing Factory 2": identified as 104-110 Higher Parr Street, St.Helens
26 - Movable high platform, probably in use to install cable for tramway being manoeuvred in front of Fingerpost Boot Repairing Factory, 104 Higher Parr Street, St.Helens
27 - Two-wheeled vehicle with single horse and driver, passing in front of Fingerpost Boot Repairing Factory, identified as 104 Parr Street, St.Helens
28 - Four-wheeled open carriage with well dressed woman, driver and 2 horses, passing in front of properties identified as 104-110 Higher Parr Street, St.Helens
29 - Young man crossing a street, with 2 shops visible behind him, of a hairdresser and a bootmaker, identified as 106 and 104 Higher Parr Street, St.Helens
30 - View of "F Kelsall Fingerpost Boot Repairing Factory (est'd 1885)", 104 Higher Parr Street, St.Helens with a woman at doorway
31 - View of a young woman riding a bicycle in front of a shop, the Fingerpost Boot Repairing Factory, 104 Higher Parr Street, St.Helens
32 - Woman in white riding a bicycle along Higher Parr Street, St.Helens, showing numbers 106 onwards
33 - Higher Parr Street, St.Helens looking east from number 107, showing men working, probably on installing cable for tramway, with movable high platform and horse drawn van with words including "British Insulated…" painted on side
34 - Higher Parr Street, St.Helens, looking East from number 107
35 - View of a street, possibly Higher Parr Street, St.Helens, looking west from number 107
36 - View showing 3 shop fronts at 105-107 Higher Parr Street including, "J Allen and Sons", "Wholesale and Retail Tripe Dressers" and "J W Jackson, Cash Chemist".
37 - Man sitting with young child on his knee, in front of a dilapidated door
38 - Girl sitting with baby on her lap and younger girl at her side in front of a wooden building, probably a greenhouse
39 - Man posing with 3 women
40 - Eccleston Hill Pumping Station, seen through gateway
41 - Bold Hall, south front
42 - Bold Hall, south front
43 - Group of people posing in front of a brick built cottage
44 - Group of people posing in front of a brick built cottage
45 - Group of people posing in front of a brick built cottage
46 - Group of 3 women in a yard
47 - 2 men sitting on a bench in a country garden: probably Bertram W and Walter A Jackson
48 - 2 children and 2 young men sitting in a country garden: probably (left to right) William A and Annie B Jackson, "George" and Bertram W Jackson
49 - Young boy, standing, seated young man and young man lying on bench in a country garden: probably (left to right) William A Jackson, "George" and Bertram W Jackson
50 - Group of people posing on a country road
51 - 2 men posing on bicycles on a country road: probably Walter A Jackson (at left) with "George"
52 - Woman (blurred) walking on a country road past 2 men sitting on a bank behind their 2 bicycles
53 - Young man, probably "George" holding an adult bicycle on which is sitting William A Jackson: standing at right are Annie B and Bertram W Jackson
54 - Group of people posing beside a country road: probably (left to right) Bertram W (sitting on fence), Annie B, Margaret and William A Jackson, and "George"
55 - Group of people posing beside a country road: probably (left to right) Bertram W (sitting on fence), Annie B, Margaret and William A Jackson and "George"
56 - Group of people posing in front of a stretch of water in the country: probably (left to right Margaret, Bertram W (standing on pile of earth), William A and Annie B Jackson and "George"
57 - Young woman standing in a country garden
58 - Wooded view with greenhouses in middle distance
59 - Country view: white horse in field, with stooks in field beyond
60 - Frontage of shop: "Mrs J W Jackson, Cash Chemist and Druggist", 107 Higher Parr Street, St.Helens
61 - Half length portrait of seated man, probably Jabez W Jackson
62 - Standing woman, identified as Betsy Jackson
63 - Seated woman, identified as Betsy Jackson
64 - Seated woman, identified as Betsy Jackson
65 - Woman with 2 older boys and 1 younger boy: identified as Margaret Jackson, standing with "George"
66 - 2 women with 3 children: woman at right is probably Margaret Jackson and the 2 children at left probably Annie B and William A Jackson
67 - 3 children: the 2 at right are probably William A and Annie B Jackson
68 - 2 children in close up, probably William A and Annie B Jackson
69 - Man in Corporal's uniform, with forage cap
70 - Man in Corporal's uniform, with forage cap and smoking a cigar
71 - Woman in apron holding snowballs
72 - Baby sitting in a high chair
73 - Baby sitting in a dining chair
74 - Baby sitting in a wooden chair
75 - Frontage of a chapel, with "Firewood and old boards for sale within" painted on brickwork: probably Park Road Wesleyan Chapel, St.Helens immediately prior to demolition
76 - View identified as "Railway Collins Green, Newton Race Course Grandstand"
77 - Large gatehouse, possibly the Grand Lodge, Knowsley
78 - 3 men in a 2 wheeled open vehicle drawn by a single horse
79 - Large group of people on a rocky hillside
80 - Entrance to a large house, with 3 women in the porch and man standing on the path with a bicycle
81 - 2 women and a child in a rowing boat on a lake, probably Newton Lake
82 - Group of women, man, girl, boy and baby
83 - Group: 1 woman with 19 girls and boys
84 - Steam locomotive (O-6-OT, OC), probably at Vulcan foundry, with 7 men
85 - 2 locomotives, probably at Vulcan Locomotive works, Newton-le-Willows
86 - 2 locomotives, probably at Vulcan Locomotive Works, Newton-le-Willows
87 - Footplate view of an export locomotive cab, probably at Vulcan Locomotive Works, Newton-le-Willows
88 - A locomotive boiler and firebox on end, probably at the Vulcan Locomotive Works
89 - Three quarter length studio portrait of a young woman standing, with hands behind her back
90 - Three quarter length studio portrait of a young woman standing, wearing a wide brimmed hat
91 - Young woman standing in a garden in front of a sash window, holding a parasol
92 - Young woman standing holding a pair of gloves
93 - Young woman sitting on a chair
94 - 3 girls standing in a garden in front of a studio backdrop
95 - Girl sitting on a chair on a garden path
96 - View of Newton Lake, Newton-le-Willows, showing Redclyffe and the opposite bank and beyond the dam
97 - View of Newton Lake, Newton-le-Willows, showing Redclyffe with small sailing boat, landing stage and cliffs on the opposite side
98 - View of Newton Lake, Newton-le-Willows, with a pair of swans in the foreground and Redclyffe and other houses on the opposite side
99 - A pair of swans, probably on Newton Lake, Newton-le-Willows
100 - View, probably of Newton Lake, Newton-le-Willows, with an abandoned boat in the foreground and snow on the bank
101 - Landscape, with cows in foreground and beyond a footbridge over a wide stream, with woods on opposite bank
102 - Path through a wooded valley
103 - Narrow stream in a wood, with snow on ground
104 - Copy negative: framed photograph of a group of 20 men and boys in front of a large window, with a large wreath behind central seated figure
105 - "South Lancashire Election" - the hustings at Newton-le-Willows
3 - Prints from other people's glass negatives acquired by St.Helens Reporter
4 - Contact prints from some glass negatives acquired by St.Helens Reporter
5 - Original envelopes for negatives at GE/8/1
6 - Original envelopes for negatives at GE/8/2
7 - The original wooden box, handmade from a larger packing case bearing some original lettering
9 - Royal visits to St.Helens
10 - Photographs of various subjects, including South Lancashire Newspapers operations
11 - Printing plates
12 - South Lancashire Newspapers' microfilms of local newspapers for St.Helens and vicinity
13 - St.Helens Reporter cuttings book
14 - South Lancashire Newspapers staff signing in book
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