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Rejlander CDV 3 Replies

For a book on Rejlander & Victorian photography I am looking for his CDV photos. I coudn't find any CDV from his studio in Wolverhampton & there very few from his studios in London. But there should be a lot of them. Maybe you have some CDV…Continue

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Thomas Carlyle - Carte de visite and the Carlyle family.

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Comment by Geoff Blackwell on February 6, 2023 at 22:14: CDVs from USA with 'Suntax' 1864-1866 are widely recognised but can anyone help with information relating to a similar situation in Bulgaria, around 1901. I have acquired a CDV with a Revenue (?) stamp folded around the middle of vertical edge. Curiously, it is franked on the front, somewhat defacing the image. Can anyone provide any information, please?.

Comment by Malcolm Batty on November 16, 2020 at 13:02: I have been collecting CDVs of London Studios for years and now have about 400. The one that I am really looking for is BATTY, my great grandfather, who had studios in Stratford, Wood Green and Leytonstone before moving to Clacton-on-Sea. Any news would be welcomed

Comment by James Morley on June 5, 2013 at 11:49: Edit: I now find out they had already been in touch!

Comment by James Morley on June 5, 2013 at 10:13: Thanks for highlighting that Marcel, and of course to Ron for creating such a great resource. It's of particular interest as some of my own family were photographed in Bown's studio. See http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=bown&w=24469639%40N00&s=rec

Through those photos I was also contacted by another Flickr member saying he was Henry Bown's great great grandson and was researching the studio. I have dropped him a note to make sure he sees this.

Comment by Marcel Safier on June 4, 2013 at 13:25: Henry Bown - London photographer

A new biography of Henry Bown, mainly based in Bermondsey has just been published at http://www.cartedevisite.co.uk/photographers-category/biographies/h.... In addition there are examples of his carte de visite output including interesting graphics on the rear of his mounts, from the collection of site owner Ron Cosens.

Comment by Sheila Whittingham on January 22, 2013 at 9:41: Thankyou john

What an interesting photograph.My ancestor came home with a Russian wife although he had a legal wife in England, and I have to smile when I have two death certs. of two ladies both claiming to be his widow.!! I dont suppose I will find out exactly where his studio was or who he worked for papers supplied by the House of Commons archives just stated he was advised to leave Moscow as the British couldn't guarantee his safety, and he and his wife were imprisoned for 24 hours in Moscow.

Sheila.

Comment by John Toohey on January 21, 2013 at 19:11: Maybe not a lead but a possibility. These come from Baku, C1910, when Azerbaijan was the largest oil producer in the world and quite a few Europeans (including Alfred Nobel) worked there. English photographers working in Moscow might go to Baku since that was where the money was.

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Comment by Sheila Whittingham on January 21, 2013 at 13:51: Thanks Marcel,Ron.

I do have all details of all my ancestors photographic activities in England.I was just wondering if there was some kind of list of early 20th. cent.Moscow photographers.... Ron..you do have a photo by my Moscow chappie and you sent me a copy some years back.Camile Roman Stortz.I have been researching the three gents for nearly 10 years,they are Philip Christian Stortz, my g.g.Grandfather, his son Camile, and another great Grandfather's cousin named Thomas Cowdrey.