The Kenyon Archive
The Kenyon archive is a remarkable collection of 60,000 photographs that document Somerset over 40 years. The photographer Stanley Walter Kenyon, from Wellington, had a long career lasting from 1938 to 1979. His remarkable collection depicts Somerset people, places and communities at a time of rapid change. It includes commercial photography for schools and the food and drink sector, as well as industrial sites and well-known buildings. It also captures scenes from daily life, people and their pets, and portraits of servicemen and women. The project to save and catalogue the collection was made possible with the support of the Murless Fund of Somerset Archaeological and Natural History Society and the Somerset Industrial Archaeological Society. It was the subject of an exhibition at the Museum of Somerset in Taunton in 2018.
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