Afternoon all.
I am photographic consultant at Chiswick Auctions and we just took in a long run of B J Almanacs from the early 1900s through to the mid 1960s for the next photographic sale.
Like most of you here I have probably seen hundreds of these
Read more…I am trying to decide whether the small ambrotype is of a young Prince Albert and would appreciate any input . Please see the group photo and Albert on far left and Alfred on far right, and then my ambrotype. The hair looks very similar.
I have three photographs of a British boarding school, taken c1950s-60s, and am trying for find the name of it, if anybody knows ?
Read more…I am new here so please excuse me if this has been covered. I have found it incredibly frustrating trying to make sense of the Orphan Works system. It seems to actually work against making historic images available for use. As a photographer myself I
Read more…I have an odd Gandolfi Tailboard camera. The rear has ground glass which is 3" x 4" and it is in a slide which pulls out to allow a roll film holder to slide in instead. The width of the section which slides in is 3 5/8" or 92mm and the runners allow
Read more…I have a reflex camera with both these names attached on plaques on it. It's quite large, the one bookform film holder fits 5x7sheaths.I'm in the middle of restoring it, as someone dropped it sometime ( I think) and cracked the front standard.
It loo
Read more…I've been making my own silver gelatine glass plates and am exploring ways to print and present positives.
I'm intrigued by historical orotones such as the ones produced by Edward S. Curtis in early 20th Century.
There are a few contemporary techniq
Read more…If anyone recognise's this lady in an Ambrotype then I would be grateful to know.
Many Thanks
Hello, I am seeing quite a few press credits where photographer credit is SKR. They are mostly pop images from 60’s and credit is being applied to a London Features International (USA) stamp on back of photograph. They are decent quality and wondere
Read more…Hi! I haven't been able so far to identify the little person pictured in this CDV (ca.1864/5 according to the back design). I would be grateful for any hints. Thanks!
I'm posting an untitled photograph that I suspect was taken in Paris during the Prussian siege during 1870/71. It's one from a stereoscopic pair, and the tones are somewhat faded, but in the foreground can be seen a wooden manual fire pump, together
Read more…I have several interesting stereoviews in my collection for which there is no or little description and I would be very pleased to get help identifying the regiment, place, photographer etc
1. Fine early military portrait from late 1850s, tartan cap
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During a seminar last week one of my first year students asked whether any of the figures we were discussing as notable early photographers were black. Reviewing them, I note that none was, and that the only name I could recollect from t
Read more…As some of you may have spotted, some glass negatives from the massive archive of the Harrow studio of Hills and Saunders have recently started to be offered for sale on eBay.
The seller is Pete Boswell who acquired the archive a few years ago.
Pete
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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 currently reading and writing on Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson) and have encountered an 1859 diary entry in which Carroll describes meeting the Prince of Wales and telling him about 'the new American process of taking twelve thousand p
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I am a Masters student in the Film + Photography Preservation and Collections Management (F+PPCM) program at Ryerson University, researching the career of photographer Minna Keene (1861-1943), considered the first woman admitted as a fellow to
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Firstly, thank you to all the creators and contributors at British Photographic History for this forum.
I'm wondering whether anyone here has heard of the photographer Maud Shelley (1875-1952) who had a studio in Wimbledon from at least the 1
Read more…On it’s way to me is a Houghton Ensign Timber and brass hall plate camera. It was sold by Harrington’s in Australia . I am keen to get more information about this marque and type. I have found some links already.
Been thinking about a wooden tripod t
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Thank you for allowing be to join.
The following links are to 3 lots of photographs which turned up as part of a 'downsizing' by one of my clients.
My client is descended from Thomas Carlyle who is supposed to have annotated the Julia M
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