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Pemberton Bros, Background painters from Blackpool
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…The Work of Sir Don McCullin
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
Read more…Relationship between Daily Mirror photographers and Suffragettes
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
Read more…J A R Rudge - The Original Glass Slides - A Flickbook Film
Hello All,
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…6-Lens Sliding Box Wet Plate Camera
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…The first person to make a fixable photograph
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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SOME FORGOTTEN PAGES OF PHOTOGRA
Read more…Folding Wooden Strut camera ID.
Hello All,
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.
Read more…Quest for photo of Gregory Harlip (1893-1945)
Hello everyone,
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…Did David Octavius Hill take stereoviews?
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 (1846 - 1915)
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
Read more…Photohistory questionnaire for PhD thesis
Hello everyone,
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…Frederick Dew - Wigam
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
Read more…Help identifying Photographer, Subject, Date
Hi.
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…Half-plate postal club
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…Old plates found in a jumble sale in the eightires
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…Giovanni Trimboli
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…EXAMPLES OF ANCIENT INDUSTRIAL ART - TEXTILE ART - PHOTOGRAPHED BY J. F. LANGHANS - Imperial and Royal Court Photographer - King Edward VII
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…Questions about cameras built by Louis Gandolfi
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…New thesis about Photobooks
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
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