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Dance photographs

Hello, I am a New Zealand historian looking for collections from the 1920s that may contain the work of two photographers/studios: Joe Davis and Walden Hammond. Specifically photographs relating to Jan Caryll and the dancing duo, Caryll and Delyse. 

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On early apertures

I recetly took delivery of a Grubb A3 Petzval lens dating to the early 1860s (I know its before 1865 as there are records from then). After cleaning decades of filth from the glass (including an old sticker on the rear element) it proved to have near

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Louis Le Prince

 

Has there been any discussion of Paul Fischer's book, published by Faber in 2022, The Man who Invented Motion Pictures, on BPH or elsewhere?

I'm thinking for instance of any reaction from America from where, in the 1955 centenary celebrations for the

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Burning Cars at Feltham

Can anyone help identify the photographer of this extarordinary scene at Feltham, dated 7th December 1932..?

Handwritten text on the back reads: "The scene at Feltham Gravel Pit this afternoon where Messrs Henly's burnt many old cars".

Stuck on the bac

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