Derry journal
Subtitle: the lost archives
By: complied by Sean McLaughlin
Publisher: Guildhall Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Derry, Ireland
Language: eng
Number of pages: 247
ISBN-13: 9781906271527
Subjects: Pictorial works; History; Social life and customs
Description: "The archives of the Derry Journal -- the second oldest newspaper still in existence in Ireland -- include thousands of photographic images that document the extraordinary history of a community over half a century ... The images in this book represent a unique pictorial record of Derry during the 1950s and 1960s. This new photographic compilation tells the remarkable story of a place and its people in the years befor the outbreak of the Troubles ... The Derry Journal's photo archive is arguably the best visual history of twentieth-century Derry in existence."--P. [4] of cover.
Notes: Photographic collection of the archives of the Derry journal, the second oldest newspaper still in existence in Ireland, during the 1950s and 1960s.