3-639: The Documentary Photography Archive (DPA) is a photo archive founded in 1985 and held at the Greater Manchester County Record Office by Manchester City Council . The archive captures aspects of the people and places of the Greater Manchester region in the UK and includes over 100,000 images from family albums and elsewhere, from the 1840s to the 1950s. It also commissioned contemporary photographers to document aspects of everyday life from
6-556: Is located in Manchester city centre , in Archives + in Manchester's Central Library . Opened in 1976, the main function of the GMCRO is to store historical records relating to Greater Manchester, and to make them available for members of the public for research. There are 4 miles (6 km) of shelving of records, which date back to 1197. The Greater Manchester County Record Office is funded by
9-480: The mid-1980s to the 1990s, which is also held in the archive. The collection of images and related material includes: Staff at the archive have included Caroline Warhurst and Audrey Linkman. Greater Manchester County Record Office The Greater Manchester County Record Office ( GMCRO ) is an archive of primary materials relating to the heritage of Greater Manchester , in North West England ; it
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