Heritage Photo Archive

2894 photos

THE HERITAGE PHOTO ARCHIVE (UK) was originally created to display heritage images taken by Ken Howarth over the last 40 years. The Website has now been expanded to permanently record, preserve & encourage others to deposit scans of images (on mutually agreed terms) or indicate where images might be consulted.

THE HERITAGE IMAGE REGISTER is a Free Service (a free advert if you like with up to TEN images in YOUR OWN Gallery) offering the opportunity to individuals, heritage groups, local history societies, photographic societies, archives, museums & others to display and promote your organisation & collection of heritage images. The idea is to create a Visual Index or Listing of heritage image collections.
Initially the Heritage Photo Archive and Heritage Image Register will cover parts of North Wales, the North West of England, The Lake District and Cumbria.

HOW TO FIND AN IMAGE!
The short answer is: Use the on-site SEARCH BOX. Use it just like you would use an index in a book or at the Library. All our images, including the Heritage Photo Archive and The Heritage Image Register are Fully Searchable and Accessible from within our site SEARCH BOX. For a simple step-by-step guide to SEARCHING look under the SEARCH TAB in the Menu above and in the drop-down sub-section you will find the HOWTOSEARCH TAB.

HOSTING & CATALOGUING
For Collections requiring more than the TEN free images available in the Heritage Photo Register we also offer specialist Hosting including professional Keywording and Tagging. This Service is offered as a practical way to help support the cost of the Website.

IMAGE PURCHASE
Many of the images are available to purchase at reasonable rates, this again helps fund the site. Please note however, that some of our contributors whilst they have generously agreed to display their images for educational, local history research and general interest do not (for copyright, legal, ownership & other reasons) wish to them to be copied or available for sale.

Ken Howarth 2012

About

Address	Grange-over-Sands Cumbria LA11 7JR United Kingdom
Daytime phone	01539 559394
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Web site	www.heritagephotoarchive.co.uk
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Ken Howarth has worked in museums, archives, local history libraries for over 40 years & is a pioneer in the use of heritage record photography, oral history & digital interpretation. His experience ranges from the UN through to local village communities in the UK. He was founder & for many years Director of the NW Sound Archive in the UK. He realised that many heritage photos are held in private collections, and so set up Heritagephotoarchiveuk to:

Preserve those photographs and Collections
Professionally keyword and interpret images
Provide a Location and Listing for Collections not on Search Engines
Encourage heritage recording and train groups and individuals to professional levels

Ken also offers a wide range of services to help fund the site such as training workshops for community groups, local history and Record and Heritage Photography, Oral History, and Heritage Interpretive videos for You Tube etc.