I don't know about company photographers but even without them, there should
be a lot more photographs around than there seems to be (good or bad). In my
area of interest (geographically) - the Tamar Valley it seems inconceivable
that the excitement and (admittedly short lived) prosperity bought to the
area by the mines seems to have gone largely un-photographed, particularly
given the abundance of images of other areas and activities during the
period of serious mining activity in the Tamar Valley - Towns, Railways,
Boats, Dartmoor etc.
There are photographs of course, but not nearly enough.
I do wonder whether at some point in the past these 'missing' photos have
been 'collected'. Perhaps they might surface one day, perhaps they are lost
forever, or perhaps they were never photographed (my least favourite theory).
What does anyone else think?
Lee
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