Trying to find information on Benjamin Foulkes Winks (b. 1861 in Islington – d. 10 Mar 1929 in Brentford, Middlesex).He is shown as a photographer in Walthamstow, East London in 1891.
In 1901 as a Manager – Photographic Manufactures in Wealdstone, Mi
Read more…Does anyone have information on where a young woman could study photography in London (probably NW), ca. 1900? The woman, Florence Vandamm, relocated to New York in 1924, leaving a succesful London career.
thank you
Read more…Hi, I am looking into the history and evolution of old pilgrim trails in the Garhwal Himalayas, India. Would be grateful if anybody could advise me about photographs of this region taken during 19th and early to mid- 20th century.
Read more…I have been researching the HELSBY family of photographers along with Ron Cosens in Yorkshire, Alejandro de la Fuente in Santiago and Peter Helsby in Arizona.
James Gooden HELSBY, Thomas Columbus HELSBY, William George HELSBY and John Stephens HELSB
Read more…I have a query. photoLondon shows a Henry George Mason as having a studio at 145 Hammersmith Road, Hammersmith (1890 – 1891).
Successors to J Malins; succeeded by Hampton & Co.
Mr Mason seems to have been a Schoolmaster all his working life and lived
Read more…Howdy chaps. I am new to the forum so hello to one and all. I am after some infomation on a company called J Lancaster & Son who made photographic equipment from the mid 19th to the mid 20th Century. i am especially after info on their enlargers in t
Read more…Hello, I hope it's ok to ask this on this forum, but can someone help me identify a photograph? It's a familiar one to me, but I've completely forgotten who the photographer is. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Cormac
Does anybody have any information on the English Studio, operating in Baku, Azerbaijan at the beginning of the 20th century?
Read more…I wonder if anybody has heard of William M Emmett (born 1871 in Leytonstone, Essex)? He is shown as a Journalistic/Newspaper Photographer in 1901 in Lewisham and as a Photographer in 1911 in Catford.
I think his mother was Laura (born 1841 in Pimlico
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I recently discovered that Mr. Robert Leggat had passed away earlier this year. This was a real surprise. I used to use his website as a class resource. Does anyone know what became of his online texts/site?
Read more…Hi, an American contact of mine (writer, archivist, historian) is over in London 12-18 November. She's keen to see photographic history related exhibitions, galleries, dealers etc. Anything open in the evenings is especially welcome.
I've certainly
Read more…I am trying to information on the ‘George Henry Polyblank’s’.
The father I believe was born abt 1828 in Plymouth, Devon and on 2 April 1853, married Maria Johnson (born abt 1833 in Islington, London – died 1887).
In 1854 he began a partnership with H
Read more…The Photographic Field Club was founded in 1865 but it existed under various forms prior to this date, its aims were to bring landscape to a prominent position in photography. It is not clear when it closed or merged with any another Society.(thanks
Read more…Trying to find information on Victor Jubilee Hutchinson born St Pancras/Camden Town, London abt 1887. I have him as a photographer in Walthamstow in 1911. He may have changed his name to Victor John King and may have been a photographer in Clacton-on
Read more…Does anyone have information on Charles Hewitt, who practiced and taught photography in London at the turn of the last century and then moved to Australia? We believe that one of his students was Florence Vandamm (1883 - 1964). We (New York Public
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Does anyone have information on a photographer named George B. Moore, perhaps an amateur, that was active ca. late 1850s or 1860s?
Thank you very much,
Nuno B. A.
Read more…I am seeking information on the International Circle of Pictorial Photographers exhibition of 1926. This was held in Liverpool and a catalogue was published - if anyone has, or is aware of, a copy of this catalogue i would be very grateful. The IC
Read more…I am writing an article for a newish photography publication in Bristol. the article I am writing is on early street photography and I was hoping to use some images by some well known and lesser known street photographers. Does anyone know how it wor
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Hi everybody!
There seem to be a couple of “still lifes” in William England’s series “Gems of Statuary by Eminent Sculptors”. I know of a skeleton leaves stereo view entitled “Beautiful in Death” and a floral arrangement – “A Thing of Beauty is a
Read more…I am trying to find out a bit more about the life of Ernest Brooks, best known for his 1st World War photographs, who was also for a few years an official photographer to the British royal family. In particular I was wondering whether he could have a
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