Welcome to the Morrab Library photographic archive catalogue. We are in the process of digitising our collections, and so not all entries will have photos attached to them. Find out more about our digitisation project.
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Chapel Street, Penzance
sepia print , Chapel street, Penzance, showing the Egyptian House on the right and Smith and Sons on the left
Featured Collection
Stanley Opie Archaeology
The Stanley Opie Archaeology collection (1001 quarter plate glass negatives) covers archaeological sites and excavations from the 1920s to 1950s. It…
Featured Exhibit
Serena Wadham
Serena Wadham (1930-2006) was a photojournalist who was based in Islington from the late 1960s until 1987, when she retired...
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Transformer on lorry, Market Jew St.
The 162 ton transformer arrived in Penzance by boat, and was driven through Penzance town centre on the way to an electric sub-station in Indian…
Transformer on lorry at Penzance docks
The 162 ton transformer was bound for an electricity sub-station in Indian Queens.