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Ref NoBCC/1/AC/D/1/8/1
TitleBirmingham City Police Photographic Unit
LevelSub Series
Date1930s-1950s
Description2011/193: A set of film negatives produced by the Birmingham City Police Photographic Unit (believed to be a civilian photographer, rather than a warranted police officer). These negatives seem to relate to varied scenes of crime. Box list in accession entry.
2011/194: Nine scanned, mounted photographic prints produced from Scene of Crime negatives for the 'Birmingham Seen' Exhibition at the Gas Hall, Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery in 2009/2010. The images depicted date from the 1930s - 1940s. 3 are interior views, 6 are street scenes. No locations are specified, no victims are shown and no details of the alleged crimes are recorded.
Extent2
FormatBoxes
Access StatusPartially closed (Condition)
AccessConditions2011/193: No access is permitted to negatives, for conservation purposes. Please also note that there may potentially be sensitive material contained within the images. An access panel will be required to assess this aspect of the collection.
2011/194: Access is permitted to the scanned prints in this accession, in the Archives & Heritage secure area. Copies may be taken for private and personal study purposes.
CreatorNameBirmingham City Council Watch Committee
LanguageEnglish
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