Looking through my grandfather's accounts I see he bought a reflex camera from "Pharaoh" - presumably a dealer or shop. He lived near London so that's probably where the shop was. He paid £18-15-8 on May 25th 1918. The account entry is just "Pharaoh
Read more…Does anyone have access to a copy of the March 1924 issue of the British Journal of Photography..?
Read more…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
Read more…Can anyone advice on related photographic British archives on Cyprus and the Maronites. Monica Bardswell worked in their villages in North Cyprus in the 1930s, George Jeffery as well, but I can find very little about related archives.
Thank you i
Read more…Hi Andrew,
Despite a missing "j" could Rev. John Montgomerie Traherne
of Coedriglan be a candidate? The geography fits as does his
connectIons to the Talbot and Llewelyn families.
Just a thought but lllit Isabella Mary Thomas must trump him.
Read more…An 1850s album in West Glamorgan Archives (D/D Vi 3/51) belonged to Swansea landowner Illtid Thomas and and was probably put together by himself and his first wife Isabella Mary. As well as photographs by well-known Swansea photographers John Dillwy
Read more…Can anyone help provide some more information on a book by Fred Judge - 'Camera Pictures of London at Night' produced in 1924..? I can find very little about it online.
Thank you in advance for any comments.
Read more…I wonder if anyone has come across William Henry De Lan (1844-1905)? He began his career in Bradford and then took to the road with a touring studio heading north. Eventually he ended up in Berwick-upon-Tweed around 1900, where he finally settled dow
Read more…Between now and Christmas I'll be showing my cyanotype photographs and photograms at various events on Kent. Visit www.instagram.com/ajphotoinfo for details.
Someone knows some biographical facts about Hugh Owen. He lived in Oporto, Portugal?
Thank you!
MANUEL MAGALHAES
Read more…From my family archives, a small collection of ca 1900 prints. These are on very thin paper and mounted face-down on glass about 1mm thick, so intended for viewing this way, from the other side of the glass. I have never seen anything like this and
Read more…In my continuing research on theatre promotion and 19th century photography studios in the US, I have been investigating the adaptation of photography products for retail advertising. Among the examples here at The New York Public Library are stereo
I am a freelance author in Toronto, Canada, currently working on a biography of Dr. Clement Williams, an army surgeon, British agent, and trader in Mandalay, Burma, from 1861 to 1879. A few years ago the Royal Ontario Museum received 2 donations of
Read more…Graham Wood, who had assisted me greatly (amongst others) has mentioned that there are at least 15 numbered views in the William England commission at Sandringham for HRH Prince of Wales. This may have been England's last work for the London Ster
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Please help finding some information on the "Goldona" photographic paper, and on its manufacturer John J. GRIFFIN & Sons Ltd. (Kingsway, London) - when founded, how long existed, etc. It was first mentioned in an advertising card in 1908
Read more…Hello all,
I'm a new member. My name is Kathleen McLaughlin and I've been teaching photography for over 20 years. I teach in the darkroom, as well as the history of photography.
I'll be visiting England soon and am looking for suggestions on what to
Read more…Dear all
Ive seen adverts from 1916 - 1937 in various journals from
Pemberton Bros., Background Studio, 2, Thorne Grove, Morton, Blackpool
Saying things like "Messrs. Pemberton Bros, manufacture a very wide variety of suitable backgrounds and will se
Read more…I am new to this group and am not really sure if this is the right forum to raise this - however, nothing ventured!
I have been an admirer of the photographs of Sir Don McCullin for many years and, in that time, have built up a wide ranging archive
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