Alamy’s New Archival Collections 2024

Delve into Alamy’s ever-growing historic collection through the lens of some of our favorite new contributor archives. We’re always open to new collections coming on board. It’s especially interesting when a one-of-a-kind archive comes through our doors. Take a trip through the 20^th century on behalf of some new names and faces that have joined Alamy this year. Also, if you have your own archive on a hard drive gathering dust, learn how you can join our unique and growing archive collections.

Jaguar Heritage Trust

The Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust holds the company archives for Jaguar Cars and its predecessor companies including period photographs, adverts, films, promotional images, and press releases. Their Alamy collection celebrates Jaguar’s history and engineering achievements. Showcasing the car’s production throughout the 1960s and 1970s celebrating the company’s lineage. Take a ride through one of Jaguar’s most iconic vehicles via exclusive promotional imagery of the Jaguar E Type.

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James Schwabel

James’ collection shares the world of 1960s and 70s F1 through the eyes of its world class drivers and manufacturers. The collection includes images from the F1 Grand Prix, World Manufacturers Championship & Can-Am series. Showcasing the careers of drivers such as Niki Lauda, Dan Gurney and much more. Perfect for any F1 enthusiast that wants to delve deeper into the history of the sport.

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Jacques Jangoux

Following on is an eclectic mix of historic content from Jacques Jangoux that ranges from more 1960s F1 material to the daily life and festivities during the time of the independence of Congo. His collection also includes a rare sight into the agriculture and lives of Venezuelan indigenous groups. Jacques’ collection on Alamy has all types of incredible imagery from around the globe and looking through his images it’s inevitable that you’ll find something to intrigue and fascinate you.

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Don Minnaar

Don’s impressive archive collection features award winning South African music groups and reportage shots of the South African apartheid. His music collection features exclusive studio shots for album covers and live performances. Feel the vibes with musicians such as Brenda Fassie & Lucky Dube and get an exclusive look into Grammy winning artists shot by Don himself.

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Neil Johnson

Lastly, Neil’s archive collection focuses on images that were shot while aboard the USS Constellation as part of the WESTPAC Flight ops working as a helicopter aircrewman during the 1980s. Images range from aerial shots to exclusive pictures of his Navy crew. Fantastic for anyone that wants to have a deeper look into Navy life, planes, helicopters, and ships.

Check out his collection here

Have your own Archive collection?

If this has piqued your interest into our ever-expanding specialist archives from far and wide, you can see our vast range of archive collections including the The Independant, MirrorPix and Lebrecht that have uploaded with us over the years, take a look here: Explore Our Top Archive Photographers and Their Collections (alamy.com)

Do you have a historic collection of your own? Why not join our platform so you can share your collection with our customers. If you’re already a contributor with us, you can apply for archival upload access via your Alamy dashboard today! For more information on how we work, read more here or contact our Curation team via this address: contributors@alamy.com