Photography

The photographic sub-collection (signature F, approx. 500 items as of 12/2022) contains photographs and negatives that relate to Železný Brod and its immediate surroundings in terms of subject matter and provenance. The sub-collection contains works of amateur and professional photographers. It also includes the output of the first photography studios in Železný Brod (Maischeider, Zeman and Hilger). The photographs depict the town and its surroundings, events, people and more. The oldest reliably dated photograph is a double portrait from the studio of František Maischeider dated 1879.