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Expand 1G - Glass Plate negatives: 10"x 12" and 10"x 8" (plates WH1/517a-b, 518, 519, 520, 521 & 522 only)1G - Glass Plate negatives: 10"x 12" and 10"x 8" (plates WH1/517a-b, 518, 519, 520, 521 & 522 only)
Expand 2G - Glass plate negatives: 6" x 8" 2G - Glass plate negatives: 6" x 8"
Expand 3G - Glass plate negatives: 6" x 8"3G - Glass plate negatives: 6" x 8"
Expand 3P - Black and white prints of WH3 glass plate negatives3P - Black and white prints of WH3 glass plate negatives
Expand 7G - Local views, portraits and groups. Many of these glass plates are damaged, and the majority are unidentified7G - Local views, portraits and groups. Many of these glass plates are damaged, and the majority are unidentified
Expand 7P - Black and White Prints of WH7 glass plate negatives7P - Black and White Prints of WH7 glass plate negatives
Expand 9G - 487 glass plate and plastic negatives of various sizes of local views, groups, buildings and people. 1860s-1925; 1950s9G - 487 glass plate and plastic negatives of various sizes of local views, groups, buildings and people. 1860s-1925; 1950s
Expand 9P - Black and White Prints of WH9 glass plate negatives9P - Black and White Prints of WH9 glass plate negatives
Expand 10 - Photographic prints by Maddison and Hinde 10 - Photographic prints by Maddison and Hinde
Expand L - Miscellaneous lantern slides.L - Miscellaneous lantern slides.
Expand LP - Glass plate negatives and printsLP - Glass plate negatives and prints
Expand W - MiscellaneousW - Miscellaneous
Collapse WP - Whitney personal collection.WP - Whitney personal collection.
Collapse 1 - Photographs taken by Ernest Whitney during his sevice in the First World War. He was conscripted into the army in March 1916, and had to close his photographic business in Huntingdon. He served initially in the Cambridgeshire Regiment, and was later transferred to the Sixth Gloucesters. He saw service in France and fought in the third battle of Ypres.The Hunts Post reported in October 1917 that he had been wounded, but had recovered from his wounds. The Hunts Post of the 1 March 1918 reported that Mr Whitney had recently been attached to the photographic section of the RFC in Italy. All these photographs in WP1, except one (WP1/2), appear to have been taken in Italy and were presumably taken in 1918. They include military photographs as well as images of days spent on leave in Venice and with the villagers in the surrounding countryside, and also one of the Prince of Wales, who served on the Italian Front for short periods in 1917 and 1918. Only WP1/2 is of the battlefield between the Yser and Paschendaele Canals on the Western Front1 - Photographs taken by Ernest Whitney during his sevice in the First World War. He was conscripted into the army in March 1916, and had to close his photographic business in Huntingdon. He served initially in the Cambridgeshire Regiment, and was later transferred to the Sixth Gloucesters. He saw service in France and fought in the third battle of Ypres.The Hunts Post reported in October 1917 that he had been wounded, but had recovered from his wounds. The Hunts Post of the 1 March 1918 reported that Mr Whitney had recently been attached to the photographic section of the RFC in Italy. All these photographs in WP1, except one (WP1/2), appear to have been taken in Italy and were presumably taken in 1918. They include military photographs as well as images of days spent on leave in Venice and with the villagers in the surrounding countryside, and also one of the Prince of Wales, who served on the Italian Front for short periods in 1917 and 1918. Only WP1/2 is of the battlefield between the Yser and Paschendaele Canals on the Western Front
1 - Head and shoulders portrait of the Prince of Wales in army uniform.
2 - Aerial view of the battlefield between Yser Canal and Paschendaele
3 - Peasant women washing clothes.
4 - Two women scrubbing clothes.
5 - Aerial view of a fortified position, with numerous shell holes.
6 - Peasant ploughing with oxen team.
7 - Group of Italian peasants. 2 similar.
8 - Interior of a peasant's house.
9 - Alpine scene.
10 - Alpine scene and village.
11 - Group of peasants.
12 - Italian family group.
13 - Peasant woman and spinning wheel.
13A - Peasant woman in house.
14 - Two Italian women.
15 - Italian level crossing keeper. Two views.
16 - Two peasant women.
17 - Blindfolded bodies hanging from trees.
18 - Church interior.
19 - Italian military funeral
20 - Palace or similar, possibly in Venice.
21 - Gateway to walled town, Italy.
22 - Aerial view of town, possibly Venice. Plate marked 1AA 1041.
23 - Alpine scene.
24 - Italian peasant girl carrying water gourd. See also WP1/41.
25 - Group of Italian peasants with Royal Flying Corps air mechanic on a horse
26 - Italian peasants with ox.
27 - Italian peasants with children, one carrying water.
28 - Views of a walled town.
29 - Figures in armour in museum or similar.
30 - Mountain scene, possibly Venetian Alps.
31 - Bridge of Sighs, Venice.
32 - Italian city, possibly Verona. Two views.
33 - Three aerial views of Venice.
34 - Interior view of church, possibly Italian, showing pulpit.
35 - Aerial view of Venice.
36 - Aerial view of Asiago on the Italian front.
37 - Aerial view of Venice.
38 - Aerial view of Pisa showing the leaning tower.
39 - Group of British and Italian army officers.
40 - Group of three Royal Flying Corps personnel in a gondola, Venice.
41 - Royal Flying Corps air mechanic with Italian girl. Same girl as in WP1/24.
42 - Royal Flying Corps air mechanic with Italian girl and her family preparing a meal.
43 - Royal Flying Corps air mechanic with two Italian peasant women, three children and a dog
44A - Swimming bath with Royal Flying Corps personnel.
44B - Swimming bath with prisoners of war guarded by Royal Flying Corps air mechanics.
45 - Photograph of a newspaper cutting concerning Major Barker, RAF.
46 - Two British soldiers in an ornate room, possibly an Italian palace.
47A - Royal Flying Corps air mechanic watching an Italian child doing needlework.
47B - Royal Flying Corps air mechanic watching an Italian child doing needlework.
48 - Royal Flying Corps air mechanic with two farm workers in barn.
49 - Country road scene with Italian peasants and Royal Flying Corps personnel.
50 - Two Royal Flying Corps personnel feeding pigeons in St Mark's Square, Venice. The entrance to St Mark's Cathedral can be seen behind them
51 - Royal Flying Corps air mechanic with 2 dogs.
53 - Royal Flying Corps Sergeant with four children in the garden of a house
57 - Pilot and observer seated in an RE8 aircraft of 34 Squadron, on the Italian front. The aircraft carries no armament.
61 - Aerial view of Val D'Assa. Taken by 34 Squadron aircraft from 7,000 ft.
62 - Brandenburg Two-seater German aircraft on the ground at Campoformido taken by 139 Squadron
63 - View of Campoformido airfield with four burnt and wrecked German Gotha aircraft taken by 139 Squadron. Two hangars are in the background
64 - Military camp with a soldier sitting in front of his tent with his kit on display.
65 - Two soldiers (one a staff sergeant) indulging in horseplay.
Expand 2 - Photographs taken by E Whitney during a holiday in the Isle of Man pre 19142 - Photographs taken by E Whitney during a holiday in the Isle of Man pre 1914
Expand 3 - Various Huntingdon area views, mostly post 1920s.3 - Various Huntingdon area views, mostly post 1920s.
Expand 4 - Switzerland4 - Switzerland
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