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10 January 2013
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In pictures: Sheringham history revealed in photo find
Photographs dating back more than 100 years are set to go on show for the first time after being discovered at the Mo Museum, in Sheringham. The 700 glass negatives and 500 lantern slides feature a wealthy family called the Hewitts and their acquaintances.
Museum manager Philip Miles said the collection had "uncovered a new element of social history of the town".
The huge collection of pictures was mostly taken by Cecil Hewitt (above). He captured informal scenes, which was rare for the time as photography was expensive.
Mr Miles said: "I had no idea we had such a fantastic collection. There is the WWI period with the effects on the town from 1914, with pillboxes erected to protect the town, and the change in transport. They were a wealthy family and one of the first to own a car in the town."
The Hewitts' youngest son Graily is seen here in his lieutenant's uniform in 1915. The family used to travel from Ealing, west London, to their holiday home which they had built on the corner of Abbey Road and Holt Road.
The collection was donated to the town's museum in the early 1990s and a £6,000 Big Society Fund grant helped provide the facilities to catalogue and preserve them. The photographs will be available to view in a new touch-screen display when the museum reopens on 1 March.
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