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Portsmouth Through Time
John Sadden
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Description for Portsmouth Through Time
Paperback. This fascinating selection of more than 180 photographs traces some of the many ways in which Portsmouth has changed and developed over the last century. Num Pages: 96 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 1DBKESH; WQP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 149 x 10. Weight in Grams: 282. 96 pages, Illustrations (some col.). This fascinating selection of more than 180 photographs traces some of the many ways in which Portsmouth has changed and developed over the last century. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBKESH; WQP. Dimension: 236 x 149 x 10. Weight: 312.
The photographs in this fascinating collection enable the reader to explore the differences that passing time has wrought on the urban landscape of Portsmouth and Southsea, and place unrecognisable scenes in context in place and time. Archive images, including Victorian scenes, Edwardian postcards, and unique colour photographs from the 1960s and '70s, are compared and contrasted with a similar view today. These absorbing images, from professional and amateur photographers, include many street scenes alongside subjects ranging from a military band at Clarence Barracks in the 1910s, commercial shipping at the Camber in the 1930s, Billy Smart's circus in the ... Read more
The photographs in this fascinating collection enable the reader to explore the differences that passing time has wrought on the urban landscape of Portsmouth and Southsea, and place unrecognisable scenes in context in place and time. Archive images, including Victorian scenes, Edwardian postcards, and unique colour photographs from the 1960s and '70s, are compared and contrasted with a similar view today. These absorbing images, from professional and amateur photographers, include many street scenes alongside subjects ranging from a military band at Clarence Barracks in the 1910s, commercial shipping at the Camber in the 1930s, Billy Smart's circus in the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Series
Through Time
Condition
New
Number of Pages
96
Place of Publication
Chalford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781848683839
SKU
V9781848683839
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About John Sadden
John is Portsmouth born and bred, attended Southern Grammar School and, after office, factory and outdoor jobs returned to education to gain a first class honours degree, then qualify as a chartered librarian. He has worked in public libraries, specialist libraries, Highbury College and the University of Portsmouth, while also working as a writer, researcher and indexer. He worked at ... Read more
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