Pioneering aerial photographer’s pictures show England of the 1930s

Images from Arthur William Hobart, who leant out of a biplane to produce pictures of life in the interwar period, digitised and released1930s England from the air – in picturesThey are not yet a century old but a collection of black and white photographs taken by a pioneering aerial photographer shows how very different aspects of everyday life are for Britons today.The images, taken by Arthur William Hobart in the 1930s as he leant out of a biplane, capture people moving about on horse-drawn vehicles as well as in motorised ones, and rivers teeming with working boats. Continue reading...

Pioneering aerial photographer’s pictures show England of the 1930s

Images from Arthur William Hobart, who leant out of a biplane to produce pictures of life in the interwar period, digitised and released

They are not yet a century old but a collection of black and white photographs taken by a pioneering aerial photographer shows how very different aspects of everyday life are for Britons today.

The images, taken by Arthur William Hobart in the 1930s as he leant out of a biplane, capture people moving about on horse-drawn vehicles as well as in motorised ones, and rivers teeming with working boats.

Continue reading...