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Modern Tintype photography:

I am seriously interested in learning to make Tintypes in the original way or as close as I can get. Is there anybody on this site who practices the art of Tintyping or perhaps knows somebody that does or maybe even can give me some hints or tips on

Seaside Tintypes:

Hi all. I am currently researching the supposed prevalence of Tintypists operating in Seaside towns in the UK and on beaches. My initial focus was on Scottish Seaside towns owing to the hunch that the Tintype was more popular there than it was in Eng

Ilford Film - Alfred Hugh Harman

I am looking for information on Alfred Hugh Harman (abt 1841 in Kennington, Surrey, London – 23 May 1913 in Surrey, Sussex), who was a photographer and partner of Henry Dages and founded the Britannia Works, later Ilford Ltd in 1879.

Is anything know

Ambrotype - Photograph or Photograph of a painting?

Hi,

I recently added an ambrotype of St Mary's Church Alderley Cheshire to my collection. The glass plate it is on is 2 3/4 by 3 1/4 inches mounted with a matt within a gutta purcha frame. Written on the back is simply Alderly Church. The church is s

Dating an Elliott & Fry Portrait

Hello

I would welcome any help please on dating an E&F portrait.  The attached image shows the embossed logo and the signature below the photograph, and I wonder if anyone knows the dates between which those two items were used together.

John

Elliott

Don McCullin Feature Film

National Trust Collections website now online

The National Trust launched a new collections website just before Christmas.  It claims to currently contain records for some 736,334 items.

The basic search is easy and yields good results, but the real power comes from the filtering that you can ap

Researching early photographers in Ealing

Having lived in Ealing for nearly 20 years I thought it was about time I did some research on Ealing's early photographers.

I have written up an account of what I have found from some very superficial online searching, just to get the ball rolling. 

Benjamin Foulkes Winks - Photographer

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

Photographic education in 1900

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

19th & early 20th century photographs of Garhwal Himalayas

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. 

Helbsy - South America, Liverpool and Denbigh

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

Henry George Mason

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

Antique Enlarger

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

Identifying a photo

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

The English Studio, operating in Baku Azerbaijan at the beginning of the 20th century.

Does anybody have any information on the English Studio, operating in Baku, Azerbaijan at the beginning of the 20th century?

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William M Emmett - Journalistic Photographer

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

Robert Leggat's Website

Hi everyone.

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?

Photographic exhibitions/events in London, November 2011 - suggestions sought

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

George Henry Polyblank

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