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Century-old photos of mixed-heritage families found

Fred Petersen / Glamorgan Archives A family Fred Petersen / Glamorgan Archives
Fred Petersen / Glamorgan Archives A woman sitting on a chairFred Petersen / Glamorgan Archives
The portraits were taken by Danish photographer Fred Peterson at a studio in Bute Street in 1910
Almost all of the people in the pictures have not be identified

Pictures featuring mixed-heritage Cardiff families in the early 1900s have been unearthed.

The portraits, taken by a Danish photographer Fred Petersen, are part of a permanent art installation at Glamorgan Archives.

Almost all of the people, who were photographed at a studio in Bute Street in 1910, remain unidentified despite the best efforts of archivists.

The pictures were purchased by Glamorgan Archives in 1972 for £5 but have only recently been rediscovered.

The images will appear alongside prints of present-day Cardiff residents at the archives in the Leckwith area of the city.