Line of dancing women, c 1898.

A photograph taken by Paul Martin in about 1898 of group of people enjoying a day out in the countryside.  Women, dressed in their best clothes and wearing spectacular bonnets, put their arms round each other's shoulders and dance. The woman in the centre of the line is playing a mouth-organ.  Paul Martin is regarded as a pioneer of photo journalism. In 1892 he bought a 'Facile' -  a popular hand camera made by Fallowfield of London.  With his camera disguised as a leather case, he was able to work unobserved, taking the candid photographs of daily life which are recognised as his greatest work.  From the Kodak at the National Science & Media Museum. This collection of photographs, equipment and printed material tracing the history of photography, was assembled by Kodak Limited and acquired from them in the mid-1980s. As well as approximately 200,000 photographs, the Collection includes nearly 10,000 items of photographic and cinematic equipment as well as books and printed ephemera. The Collection is especially strong in the area of popular photography. It includes examples of most of the products made by Kodak Limited and thousands of snapshots, dating back to the 1880s. It also contains work by known photographers such as Frank Meadow Sutcliffe and Paul Martin.