Photographs and Prints

You can see some of the library service's photographs online at thePeople, Places andSubjects sections of Local and Family History
There are also many local photographs online at the local newspaper web sites Bedford Today and Dunstable Today. At each site's menu, click 'Picture the past' for old photos and 'Photos today' for recent ones
You can search for old photographs of Bedfordshire's towns and villages at many of the web sites listed at WebLinks > Bedfordshire > Local History
See, for example, the Francis Frith Collection and Historic England, which also holds the collections from the former websites Images of England and English Heritage Viewfinder
Many sites at WebLinks > Bedfordshire and at WebLinks > Bedfordshire > Towns and villages also include local images

There is a large collection of local photographs and prints at Bedford Central Library. The collection covers many of the towns and villages in Bedfordshire
There is an extensive collection of photographs and prints at Bedfordshire Archives

Page last updated: 8th July 2020