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Cabinet Photo

Posted by peter cook on 29/8/2025, 9:45 am

Another old cabinet photo. Photographer was J. Downey & Sons, Eldon Street, South Shields.

Re: Cabinet Photo

Posted by Norman on 29/8/2025, 1:40 pm, in reply to "Cabinet Photo"

The people in the generation before photography was invented must have been amazed seeing brilliant clear photos like this one Peter.
Previously only the wealthy were recorded by artists painting them.

Re: Cabinet Photo

Posted by AJG on 29/8/2025, 5:41 pm, in reply to "Re: Cabinet Photo"

In a similar way, I think future generations will be SO spoiled for photographic records because everyone photographs and films everything nowadays. The only danger will be if files get deleted from the cloud or wherever when someone dies. This will be the future equivalent of old photos going in the bin!

Re: Cabinet Photo

Posted by Norman on 30/8/2025, 2:44 pm, in reply to "Re: Cabinet Photo"

Quite a few years ago the Shields Gazette would put my photos in their paper.
I asked if I could look through their Archive and was told they don't have one. Since digital their photographers delete them after they are used.
I viewed and borrowed some pics from the Evening Chronicles archives years ago but more modern pics won't be there as they will also delete digital pics.
Unless since then they have re-thought it's a bad idea not having an archive.

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