In the 1970's I acquired a fully working Beardmore Backdrop complete with 5 painted backgrounds .
It came from a Birmingham studio
I am hoping to find a suitable home as storage is on ongoing issue. I am hoping to find a home for the item that may a
Read more…Anyone want a load of magazines free to a good home.
There's between 600-800 in total.
I'm not.going to be searching through them all looking for certain publication dates for you.so please don't ask.
I'm in Leigh near Wigan.
Peter E. Palmquist Memorial Fund for Historical Photographic Research
From the lens and shutter data on this image can the camera be dated? There is also the number 92587i on the lens back
Thanks; Geoff Rimmer
Hello everyone. I am interested in purchasing Day Books of London photographers particularly of the years 1886 and 1900, If anyone has any please contact me. Thank you.
Read more…Lenses were essential in the early days of photography and optical understanding had to evolve in order to produce lenses more suited to the requirements of photography. Today we assume that our modern lenses are immesely superior to those produced i
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Trying to identify ship and/or photographer. Maybe the initials are the photographer. "J T 1858". Not even sure it's an English ship. Print size 20.5 cm x 15.8 cm.
Read more…Hi, I am researching a local photographer and in a local newspaper have found a report which says that there was a competition for Best Arranged Studio in the Practial Photographer magazine which was won by Arthur Debenham of Union Street Ryde. The a
Read more…Hi, I have a large 6" Brass Magic Lantern lens, but I can't find a Manufacturers name on it. There is a Trade Mark on the front and it says London Made and Established 1816. I wondered if anyone could tell me the company it belongs to. Thanks in adva
Read more…Just came across and wanted to share about a guy in the USA operating the old collodian process with his glass plate camera to produce his glass photo scenes ~ Beautiful. The internet is, of course, awash with photographers of varietal sorts amateur
Read more…Hi, I've just aquired a ZI Kolibri with a Tessar 5cm f3.5 lens Ser No S46649. My query is that it has a Balda Compur Rapid shutter with a top SS of 1/500. I've searched and can't find any info on a Zeiss Ikon Kolibri with this shutter fitted. I would
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Here's a beautiful object, but who made the album and glass?
I'm writing a book about the stereoscopic photograpic legacy of Dr Reginald Grove who was President of the Stereoscopic Society until his death in 1948; this photograph was taken in the 1930's in probably Austria or Bavaria. Can anyone identify the u
Read more…It's been suggested this might be a stereoscopic viewer for views about a 1/3 or so full format. Notman did produce child size views of his first 1859 series -- I had a few , now in Library and Arhives Canada.
OR is it a CDV viewer, like one patented
Read more…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.
A
Read more…I am looking for any information on a trading company THE LIGHTNING PHOTOGRAPHIC Co. in Torquay. The company used the stationery as shown in the link http://www.photographyinphilately.com/piwigo/picture.php?/732/searc...
Is it mentioned somewhere ?
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I'm cataloging a series of portraits by Maull & Polyblank (active 1854—1865) and am encountering difficulty in identifying the individual featured in the photograph below.
The inscription suggests the name "J. Gourley," yet I've been
Read more…Some time ago I bought this camera. It needs some sort of restoration as its been well used! I can either try to find out what it looked like and rebuild it as it originally was or slide in a 5" x 4" back (easy solution). Originally the space where t
Read more…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
Read more…This roll film from the collection at NT Erddig Wrexham
Does the lettering suggest a date for its production
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