Has anyone seen these photos of Belfast, in the 1910s on the PRONI Flickr page? These came as a surprise to me.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/proni/
Folks, it would appear that this is possibly a work in progress, PRONI started on this flickr project by uploading wedding / family material from the Allison Photographic Studios of Armagh (mainly in the region of 1900 - 1950).
The PRONI website currently mentions the upload of 900 examples from the Cooper Photographic Studio, Strabane during 2013 (covering 1901 - 1960), which will be exciting.
However, I can find little mention of the A. R Hogg photos, if you know where to click on the relevant flickr page, it gives the following explanation:
These photographs come from the Belfast Corporation archive (LA/7/8/HF) and were taken by Alexander Hogg (1870-1939). The photographs show various properties, mainly older houses, to be demolished or otherwise affected by improvement schemes undertaken by the Corporation under the Belfast Improvement Order (1910) and the Belfast Corporation Act (1911). Although focused on the properties, the photographs contain an interesting record of street life in Belfast, including inner city areas, the suburbs and the commercial centre, before and in the early years of the Great War. Most include people, particularly children, generally arranged in groups in the foreground of the scene. They also give a vivid impression of the quality of the housing stock in these areas. Locations covered include: Little York Street; Millfield (including Gardiner Street, Brown Street and Boundary Street); mid Shankill (Hemsworth Street); Grovenor Road (Stanley Street); Hamill Street; Barrack Street; and Lower Falls (Christian Place); Mill Street; King Street; Divis Street; Manor Street; Crimea Street; Tate's Avenue; Chichester Street; Victoria Street; Cromac Square; Shankill Road; Woodvale Road and Antrim Road.Simply superb to be able to see what Chapel Lane was like over 100 years ago, such quality. Keep watching the PRONI flickr page photos if this is anything to go by...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/proni/
