Photographs & Illustrations
The large and ever growing collection of photographs in the St Helen’s Archive originates from many quarters. Some are brought over by touring teams or are gifted by members of the public. Others originate from the studios of ‘photographic artists’ long since disappeared from our towns and cities. The recording of these frozen moments in time by the archive team is a slow and careful task. Great care is taken to preserve the images for future generations to enjoy. In some instances little is known about the subject matter, a situation that can always be remedied by their presence on an accessible hub like the St Helen’s Archive Website. While many photographs are in excellent condition, some images are so badly deteriorated that a digitally enhanced version sits alongside the original to allow the viewer to understand the information hidden in the original. We have been fortunate in being gifted many images covering a variety of aspects of sport and in a variety of formats, including large format and even glass negatives, from which we can record a positive image. We even have in storage pre 1914 copper plate photographic printers’ blocks of the type used in reproducing photographs in news print. High resolution files are made and retained on every image that we process and can be made available on request.
Wales team v Australia - 1908
Unknown junior team at St Helen's - C1895-1905
Swansea RFC 2nd Team - 1911-12
Glamorgan County RFC team v New Zealand - 1905
Swansea RFC 1st Team - 1906-07
Swansea RFC 1st Team - 1919-20
Swansea RFC 1st Team - 1958-59
Swansea RFC 1st Team 1895-96 (early)
Swansea RFC 1st Team 1925-26
Swansea RFC 1st Team 1951-52
Swansea RFC 1st Team - 1923-24
Swansea RFC 1st Team - 1888-89
Swansea RFC 1st Team 1929-30
Swansea RFC Athletic Team 1947-48
Swansea RFC 1st Team 1965-66
Swansea RFC 1st Team 1979-80
Swansea RFC Snellings 7s winners 1982
Swansea RFC 1st Team 1983-84
Swansea RFC WRU Nat. 7s winners 1979
Swansea RFC 1st Team 1978-79
Swansea RFC 1st Team - 1969-70
Swansea RFC 1st Team - 1985-86
Swansea RFC 1st Team - 1984-85
Swansea RFC 1st Team - 1983-84
Swansea RFC 1st Team - 1982-83
Swansea RFC 1st Team - 1977-78
Swansea RFC 1st Team - 1988-89
Swansea RFC Athletic Team - 1965-66
Swansea RFC 1st Team - 1967-68
Swansea RFC 1st Team - 1959-60
Swansea RFC 1st Team - 1937-38
Swansea RFC 1st Team - 1938-39
Swansea RFC 1st Team - 1961-62
Swansea RFC 1st Team 1895-96 (late)
Swansea RFC 1st Team - 1931-32
Swansea RFC 1st Team - 1926-27
Swansea RFC Athletic Team - 1951-52
Swansea RFC 1st Team - 1957-58
Swansea RFC 1st Team - 1950-51
Swansea RFC 1st Team - 1974-75
Swansea RFC 1st Team - 1964-65
Swansea RFC 1st Team - 1962-63
Swansea RFC 1st Team - 1963-64
Swansea RFC 1st Team - 1960-61
Swansea RFC 1st Team - 1890-91
Swansea RFC 1st Team - 1895-96 (late)
Swansea RFC 1st Team - 1889-90
D Ivor Saunders - Swansea C&FC
Ernest Davies - Swansea C&FC
Ranji Walker's XV - 1949-50
Swansea RFC 1st Team - 1949-50
Swansea RFC 2nd Team - 1894-95
Swansea RFC 1st Team - 1946-47
Swansea RFC 1st Team - 1947-48
Swansea RFC 1st Team - 1924-25
Swansea RFC 1st Team - 1920-21
Swansea RFC 1st Team - 1968-69
Swansea RFC Athletic Team - 1968-69
Swansea RFC 1st Team - 1976-77
Bert Palmer - Swansea C&FC
N.Z.E.F. "Kiwis" Team - 1945-46
British Isles Rugby Team - 1962
Bath RFC 1st Team - 1931-32
Swansea RFC 1st Team - 1895-96 (late)
Swansea RFC 1st Team - 1898-99
Glamorgan County RFC Team v New Zealand - 1905
Swansea RFC Team v Australia 1966
Swansea RFC 2nd Team - 1901-02
Swansea RFC 1st Team - 1956-57
Swansea RFC 1st Team - 1921-22
Swansea RFC 1st Team - 1920-21
Swansea RFC 1st Team - 1928-29
Swansea RFC 1st Team - 1926-27
Swansea RFC 1st Team - 1894-95
Swansea RFC 1st Team - 1907-08
Swansea RFC 1st Team - 1902-03
Swansea RFC 1st Team - 1926-27
Swansea RFC 1st Team - 1896-97
Crawshay's Welsh Team 1930-31
Wales Team v Scotland - 1891
Wales Team v England - 1891
Billy Trew - Wales 1900-14
Swansea RFC 1st Team - 1981-82
WRU National Squad 1987-88
Swansea RFC 1st Team - 1980-81
Swansea RFC 1st Team - 1970-71
Swansea RFC Senior Squad - 2000-01
Swansea RFC 1st Team - 1907-08
Swansea RFC Athletic Reunion Dinner - 2008
Swansea Schools rugby team, Dewar Shield, 1937-38
Swansea RFC v Fiji - Rugby Centenary - 1973-74
Swansea RFC 'Invincibles' - 1904-05
Swansea RFC 'Invincibles' - 1904-05
Swansea RFC 1st Team - 1886-87
Swansea RFC 'Invincibles' - 1904-05
Swansea RFC 1st Team - 1907-08
New Zealand Rugby Team - 1935-36
Swansea RFC 1st Team - 1899-00
H L Glyn Hughes - Barbarians - 1955
Swansea RFC Snellings 7s winners - 1981-82
Swansea RFC 1st Team - 1990-91
Swansea RFC 1st Team - 1992-93
Swansea & Dist. Supporters' Club Com. - 1990-91
Swansea RFC - Snellings 7s winners - 1982-83
Swansea RFC & Lansdowne RFC combined teams 1982
Swansea RFC 1st Team - 1934-35
South African Rugby Team at Swansea - 1951
Bob Dowdle - SRFC Trainer - 1935
Wales rugby team v Scotland 1908
N.Z.E.F. rugby team - 1945-46
New Zealand rugby team - 1963-64
New Zealand rugby team - 1953-54
South African rugby team - 1969-70
Swansea v South Africa - crowd - 1969
Swansea v South Africa - crowd - 1969
Swansea v South Africa - 1969
Swansea v South Africa - crowd - 1969
Swansea v South Africa - crowd - 1969
Swansea RFC 1st Team - 1893-94
Swansea RFC 1st team - 1982-83
Swansea RFC 1st Team - 1982-83
Swansea RFC U21s - 2000-01
Australia touring team to UK 1908-09
Dickie Owen - Wales 1901-1912
Wales team v. Ireland 1893
Glamorgan County rugby team 1910-11
Swansea RFC 1st Team - 1965-66
Aled Williams, Swansea v Llanelli - 1992
Aled Williams, Swansea v Llanelli - 1992
Fred Perry Swansea RFC - 1927-28
Swansea RFC 1st Team - 1927-28
Swansea v New Zealand - 1905
Wales international matches 1921
Rugby Centenary Match - 1923
Swansea CC circa 1906-1908
Cardiff v Swansea Oct. 1949
Cardiff v Swansea Oct. 1949
Swansea Veterans Team - 1907
Swansea RFC 1st Team - Rugby Centenary - 1973-74
Swansea RFC 1st Team - 1879-80
Swansea RFC 1st Team - 1949-50
Steven Cox Danygraig Juniors - 1935-36
Swansea v Australia at St Helen's - 1958
Wales rugby v France, st Helen's - 1923
Match Officials Swansea v Barbarians - 2023
Matamata College linesman's flag - 2004
Steven Cox, Danygraig Juniors - 1935-36
Swansea Hockey Club - 1898
Swansea RFC 1886-87 - SWCC Winners
Stade Français Team v Swansea 1905
Swansea Team v New Zealand - 1953
Swansea Youth Rugby Team - 1961-61
Swansea 1st Team - 1912-13
Hartlepool Old Boys team v Swansea - 1905
Dick Jones, Swansea & Wales 1901-1910
St Helen's ground - 1931 - BBC Radio "grid"
Jack Bassett (Swansea RFC) & wife - 1939
Jack Bassett, Swansea RFC - 1939
Jack Bassett, Swansea RFC) - 1940
Swansea RFC on tour in France 1929
Swansea RFC on tour in France 1929
Swansea RFC on tour in France 1929
Swansea in Barnstaple 1929
Swansea players in Pontypridd 1929
Swansea players training c1929
Swansea RFC 1st XV 1911-12
Swansea RFC 1st XV 1910-11
Swansea v New Zealand 1924
Rugby at St Helen's - stereoscoping images, 1920s
Devonport Albion v Swansea - 1902
Swansea team that defeated New Zealand - 1935
Dai Samuel - Swansea (1889-93) & Wales (1891-93)
Jack Samuel - Swansea (1889-93) & Wales 1891
Swansea United (Swansea 2nd XV) 1935-36
England team v Wales 1899
Wales team v England 1899
Swansea v South Africa at St Helen's 1931
John Harris film negative collection PDF LIST 1978-2003.
John Harris Digital photographs collection CD-ROMs 2006-2008.
Swansea v New Zealand - 1935
Swansea RFC "Shark infested waters" - 1999-2000
"Water Rats" Cricket club - 1930s
Swansea v New Zealand - 1935
"Saint" Helen's cartoon - 1970s
Swansea v New Zealand - 1935
