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An example of one of Mr Hardman's studio photographs, in the waiting room. In addition to studio photography, the Hardmans took landscape and cityscape photos, often loading up their car (with a retractable roof) with large-format cameras and heading out to parts of Liverpool or the countryside. Mr Hardman's photos of pre- and post-war Liverpool were beautiful and fascinating. There's a small collection of them hanging in one of the rooms of the house, and the National Trust has an archive of thousands more. PDF of lots of these images here.