The inter-war travel photograph album of Mrs Bryant of Birmi...

The inter-war travel photograph album of Mrs Bryant of Birmingham, 1931–35 British, principally 1931–35 A substantial inter-war photographic album compiled by Mrs Bryant of 282 Rotton Park Road, Birmingham 16, containing a large collection of original amateur photographs documenting journeys, excursions and social outings throughout England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland during the first half of the 1930s, captioned in manuscript, frequently recording locations and dates, the album includes numerous views of Birmingham, Stratford-upon-Avon, Leamington Spa, Evesham, Moreton-in-Marsh, Bourton-on the- Water, Tewkesbury, Brighton, Worthing, Blackpool, Southend-on-Sea, Leigh-on-Sea and Weston-super-Mare, together with architectural, landscape, coastal and social subjects, particularly extensive sequences record journeys through Scotland, including Rothesay and the Isle of Bute, Port Bannatyne, Tighnabruaich, Colintraive, Dunoon, Wemyss Bay, Largs, Loch Ascog, Loch Fad, Loch Striven, the Kyles of Bute and Edinburgh, with numerous photographs of piers, steamers, harbours and coastal scenery. A further group documents travel in Ireland during 1932, including Dún Laoghaire, Bray, Greystones, Avoca and the Meeting of the Waters, Enniskerry, the Great Sugar Loaf, Dublin, Trinity College, O’Connell Bridge, the Custom House and docks, Glendalough, Powerscourt Waterfall and the Dargle. The Welsh material includes Conwy, Llandudno and the Welsh Highland Railway, while the transport subjects throughout the album include steam locomotives, railway stations and viaducts, ferries, steamers and working harbour craft. Among the named vessels and locomotives are the steamers King George V and Queen Alexandra, the locomotive captioned King Richard I, and photographs connected with the Waterford Mail Train. Several leaves record organised group outings, variously captioned “C.C.S.S. Guild Outing” and similar, suggesting that a number of the journeys were undertaken as part of an organised social or institutional group. These are accompanied by portraits, group photographs and informal studies of fellow travellers, the album also contains photographs of Birmingham floodlighting in 1931, architectural studies, coastal panoramas, landscape views, wildlife including deer at Cowdray Park, and a number of more experimental photographs employing unusual viewpoints, oval masking and night photography

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