I have a stereo of Dunfermline showing the Paton family in front of their house in Wooers Alley. DO Hill corresponded with Joseph Neil Paton and married one of the daughters, Amelia.
Could this be an image by DO Hill of his in-laws to be? Is there an
Read more…John Lemmon Russell is a distant relative of mine and I am researching his life and career. I have been told by a very knowledgeable researcher that something purporting to be JL Lemmon's personal photograph album was sold on ebay (I don't know ex
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My name is David Croft and I am currently working on my PhD at De Montfort University.
For my thesis I am trying to use various artificial intelligence techniques to identify when the same picture is appearing in different collections
Read more…I am seeking information about a photographer Frederick Dew (born 3 July 1874) who is recorded at 29 Park Road, Wigan, Lancashire in 1939. Also living with him was his wife, Sarah (domestic duties) and a 'photographic assistant', Gladys Leyland or Ch
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I have been trying to research the attached signed photographic portrait. I thought the signature might have said Frank Mowry and the only person I could find of that name in a photographic context worked in Rutland, Vermont USA in the mid 19th c
Read more…I am new to the group so bear with me. I am the granddaughter of George Allsopp (deceased) who was a photographer living in Carcroft near Doncaster in Yorkshire. George was a professional photographer and had a small shop and a darkroom in Carcroft.
Read more…I found these in a jumble sale in Sheffield , South Yorks , UK.
Would anyone recognise the photographers style at all, please?
In fact if anyone recognises the subjects at all (as they may have been "celebrities" perhaps?)
TIA
Glenys Everest
Sheffield U
Read more…Hi all - I am an author/writer/researcher from Liverpool UK. My current project requires information regarding an Italian photographer, Giovanni Trimboli. His early work largely concerned work for Norwegian company GRAKO - photographing Scandinavian
Read more…I have a collection of portfolios with photographs by J.F. Langhans. Each portfolio containsa a group of photographs mounted, with both type and hand written notes, embossed with National Art Library, mostly ecclesiastical garments. I received conf
Read more…I have two un-named half-plate tailboard cameras. After looking them over very carefully I know that one, made from mahogany and well used, was built by Louis Gandolfi because it is stamped 'L Gandolfi Maker' underneath the bellows on the underside o
Read more…Hello BPH community,
My recent PhD thesis is now available electronically, entitled 'Bindings, Boundaries and Cuts: Relating Agency and Ontology in Photobook Encounters'
https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?did=1&uin=uk.bl.ethos.869587
The research t
Read more…I’ve been led to believe there may be a Sussex connection? Reportedly a book illustration from unknown title. Any leads & opinions appreciated. Thanks in advance.
I am trying to find out some information about the New Zealand Studios which were based at 31 Dudley Street in Wolverhampton and 54 Clarence Street Kingston-on-Thames. The Photographic Index dates them at these locations as 1914-1918 and 1913-1921 re
Read more…Hello all, I recently acquired a lovely Ilford Advocate, with case, for a good price.
Unfortunately, it seems that the bulb setting doesn't function, and I can't verify if the other speeds are working accurately. Is there anyone on the forum here who
I am trying to identify the London company which created two very big charcoal-coloured royal portraits based on photographic enlargements of Prince George (later King George VI) and Princess Mary. As shown in the attached image, the initials are eit
Read more…I'm researching Frances Edmund Currey (1814-1896), land agent to the 6th Duke of Devonshire at Lismore Castle, County Waterford, Ireland, amateur photographer and member of RPS and Dublin Photographic Society. I'd love to hear from anyone with inform
Read more…I found a watkins Eikronometer and am trying to find info on the watkins factorial development method. Would like to know if there is a museum or anything near where they were made that might have information...
Read more…According to a talk by Fred Turner (Associate Professor of Communication and Director of the Science, Technology and Society Program at Stanford University) (posted on YouTube in February 2014), there is a colour picture in the "The Family of Man' ex
Read more…We're delighted to share an open access book that is likely to be of interest to community members: Canada in the Frame by Philip J. Hatfield. Download it free: https://bit.ly/3Pn3TgF
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I'm currently researching for a project and would love to draw from the hive mind of this community to see if anyone might have some insights on how I might get in touch with two photographers active in London in the 1960s, Tom Picton and Nige
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