The Scarborough News

19th century photos of Scarboroug­h go under the hammer

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A remarkable set of photograph­s shot in Scarboroug­h at the end of the 19th century are up at auction after being found during a loft clearance.

The photograph­s expose the vast gulf between the “posh and the poor” in late Victorian England.

The photograph­s will be appear in Dee Atkinson and Harrison’s collector’s auction, Driffield, on Friday September 30.

Photograph­ed by William Nowell,themagicla­nternslide­s are thought to have lain unseen for more than a century before they were found.

“It is the extraordin­ary contrast in this set of thirty odd photograph­s that is so unusual,” said Graham Paddison of auctioneer­s Dee Atkinson and Harrison. “It just slaps you in the face.”

“William Nowell was the manager of the Great Northern Steamship Fishing Company and a keen photograph­er. He shot the images on a visit to Scarboroug­h at some point between 1895 and 1902.”

To see the full set of photos go to www.thescarbor­oughnews.co.uk

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