ABSTRACT
The value of the photographic print lies in its general fidelity, although camera-untruth is quite common, the ease with which it is made, the popularity of the work, and the possibility, if negatives are collected too, of multiplying copies to any extent. It may be described as an attempt to collect data, in its most scientifically accurate form, about a given area, and to record it by graphs, diagrams, plans, and, more definitely, maps. The area is chosen, and a series of outline maps of it are obtained through the Ordnance Survey. In the case of the Croydon Regional Survey, the area is that lying within a circle having a fifteen-mile radius from the Croydon Town Hall. The work is carried out by the Regional Survey section of the Croydon Natural History and Scientific Society. All the photographs that come into the possession of the library are not contributed by survey societies.
