SNF55129 (Oblique Aerial Photograph) - Norfolk Air Photo Library: Swain Collection

The George Swain photo archive is a large collection of glass plate and celluloid negatives and prints of Norfolk taken by Norwich photographers George Edwin Swain (1869-1933) and George Swain junior between c. 1880 and 1965. The bulk of this collection is comprised of internal and external photography of buildings in Norwich, cityscapes, portraits, and images taken by George Swain as an official wartime photographer. These images are held in the Norfolk Heritage Centre, operated by the Norfolk Library and Information Service (NLIS). However, George Swain junior was also a pioneer in aerial photography and the collection includes approximately 1100 aerial photographs taken between 1920 and 1958. Copy prints of these images are held within the Norfolk Air Photography Library.