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PHOTO NO. TITLE LOCATION DETAILS DESCRIPTION DATE
7404 Accident Guildford Two large trolleys of bricks overturned in High Street Black and white photograph 11/12/1901
740 Accident Guildford Motor car nearly in River Wey Sepia photograph 29/01/1907
7401 Accident Guildford Ranger's motor in Edwin's shop Sepia photograph 19/01/1907
8404 Accident to military train Gomshall
Black and white photograph 20/02/1904
8407 Curious accident to military traction engine, Quarry Street" Guildford St Mary's Church in background Black and white photograph 10/07/1904
8406 Curious accident to military traction engine, Quarry Street" Guildford Two policemen with onlookers Black and white photograph 10/07/1904
8707 Fire at Record & Co, High Street (blouse specialist) Guildford
Sepia photograph 01/01/1922
7413 Fire at St Catherine's School Bramley Shows onlookers Black and white photograph 11/04/1907
7412 Fire at St Catherine's School Bramley Shows salvage operation Black and white photograph 11/04/1907
7701 Fire in the Reading Room

Sepia photograph 08/02/1902
11d Flood damage to Town Bridge Guildford
Black and white photograph 1900
11c Flood damage to Town Bridge Guildford Group of onlookers at top of steps Black and white photograph 1900
14 Floods Guildford Lower High Street Black and white photograph 03/01/1928
15 Floods Guildford Large crowd of onlookers Black and white photograph 03/01/1928
28b Floods at Millmead Guildford Shows Leroy's Boathouse Black and white photograph 1910
28a Floods at Millmead Guildford Shows timber yard Black and white photograph 1910
22 Great storm Guildford Shalford Road(?) Policeman standing in road Sepia photograph 02/08/1906
21 Great storm Guildford Park Cottage, Shalford Road (with captions) Sepia photograph 02/08/1906
20 Great storm Guildford Trees in Shalford Road Sepia photograph 02/08/1906
19 Great storm Guildford Sandfield Terrace Sepia photograph 02/08/1906
18 Great storm Guildford Approach to Woodbridge Avenue Sepia photograph 02/08/1906
17 Great storm Guildford Town Bridge damaged Sepia photograph 02/08/1906
16 Great storm Guildford Tree uprooted Sepia photograph 02/08/1906
23 Great storm Guildford Park Cottage, Shalford Road (no caption) Sepia photograph 02/08/1906
8305 Motor accident, Star Corner

Black and white photograph 02/02/1905
7009 Railway accident Artington
Sepia photograph Sept 1873
8301 Ruins of the Guildford Steam Laundry Guildford
Reproduction of press photograph 05/10/1904
8302 Ruins of the Guildford Steam Laundry Guildford Shows group with policeman Reproduction of press photograph 05/10/1904
12 Snow on Farnham Road Guildford Shows car in snowdrift Black and white photograph 28/12/1927
13 Snow on Hog's Back

Black and white photograph 28/12/1927

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If you are browsing through the photo pages, each page contains a list of the contents of each storage box. Where there are gaps in the numbers, these photos are missing from our collection. There are 38 boxes of illustrations.

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