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Use ViewFinder to find historic photographs of England.

The photographs on ViewFinder are all held by the National Monuments Record, the public archive of English Heritage. They date from the 1850s and are a resource for people interested in England's social, industrial, architectural and archaeological history.

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Our Photo Essays provide commentaries alongside selected images and cover subjects such as London's Docks, prefabs, Sheffield's metal trades, women at work, windmills, and much more.

The information used in our search results was last updated on 28th September 2009.
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