Picture Ipswich is a collection of historical images which provides a unique insight to the local history of Ipswich – its people, families, places and way of life. These images tell a story of how the city grew from its beginnings to the present day. The collection represents an important historical resource for the people of Ipswich, students, researchers and the general public. Did you know that there are some digitised books about Ipswich to be found on Picture Ipswich?
The following digitised books are on Picture Ipswich:-
- City of Ipswich publication 1935
- Final gauge: the history of Ipswich Railway Workshops
- Footprints in Ipswich history: an historical outline of the life of Arthur Foote, his family and the Ipswich City Joinery
- Ipswich and district roll of honour WWI
- Ipswich Congregational Church jubilee 1853 – 1903
- Ipswich in the 20th century: celebrating 100 years as a city 1904-2004
- James Ivory diaries 1863 -1883
- Rationing on the Ipswich home-front
- Souvenir booklet of the dedication and opening of St Mary’s Catholic Church 1904
- Souvenir publication of the City of Ipswich and District 1934
One of the benefits of digitised text is that you can easily do a word search within the document. Ctrl + F finds text within the current document. Clicking on next finds further recurrences of that particular word within the book.