Identity area
Reference code
AR1075
Title
Date(s)
- 1932 - 2011 (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent and medium
35 Boxes
Context area
Name of creator
Repository
Archival history
Custodial:
Postcards and photographs collected by the late John B. Gent (1932 - 2011). The collection was willed to the Croydon Natural History and Scientific Society Ltd (CNHSS) and has been placed with London Borough of Croydon Archives Service for security and to ensure accessibility. It remains the property of the CNHSS Ltd. Enquiries about the collection and requests to access it should be made directly to CNHSS by emailing information@cnhss.co.uk
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
35 boxes plus loose bags:
A POSTCARDS
These, estimated to number over 14,000, are housed in 25 cardboard boxes, three two-drawer filing units, and seven albums as follows:
Boxes
Boxes 1 - 16 contains Croydon cards arranged topographically.
Boxes 17 - 25 contain Croydon cards arranged thematically.
[1] AD Addington (including New Addington)
AS Addiscombe (including Park Hill)
[2] CN Coulsdon
[3] CA Croydon Airport
[4] CC Croydon central
[5] CC Croydon central
[6] KY Kenley
NY Norbury
[7] OT Old Town (including Waddon and the river Wandle
[8] PY Purley
[9] PY Purley
[10] ST Sanderstead and Selsdon
[11] SH Selhurst
SY Shirley
[12] SC South Croydon including Croham Hurst
[13] SN South Norwood
[14] TH Thornton Heath
[15] UN Upper Norwood
[16] WC West Croydon
WS Woodside
[17] ADV Advertising and message cards
AE Aerial views
ALM Almshouses
BOU Bourne flows
CAF Cafes
CEM Cemeteries and crematoria
[18] CHU Churches
[19] COM Composite / multi-view cards
EVE Events
FIR Fire brigade and fires
FLO Floods
[20] GRO Groups
[21] HOS Hospitals
HOU Houses
HUM Humorous and novelty cards
[22] LET Letter-cards
MIS Miscellaneous subjects and buildings
PAL Croydon Palace
PEO People
[23] PUB Public houses
RAD Radio amateurs contact cards
SCH Schools
[24] SHO Shops and other business premises
THE Theatres and cinemas
TOW Town Hall
[25] TA Transport (all modes)
WAR Wartime hospitals and other wartime scenes
WOR Works and factories
Two-drawer filing units
The total of six drawers contain cards relating, mostly, to districts near Croydon but beyond the LB Croydon boundary; also Collectorcard and Pamlin Prints cards, and some modern cards.
Albums
The seven albums contain cards as follows:
[1] C.H. Price cards numbered 20001 - 20099
[2] C.H. Price cards numbered 20100 - 20399
[3] C.H. Price cards numbered 20400 - 20720
[4] C.H. Price cards numbered 30000 - 30299
[5] C.H. Price cards / Croydon Airport
[6] Croydon Times cards
[7] South London cards
B PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINTS
Numerous photographic prints, currently on a LSLAS trolley, in course of cataloguing and processing. All are being labelled as the property of / on loan from Croydon Natural History and Scientific Society Ltd. As catalogued and labelled they are filed in the main LSLAS files of photographic and other images.
C SLIDES
Photographic slides including those deposited by the Society and those deposited directly by John Gent before his death.