They provide a bird’s eye of the region’s towns cities and docks between the end of the 19th century and the 1980s.
Major events are captured, including the spectacular North East Coast Exhibition, which drew four million visitors in 1929, and the 1966 World Cup.
Several lost landmarks are shown, including Sunderland’s old Roker Park stadium, Middlesbrough’s Ayresome Park home, and the beautiful Pearl Assurance building in Newcastle.
The remarkable pictures include a mesmerising look at rows upon rows of Victorian terraced houses shortly before they were demolished in the 70s, and ships traversing the River Tyne over the years.
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9. Blyth
Blyth Harbour and town, Northumberland, in 1948 | Getty Images Photo: Aerofilms/English Heritage/Heritage Images
10. Monkwearmouth
An aerial view of the River Wear, Deptford Shipbuilding Yard and homes in Monkwearmouth, Sunderland, in 1946 | Getty Images Photo: Aerofilms/English Heritage/Heritage Images
11. Roker Park
Sunderland's Roker Park stadium pictured during the World Cup in 1966, when it hosted group matches involving Chile, Russia, Italy and North Korea | Getty Images Photo: Central Press/Hulton Archive
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12. 80s view
Sunderland and the mouth of the River Wear in 1981 | Getty Images Photo: English Heritage/Heritage Images