| Year
| Timeline
| Bradford and Bradford P.S.
|
| 1839 |
Daguerrotype process intro-
duced by Louis Daguerre and
Nicéphore Niepce.
|
|
| 1840 |
Wm. Fox Talbot patented his
new Calotype process.
|
|
| 1851 |
F. Scott-Archer introduced the
Collodion Wet Plate process.
| Wealthy local businessmen now experiment with
this "new fangled" science.
|
| 1853 |
London Photographic Society
formed - later to be Royal P.S.
|
|
| 1860 |
Garibaldi liberates Italy and
proclaims Victor Emmanuel as
King of a united Italy.
| A Bradford Photographic Club formed with
John V. Godwin as the first President.
Early meetings held at St George's Hall.
|
| 1874 |
Disraeli succeeds Gladstone
as GB Prime Minister.
| Club name changed to the West Riding of
Yorkshire Photographic Society.
|
| 1884 |
Lord Wolseley rescues General
Gordon from Khartoum.
| Name changed again to Bradford Amateur
Photographic Society.
|
| 1885 |
Khartoum is captured and
Gordon slain.
| Adoption of the present title: Bradford
Photographic Society - aka BPS.
|
| 1895 |
Röntgen discovers X-rays.
Marconi invents the wireless.
| Alexander Keighley, Percy Lund & Ezra Clough
now dominate the Bradford PS scene.
|
| 1896 |
Jameson raiders defeated by the
Boers. Gold discovered in
the Klondike, US.
| Bradford PS hosts the first public presentation of
Henry Hibbert's new Cinematograph machine
also made in Bradford.
|
| 1898 |
Radium is discovered by Marie
& Pierre Curie - France.
Death of Gladstone.
| BPS holds a successful and historic Pictorial
Photographic Exhibition in the old Bradford
Municipal Art Gallery.
|
| 1899 |
Boer War begins in SA.
Marconi wireless telegraphy
experiments. Valdemar Poulsen
invents tape recorder.
| BPS luminaries Keighley, Lund & Clough form
the Yorkshire Photographic Union - aka YPU.
Inaugural meeting held in BPS Meeting Room.
17 more Societies join YPU by the year end.
|
| 1900 |
Ladysmith and Mafeking are
relieved. Labour Party formed.
| Bradford hosts the first AGM of theYorkshire
Photographic Union (YPU)
|
| 1901 |
Queen Victoria died aged 82.
Trans-Siberian railway opened.
| Bradford hosts the 2nd YPU AGM at the old
Bradford Grammar School.
|
| 1902 |
Coronation of Edward VII.
Boer War come to an end.
| Bradford hosts the 3rd YPU AGM again at the
old Bradford Grammar School.
|
| 1905 |
Theory of Relativity - Einstein.
St Petersburg massacre.
| Bradford hosts the 6th YPU AGM at the old
Bradford Grammar School.
|
| 1911 |
Coronation of King George V.
Amundson reaches South Pole.
| Bradford hosts the 12th YPU AGM at the
Beanstalk Café.
|
| 1914 - 1918 World War I - BPS Meetings continue throughout the War.
|
| 1919 |
First Atlantic flight by Alcock
& Brown. German fleet were
scuttled at Scapa Flow.
| Bradford hosts the 20th YPU AGM at the
Mechanics Institute. BPS Print Exhibition held
in Cartwright Hall.
|
| 1927 |
Lindbergh flies Atlantic alone.
Canberra is the new capital of
Australian Commonwealth.
| Bradford hosts the YPU Annual Conference at
the Mechanics Institute. A tea is held at the
nearby Collinson's Café.
|
| 1928 |
Jacob Schick invents electric
shaver. First German Airship
crosses the Atlantic.
| Bradford hosts the first YPU Yorkshire Salon at
the Cartwright Hall. BPS win YPU Challenge
Trophy for Prints.
|
| 1929 |
Wall Street crash - US slump.
| BPS win YPU Trophy Competition.
|
| 1932 |
Sydney Harbour Bridge opened
| Several members break away to form rival club.
|
| 1934 |
Adolf Hitler becomes Dictator.
| BPS win YPU Challenge Shield for slides.
|
| 1936 |
King George V died.
Edward VIII abdicates.
Spanish Civil War.
| Bradford hosts YPU Annual Conference and
Exhibition at the College of Arts & Crafts.
BPS win YPU Challenge Shield for slides.
|
| 1939 |
Outbreak of World War II
| BPS continues meeting throughout the War.
|
| 1940 |
Battle of Britain raged.
| BPS win YPU Keighley Pictorial Print Trophy.
|
| 1941 |
Japan attack on Pearl Harbour.
US now involved in the war.
| BPS win YPU Keighley Trophy again and the
YPU Challenge Cup.
|
| 1942 |
Battle of El Alamein, Egypt.
| BPS win YPU Keighley Trophy.
|
| 1943 |
German V-2 rockets launched
in air raids over S. England.
Germany loses Battle of
Stalingrad, Russia.
| BPS win YPU Challenge Shield. BPS now tops
list of YPU clubs for most trophies won.
Bradford hosted Exhibition of Alex Keighley
prints at Cartwright Hall.
|
| 1944 |
Allies fight on Reich territory.
| BPS win YPU Challenge Shield for slides.
|
| 1945 |
US drop Atomic bombs on
Japan. End of World War II.
| BPS win YPU Challenge Trophy for Prints.
|
| 1946 |
First electronic computer in US
| BPS win YPU Challenge Shield for slides.
|
| 1947 |
Edwin Land invents Polaroid
camera in US.
| BPS win the YPU Crowther-Cox Trophy for
record slides.
|
| 1948 |
Bread rationing ends in the UK.
Ghandi assassinated in Delhi.
Truman elected US President.
XIV Olympiad at Wembley.
| BPS wins YPU Pictorial Section.
Bradford hosts 4th Yorkshire Salon, renamed
"Jubilee Salon" commemorating forthcoming
50 years of YPU. Held at City Art Gallery.
|
| 1949 |
Clothes rationing ends in GB.
| BPS win a YPU award.
|
| 1953 |
Coronation of Elizabeth II.
| Bradford celebrates the event in style.
|
| 1956 |
British troops leave Suez, Egypt.
Eisenhower re-elected US Pres.
| Bradford hosts 4th Yorkshire Salon at the
Cartwright Hall in Lister Park.
|
| 1960 |
End of British rule in Cyprus.
| Bradford PS celebrates its Centenary.
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