Reference code:

DP P

Title:

Photographs

Date of creation of material:

01.01.1898 - 01.01.1981

Level of description:

Sub-fonds

Extent:

14 box binders

Administrative note:

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Biographical note:

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Custodial history:

The records have been retained by the World Data Centre at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in Chilton, Oxfordshire since September 1979. The records previously belonged to the Appleton Laboratory at Ditton Park, Slough.

Scope and content:

Photographs of people, equipment and buildings relating to the work carried out at Ditton Park.
The photographs are in black and white color and date from 1898 to c.1981.

The individual boxes are listed below with a general description of their content.

Box 1 /16: Photographs from 1898-1926

Box 2 /16: Photographs from 1927-1930

Box 3 /16: Photographs from 1931-1933

Box 4 /16: 1934-1948 at the Radio Research Station.

Box 5 /16: 1948-1949 at N.P.L. Teddington.

Box 6 /16: 1948-1948 at Frazerburgh and Singapore.

Box 7 /16: Development of the new buildings at Ditton Park, 1954-1956.

Box 8 /16: Photographs from 1950-1965

Box 9 /16: Photographs from 1966-1981

Box 10/16: Miscellaneous: Equipment.

Box 11/16: Miscellaneous: Equipment.

Box 12/16: Miscellaneous: Equipment.

Box 13/16: Miscellaneous: People and buildings.

Box 14/19: Direction Finding and Atmospheric equipment. c.1920s-c.1930s.

System of arrangement:

The photographs in boxes 1 to 9 are arranged chronologically.

Access:

Unrestricted access

Conditions on reproduction:

Conditions apply

Physical condition:

The photographs dated from 1898 to c.1950s are in a fragile condition.
The earliest dated photographs are faded at the edges.

Language:

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Notes:

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