Hi, I'm doing some research for an exhibition and am interested in the relationship between the Suffragettes and the newly launched Daily Mirror. Does anyone know if the DM photographers liaised with the Suffragettes or whether the Suffragettes fed t
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I have made a small film of the original glass plates of J A R Rudge. It is a compiled film and it runs forwards and backwards. I think that's a sequence Rudge would have done. For Fun!
The file cannot be posted here as it is rather large
Read more…I recently became a member and posted photos of my 6-Lens sliding box wet plate camera. I believe it's English, but there is no maker's name on the camera body or lenses. I would appreciate feedback on a possible maker and the camera's vintage. Th
Read more…W.J. Harrison (A History of Photography, 1897, Percy Lund Country Press, London) in 1895, wrote this in his article:
Anthony's Photographic Bulletin 1896, pg 57
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I've just added this camera to my collection and wondered if somebody could help with the maker. It's a 1/4 plate, with polished Mahogany or Teak, and Aluminium. It has many features that indicate Shew & Co, but has no makers badge on it.
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I've been searching for more than a year for a photo of Gregory Harlip. Not by him, but of him.
He once had a studio in Berlin, photographed all the famous German film stars of the era, but the Nazis forced him to flee. He eventually
Read more…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
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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
