Welcome to Picture the Past...
Take a journey into your past with images of
Derby, Derbyshire, Nottingham and Nottinghamshire
The libraries and museums of Derby, Derbyshire, Nottingham and Nottinghamshire have in their collections, hundreds of thousands of historic photographs, slides, glass plates, postcards and engravings recalling the history of the local communities over the last hundred years and more.
Now the local authorities, with the help of the Heritage Lottery Fund, have made it possible to search all these images on the internet, via this unique website.
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The images contained in this site are protected by copyright and by viewing and searching the images on this site you agree to our terms and conditions of use, click here to view the terms .
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January 2012
New magnifier feature added
We've added a magnifying feature to the mid-sized images so that you can easily see details within the picture without having to go to the 'zoomed' version. Try it out on the image below:
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January 2012
Can you help us identify images that we don't recognise?
