Cambridgeshire Photographers 1844-1990
Between September 1990 & November 1992 I wrote a series of articles in the Cambridge Weekly News about some 76 photographers who have worked in and around Cambridgeshire during the last 150 years. They represent but a small proportion of the list of over 430 names of people who have are known to have taken pictures, either as amateur or professional, and whose work is represented in the files of the Cambridgeshire Collection in Lion Yard Library, Cambridge. Usually only a small proportion of their output has survived, perhaps only a snap or two, and the details of the person behind the lens have been even more sketchy.
During the course of these articles however much new material was donated to the Collection and many relatives and friends of the people so inadequately surveyed have added to the information recorded about them.
This article attempts to identify the first person to have set up a professional studio in Cambridge. This issue was considered in the columns of the Cambridge Daily News in December 1939 when a Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society, much more expert in matters technical, proffered his thoughts.
He traced the earliest photographic process to the Daguerreotype, first invented in 1831 and recounted how portrait studios were established in London in 1840. Such portraits were expensive and it was not until 1851 that a cheaper process came along. This was the collodian positive invented by F. Scott Archer of Bishop's Stortford which captured images on glass. It had the important bonus in that the process was portable and itinerant photographers became great attractions at village feasts along with other stalls and shooting galleries. They were not always welcome apparently. In 1864 Henry Pendle of Soham, photographic artist, accused two Lt Downham men of causing wilful damage to his booth at Downham Feast - perhaps they did not like their likeness and at Ely the booths were described as eyesores and taking away trade from the established photographers. An early practitioner was Dick Hutchinson who lived somewhere on East Road and "worked" Yarmouth beach each Summer, though he apparently had no Cambridge studio.
Other early contenders for the honour were considered to Edward Gage of Sidney Street, William Pugh of James Street and George Sheldon of Melbourn Passage who were amongst those trading in 1863 together with several others already covered by these present articles. But it now appears that these were not in fact the first.
The earliest record of a Cambridge photographer seems to have been in August 1844 when the "Cambridge Chronicle" carried an advertisement for "Beard's Patent Daguerreo type or photographic portraits". They sent their reporter to St Mary's Passage where he expressed "surprise ... that the beautiful and marvellous art of Photographic portrait-painting has not long since been introduced into the town of Cambridge since other places of far less note have been favoured by enterprising individuals with opportunities of profiting by the Exercise of this Science". The reporter commented: "People fancy that everything which is got in London is better than the same thing in the country; but prima facie a photographic portrait taken by the action of light will be more perfect when the plate is acknowledged up in the clear atmosphere of Cambridge than in the pea soup affair which Londoners breath".
The enterprising exponent who opened this studio in St Mary's Passage was William Nichols and his business flourished despite the newspaper's caution that: "Photography is no flatterer, it paints us as we are, with every wrinkle and every stray hair plainly marked" people responded to the challenge of having "their true lineaments indelibly stamped on metal". It would appear that he had been practising his profession elsewhere for in 1864 he acknowledges the patronage he had enjoyed for the previous 25 years - taking him back to 1839.
By 1861 his advertisements promised "views of the town and university in great variety" with stereoscopic views at 1/- each or 10/- per dozen, more expensive in real terms than examples of his work which we have purchased recently. Perhaps it was Nichols who took the earliest exterior photograph we hold - that of Hobson's Conduit when situated on the corner of Market Hill, before its removal to Brookside in 1856.
Nichols took his son into partnership in 1864 and they continued to trade from his original studio until 1870 before moving to premises adjacent where he continued for another decade. Later Hills & Co, Clement Shaw and Kidd and Baker traded from the address.
Yet there remains some doubt as to whether Nichols was in fact the earliest photographer for when the question was considered in the Cambridge Daily News in 1939 one correspondent came up with the name of George Proctor. His source was one of the men to whom the historian of the present owes a great debt of gratitude, Cambridge's first librarian and founder of the Cambridgeshire Collection, John Pink. Thanks to Pink's work and especially the files of local newspapers he amassed and which are now being indexed more clues are daily being discovered, just as each day more photographs are added to the county's premier record of pictures of the past.
Since I wrote this final article in November 1992 there have been many changes. The Cambridgeshire Collection is now accommodated in part of the second floor of the Central Library in Lion Yard, Cambridge. Its treasures are no longer visible. But there are still some specialist staff and the material is still accessible.
One useful development has been the computerisation of the illustrations catalogue which is now available via the Internet. One section of this catalogue is an index of photographers and artists that should make identification of their work easier.
What follows below is a list of Cambridgeshire photographers compiled in 1991. The Collection may well have identified many more since those days.
If you would like further details or copies of my articles on individual photographers – marked with an ‘*’ then please contact me.
Cambridgeshire Photographers 1844-1990
Sources checked:
| Cambridge Antiquarian Society photographic record donors ("CAS) |
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| Cambridge Photographic Club minutes ("CPC") |
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| Carling, C & Human, B "Fen archive" ("FA") |
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| Petty. M.J. Century of CDN ("CDN") |
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| Petty, M.J. The Cambridge photographers at Post Office Terrace. -"Cambridge" no.29 : Winter 1991-2 ("POP") |
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| Petty, M.J. "Eye on the past" : articles in Cambridge Weekly News 1990-1992 ("CWN") |
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| Photographers chronicle |
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| Photographers cards "K"=Kelly (county) "S"=Spalding |
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| Rouse, M "Cambridgeshire in early postcards" ("R78") |
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| * : those written up in CWN |
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| ADAMS |
CAS 1924 |
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| ALEXANDRA STUDIO |
St Neots & St Ives |
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| display advert |
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| *ALLEN, Dr F.J |
lectures CPC 9.2.15 |
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| CAS 1928 |
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| AMBROSE, Owen |
from Stuntney |
c1897 |
| ANDREW, David |
Elsworth, took all cards of area |
c1900-10s |
| have photo & details |
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| APTHORPE, Miss Dora |
Cherry Hinton Rd |
K1922-33 |
| ARNSBY, William J |
Whittlesey |
K1900-04 |
| ASKEW, Miss Alice |
March |
K1922-37 |
| ASPLAND, Miss C |
March |
K1922 |
| ASPLIN, Emma Sophia (1871-1948) |
details |
FA |
| AUSTIN, Frank |
March |
K1912 |
| BAKER see KIDD & BAKER |
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| BAKER-SMITH, E.W. |
Mill Rd |
K1916-53 |
| BALDING, Alfred |
Wisbech |
K1869 |
| BALDWIN, J |
CAS 1937 |
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| *BALL, Edward Speare |
Regent St |
K1900-22 |
| display advert |
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| CWN 4.12.91 |
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| BALL, F.C. |
Mill Rd |
S1907-11 |
| *BANSALL, Dr |
gives name to society - see Bansall club minutes |
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| declines to join CAS survey |
CAS 1904 |
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| dies 2.11.37 CPC |
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| CWN 25.4.91 |
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| BARRETT, Miss E.R. |
Victoria St |
K1916 |
| BARRINGTON-BROWN, A.C. |
Park St |
K1953-57 |
| BASEBE see MASON & BASEBE |
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| BEALES, George |
March |
K1883 |
| BEALES & KENNERELL |
Wisebch |
K1879 |
| BELL, Alfred |
Victoria st |
K1900-09 |
| *BELL & CO |
postcard pub'r |
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| BELLAMY, Mrs |
CAS 1929 |
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| BELLAMY, D.D. |
CAS 1928 |
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| BELLAMY, Reginald T |
CAS 1928 |
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| BENNETT BROTHERS, Wisbech |
produced postcards |
R78 |
| BERTOLLE, Richard |
March |
K1892-1908 |
| BIRD, Vernon |
March |
K1908 |
| BIRD, william Henry Vernon |
Wisbech |
K1904 |
| *BLANCHARD, Valentine |
Wisbech |
K1883 |
| CWN 25.2.92 |
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| *BLANCHARD, Valentine |
Post Office Terrace |
S1887 |
| successor to J.E. Bliss |
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| cartes de visite |
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| display advert |
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| POP |
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| article BJP |
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| CWN 14.2.91, CWN 25.2.92 |
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| *BLISS, John E. |
Post Office terrace |
S1878 |
| 7 St Andrews steet |
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| display advert |
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| advert |
1881, Nov 26 |
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| S1881-83 |
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| "late Arthur Nicholls" |
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| succeeded by Valentine Blanchard |
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| cartes de visite |
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| POP |
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| CWN 14.2.91 |
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| BOLTON, Mrs Martha |
Ely |
K1892-1904 |
| BOLTON, Samuel |
Ely |
K1883-88 |
| *BOLTON, Thomas Samuel |
Ely |
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| Market Place |
K1904 |
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| Fore Hill |
K1908-37 |
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| produced postcards |
R78 p17 |
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| CWN 11.4.91 |
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| *BOOTS THE CHEMIST |
postcards |
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| CWN 23.10.91 |
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| BOWSER, Henry |
Wisbech |
K1879 |
| BOYD, R.H. |
photos Bassingbourn |
CAS 1924 |
| BRADLEY, William |
Newnham |
1866-7 |
| Ely |
K1879 |
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| BRENNERS BAZAAR |
Wisbech |
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| produced postcards |
R78 |
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| BRIGGS, C |
CAS 1928 |
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| BRINDLEY, Mrs |
CAS 1929 |
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| BRINDLEY, H.H. |
CAS 1935 |
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| *BROOM, Anderson |
Priory St |
S1925-33 |
| dies 9.1933 (Rev Yr) |
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| CWN 20.5.92 |
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| BROWN, K |
CAS 1932 |
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| BROWN, Jn L |
Wisbech |
K1904,K1916 |
| BROWN & CO |
Wisbech |
K1912-16 |
| produced postcards |
R78 |
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| March |
K1922 |
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| BROWN & REAM |
Wisbech |
K1908 |
| BRUCE, B |
Northampton St |
K1948-51 |
| BRUNNEY, P.A.L. |
elected 9.10.34 CPC |
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| elected 4.3.45 CPC |
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| see tape recordings |
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| BULLEN, R.H. |
death CPC 1.2.38 |
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| *BULLOCK, J.H. |
many references CPC |
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| gives 600 prints |
CAS 1928-9 etc |
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| CWN 25.10.90 |
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| BURKITT, M.C. |
CAS 1930,35 etc |
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| BURROWS, J.F., Ely |
produced postcards |
R78 p17 |
| BUSHNELL, G.H.S. |
Gt Chesterford |
CAS 1938 |
| BUTCHER, Miss |
CAS 1936 |
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| BUTCHER, G.W |
Littleport |
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| advert Barbers |
1921 |
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| BUTCHER, W |
Bridge St |
K1896-1912 |
| cartes de visite |
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| *BYWATERS, F.J. |
CAS 1943 |
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| CWN 26.9.91 |
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| CAMBRIDGE, E.E |
Mill Rd |
K1929-40 |
| CAMBRIDGE, R.O. |
Mill Rd |
K1908-1922 |
| "negatives reported destroyed" Jan 1975 |
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| CARTER, Miss |
CAS 1929 |
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| CAVE, C.J.P |
CAS 1929 |
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| CHANDLER, A.V. |
Mill rd |
K1920-22 |
| CHANDLER, Albert |
Fitzroy St |
S1926-40 |
| CHAPMAN, Horace |
Whaddon |
K1922-37 |
| CLARK, Robert H |
see postcard series |
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| *CLARKE, John Palmer |
Post office Terrace |
S1895-1934 |
| "late Colin Lunn |
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| cartes de visite |
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| display advert |
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| POP |
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| CWN 31.1.91, 7.2.91 |
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| CLARKE, William |
Chatteris |
K1858 |
| CLENETT, E.C. |
Lower Park St |
S1887 |
| CLENETT, ernest |
Willow Walk |
K1896-1908 |
| Portugal St |
S1910-11 |
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| *COATES, H, Wisbech |
produced postcards (details) |
R78 |
| CWN 27.5.52 |
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| *COBBETT, Louis |
CAS 1928 |
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| CODMAN, John, |
travelling photographer |
1867, Jun 1 |
| COLLIER, T.E. |
CAS 1928 |
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| COOK, Arthur Walt |
Ely |
K1866-75 |
| COOKE, |
Ely. Market street |
K1858-69 |
| fire at premises |
1870, Jan 15 |
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| COOKE, Miss |
CAS 1929 |
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| COOKE, K |
CAS 1928 |
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| *COOPER, J |
Sawston, postcards |
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| *COOPER, T.R. |
Swaffham Prior |
K1916-22 |
| CWN 18.7.91 |
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| COULSON, B.B. |
cine pioneer CPC 30.11.43 |
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| COULSON, C.B. |
CAS 1932 |
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| COWLES, S |
CAS 1932 |
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| COX, William |
Chatteris |
K1879 |
| CREEK, Charles D |
Union Rd |
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| cartes de visite |
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| CRISP. A.W. & co |
Kings Parade |
S1912-40 |
| CRISP, R.S. |
Sussex St |
S1932-35 |
| *CUDWORTH, C.L. |
references in CPC 8.4.41,16.12.41,23.3.43,16.5.44,8.8.44 |
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| see Collections file |
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| CWN 21.3.91 |
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| CURTIS, D |
CAS 1928 |
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| DAVIES, Peter Hughes |
March |
K1869 |
| DAVIS, Arthur |
Rose Crescent |
S1913-15 |
| "photos of University life a speciality" |
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| DENSTON, A.R., Ely |
produced postcards |
R78 p17 |
| DIKO TRADING CO |
Victoria rd |
S1931-35 |
| lectures on windmills CPC 29.7.411 |
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| DRAKE, Oliver B |
Leys Ave |
K1948 |
| DRAKE, William |
Norfolk St |
K1896 |
| DRING, Robert |
Newnham |
K1888-1904 |
| DRYSDALE, Alfred |
Wisbech |
K1892 |
| DUMBLETON STUDIOS |
account of growth - "Whither Whittlesford" Aut 1981 |
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| EASTERN PRESS AGENCY |
Castle St |
S1933-57 |
| EDELSTEIN, William |
38 Hills Rd |
K1892 |
| "1889" TT 23.12.1939 |
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| EDWARDS, Ernest |
photos used in Cooper "Memorials" |
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| *EVELYN-WHITE, C.H. |
CAS |
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| *FARREN, William |
10 Rose Crescent |
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| display advert |
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| new photographic rooms opened |
1864, Oct 1 |
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| enters business brother, now "Farren bros" |
1865, Nov.11 |
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| people to attend early in hot weather |
1865, Sep.23 |
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| opens branch Chatteris |
1866, Jan.13 |
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| Chesterton rd |
S1867 |
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| continues |
1870, Jan 1 |
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| a really good paying concern : selling off the printselling business 1870, May 7 |
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| advert |
1870, May 7 |
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| Jesus Lane |
K1874 |
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| fire at premises |
1874, Nov 7 |
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| combined photographic art gallery : will not open in St Andrews street after all |
1875, Jan 9 |
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| temporary gallery Jesus Lane |
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| 1875, Jun 5 |
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| Market St |
K1879-81 |
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| new instantaneous process, Market St |
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| 1881, May 7 |
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| arbitration case re Market St [rp, nd] |
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| suceeded by R.H. Lord - some of his Cartes de visite use Farrens design |
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| CWN 27.6.91 |
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| *FARREN, William Scott |
see CPC |
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| article re birds |
Country Life 18.3.1905 (CDN) |
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| many references CPC; includes reminiscences 1.3.38 CPC |
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| FARREN BROS, |
10 & 11 Rose Crescent |
S1866-67 |
| 1867, May 25 |
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| partnership dissolved, continued by W. Farren |
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| FEGAN, E.S. |
CAS 1928 |
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| FELTON, Herbert |
exhibits CPC 30.10.23 |
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| FENN, E |
CAS 1929 |
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| FENTON, Horace |
borough librarian, elected CPC 8.1.35 |
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| CAS 1938 |
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| FITZROY STUDIONS see CHANDLER, Albert |
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| FOSTER, J.E. |
CAS 1931 |
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| FOWLER, Gordon E |
CAS 1932 |
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| *FOWLER BROS |
Gamlingay |
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| CWN 1.7.92 |
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| *FRITH, F |
photos in Cooper Memorials |
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| see Francis frith collection files |
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| CWN 6.6.91, 13.6.91 |
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| GAGE, Edward |
44 Sidney St (TT 23.12.1939) |
1863 |
| GARDINER & CO, Wisbech |
produced postcards |
R78 |
| GATES, Thomas George |
Fitzroy st |
S1895 |
| GATES & STARR |
Mill Road |
SA 1889 |
| display advert |
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| GATES BROS |
Mill Road |
K1891-2 |
| advert |
1890, Jul 9 |
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| GATTY, H |
CAS 1938 |
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| GAUTREY, Harry |
Portugal place |
K1888 |
| GEE, Charles R |
Chatteris |
K1916 |
| *GEORGE, Margaret (1899-1983) |
Guyhirn |
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| details |
FA |
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| *GERMANY, Leslie |
CWN 29.7.92 |
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| GILSON, H.C. |
CAS 1931 |
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| *GILLSON, Frederick |
Burwell |
K1900-12 |
| produced postcards |
R78 |
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| negatives held in Ipswich CRO - list in |
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| "Illustrations" file |
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| CWN 16.5.91 |
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| GODDEN, John Harvey |
Sawston |
K1904-1922 |
| some prints possibly available : |
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| contact Crampton & Sons, Mr Godden, High St |
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| Sawston |
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| GOODE, G |
CAS 1932 |
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| GOODISON, J.W. |
CAS 1937 |
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| *GOODRICH, C.E. |
on work professional photog'r |
12.1.1927 (CDN) |
| POP |
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| see Palmer Clarke |
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| GOODRICH & SANDERSON |
Posr Office Terrace |
K1904-1922 |
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see Palmer Clarke |
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| GOSHAWK, Alfred |
Mill Rd |
S1881 |
| GRAINGER, Albert |
Burwell |
K1929-37 |
| *GRAINGER, Dorothy |
see Photog'rs card & collection |
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| CWN 14.10.90 |
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| *GRAY, J.P. |
postcards |
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| CWN 12.8.92 |
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| *GRIFFITH, Edward |
took photos for local press |
1929-30 |
| article : C & P.L. March 1975 p14-15 |
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| CWN 6.12.90 |
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| *GRIFFITHS, J.C. |
photographic surveying CPC 24.4.23 |
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| killed CPC 23.10.23 |
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| GRIGGS, Frank |
Newmarket |
K1929-37 |
| GWYNNE, Clement |
Soham |
K1912 |
| March |
K1916 |
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| HADDON, E.B. |
CAS 1932 |
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| HAILEY, Clarence |
Newmarket |
K1896-1929 |
| HANSCOMBE, E.M. |
CAS 1932 |
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| HARDING, Col |
CAS 1924 |
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| HARDING, G.W. |
on Post office CPC 17.12.35 |
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| HARLOCK, F.L. |
"going back to 1860s, Ely |
CAS 1935 |
| *HATFIELD, C.G.M. |
colour transp CPC 8.11.38 |
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| see Collections files |
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| CWN 1.8.91, 8.8.91 |
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| CAS 1935 |
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| HATLEY, G.F. Miss |
CAS 1928 |
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| HAYES, J.L. |
nominated CPC 1.2.16 |
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| *HAYLES, W.H. |
CAS 1932 |
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| prizes Ch 9.1.1891 |
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| CWN 13.11.91 |
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| HAYLOCK, E.C., March |
produced postcards |
R78 |
| *HAYNES, J.L. |
negatives collections |
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| CWN 20.11.91, 27.11.91 |
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| HAZELDINE, C.H.B. |
Chatteris |
K1892 |
| HENDERSON, A |
Sidney St |
S1910-11 |
| HENDERSON, R |
Dick, first photographer TT 23.12.39 |
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| HICKSON, G.F. |
lectures CPC 11.1.44 |
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| HILLS, G.J. |
died 18.3.23 CPC |
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| HILLS, Robert |
see HILLS & SAUNDERS |
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| HILLS & CO |
St Mary's Passage |
K1883-87 |
| "Photographs of Wisbech & neighbourhood" |
c1899 |
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| *HILLS & SAUNDERS |
15 Kings Parade |
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| display advert |
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| 1868, Oct 10 |
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| K1869-92 |
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| advert |
K1869 |
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| started a branch business, relinquished June 1888 |
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| bankruptcy Ch 8.3.92 |
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| pics of Backs as Christmas cards |
13.12.1889 (CDN) |
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| 19 Kings Parade |
S1907-40 |
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| cartes de visite |
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| Ralph Starr worked before starting Starr & Rignall |
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| 1950 (CDN) |
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| CWN 18.12.91 |
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| HILTON, E |
East Rd |
S1911-15 |
| HINLEY, John |
Lynn Rd |
K1888 |
| HOPE, St John Lady |
CAS 1936 |
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| HOPPETT, E.C. |
CAS 1930 |
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| HOWARD, Mrs Mary |
Chatteris |
K1912 |
| HOWELL, Thomas |
Wisbech |
K1892-1900 |
| *HUGHES, H.C. |
CAS 1932 |
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| CWN 15.7.92 |
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| HULBERT-POWELL |
lectures corbels CPC 27.7.43 |
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| CAS 1939 |
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| *HUMPHREYS, A.E. |
CWN 11.3.92 |
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| HUNT, Thomas Bidwell |
Fitzroy St |
S1895-1926 |
| see "Illustrations collections" |
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| pictures pre 1878 & after 1860 |
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| CWN 19.9.91, 30.10.91 |
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| HUNT, Thomas Reuben |
St Edwards Passage |
K1912 |
| "late of Hills & Saunders" |
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| cartes de visite |
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| HUTCHINSON, Dick |
"took early photos, Yarmouth beach", TT 23.12.1939 |
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| HUTT, J |
Park St |
S1866-67 |
| IMPERIAL PHOTO CO |
Regent St |
S1908-10 |
| IMPERIAL PHOTO CO |
Wisbech |
K1929 |
| INGRAM, G.I.C. |
CAS 1940 |
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| JARMAN, H |
Newmarket |
K1912-33 |
| lantern slides of Ely CPC 20.1.25 |
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| JARMAN, L.J. |
death CPC 2.10.34 |
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| CAS 1928 |
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| JARMAN, M.A. |
CAS 1928 |
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| *JARROLDS |
postcards |
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| CWN 30.10.91 |
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| *JEFFREYS, H |
CWN 20.6.91 |
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| JERMYN, O.H. |
elected CPC 13.10.25 |
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| CAS 1928 |
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| JOHNSON, Misses |
CAS 1928 |
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| JOHNSON, Agnes |
death CPC 28.12.43 |
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| JOHNSON, Ben |
slides of river CPC 28.11.44 |
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| *JOHNSON, E |
Wisbech |
K1864-92 |
| Fen & Marshland churches |
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| Gardiner p.112,186 |
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| *JOHNSON, H.S. |
CAS 1930 |
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| CWN 17.6.92 |
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| JOHNSON, J |
CAS 1932 |
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| JOHNSON, M.J. |
CAS 1929 |
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| JONES, Owen |
Nk & N. Photographic soc exhibited |
1856 |
| Colman has catalogue |
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| see photog's card |
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| *JUDGE, F |
postcards |
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| CWN 11.12.91 |
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| KENNERELL see also BEALES & KENNERELL |
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| KENNERELL, John |
Wisbech |
K1883-1900 |
| pics in Gardiner |
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| KIDD & BAKER |
St Mary's Passage |
S1907-39 |
| KING, P.J. |
Bottisham |
CAS 1924 |
| KING, W |
cine - see CPC |
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| KITTRIDGE, H.J. |
CAS 1928 |
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| LAFONT, B, Miss |
12 Sussex St |
K1916-22 |
| *LANE, Walter Martin (1906-1973) |
Ely |
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| details |
FA |
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| elected CPC 31.10.44 |
||
| see collections index |
||
| article Sept 1990, CWN |
||
| LANGDON-DAVIES, F.H. |
elected Fellow RPS CPC 16.2.26 |
|
| *LAURIE & McCONNAL |
postcards |
|
| CWN 13.5.92 |
||
| LEACH & SON, Wisbech |
produced postcards |
R78 |
| LEE, Nick |
Post office Terrace |
|
| POP |
||
| LEIGH, Edward |
19 Kings Parade |
K1948-57 |
| "Eaden Lilley have taken over business |
||
| and acquired negatives" 4.1987 |
||
| LETHBRIDGE, T.C. |
CAS 1940 |
|
| LIDDELL & WILLIAMS |
Wisbech |
K1869 |
| *LILES, W.E. |
CWN 11.11.91 |
|
| LILLEY, G |
Wisbech |
K1858 |
| LISTER, James H |
13 Abbey Rd |
K1892 |
| LLOYD, A.H. |
CAS 1936 |
|
| LOFTS, P |
Post Office Terrace |
|
| POP |
||
| LOOKER, Donald |
photos appear in A. Looker "Cambridge |
|
| Wesley Methodist" |
1912 |
|
| *LORD, Ralph Herbert |
13 (19 & 20) Market St |
S1884-K1900 |
| wins prize Vienna |
Ch.4.10.89 & (CDN) |
|
| wins honour |
Ch 21.4.93 |
|
| succeeded Wm Farren |
c1891 |
|
| cartes de visite collection |
||
| see CDN 24.4.37 p6 |
||
| CWN 7.3.91 |
||
| LUCAS, C |
CAS 1936 |
|
| *LUNN, Colin |
Post Office Terrace |
S1891-K92 |
| late Blanchard & Lunn, set up on own |
||
| negatives in PCRB |
||
| succeeded by J. Palmer Clarke |
||
| carte de visite collection |
||
| see BLANCHARD |
||
| POP |
||
| CWN 14.2.91 |
||
| LYNCH, R.J. |
lectures on trees CPC 2.2.15 |
|
| McGLONE, Weston Joseph |
Newmarket |
K1929-37 |
| MARGORIS, Mrs |
CAS 1933 |
|
| MARMARAS, John |
colour photos in Grant, Cambridge |
|
| MASON, Herbert |
18 Mill Road |
K1900-S1920 |
| *MASON, P Matthews |
see CPC 6.4.37, 25.4.39, 15.3.37 |
|
| speaks CPC 6.4.37 |
||
| well known CPC 25.4.39 |
||
| see photographic collections file |
||
| CWN 22.8.91 5.9.91 |
||
| MASON, William |
Rose Crescent |
|
| elected CPC 17.2.25 |
||
| MASON & BASEBE |
19 & 20 Market St |
S1901-10 |
| MASON & CO, |
||
| London |
1859, Apr 9 |
|
| 7a St Andrews St |
S1911-33 |
|
| display advert |
||
| *MAYLAND, W |
Market St |
K1858 |
| 20 St Andrews St |
K1864-69 |
|
| photos Prince at Horticultural Show |
Ch 11.6.64 p5 |
|
| summoned Sandringham |
Ch 8.5.66 p8 |
|
| article CDN 22.8.1960 filed history |
||
| display advert & Melville's |
carte de visite collection |
|
| CWN 4.4.91 |
||
| MAYNARD, George |
Chesterton Rd |
K1874-78 |
| 95 Victoria Rd |
K1883-1911 |
|
| display advert |
||
| advt K1874 |
||
| MEAN, William |
2 Fitzroy St |
K1896-S1904 |
| MEDCALF, F |
Balsham |
c1890s |
| MEHEW, H R |
Wisbech |
K1896-1904 |
| MILL ROAD STUDIO |
18 Mill Rd |
K1957 |
| MINNS |
CAS 1943 |
|
| MINTEN, A |
Wisbech |
K1929-33 |
| MISSEN, D.F.R. |
CAS 1936 |
|
| MITCHELL, W.A. |
CAS 1938 |
|
| MITCHELL, W R |
47 Newmarket rd |
S1933-35 |
| MITTON |
CAS 1929 |
|
| *MONSON, E |
57 Regent St |
K1858 |
| 1859, Feb 12, Apr 16 |
||
| sues undergraduate |
Ch 29.10.59 p7 |
|
| CWN 8.1.92, 22.1.92 |
||
| MOORE, K Mrs |
CAS 1928 |
|
| MOORE, T.S |
died CPC 7.43 |
|
| CAS 1932 |
||
| MORGAN, J |
lectures CPC 21.11.16 |
|
| MORLEY, Benjamin |
Burwell |
|
| produced postcards taken by Austin |
||
| R78 |
||
| *MORLEY, E.W., |
Linton |
|
| featured in detail |
R78 |
|
| CWN 1.11.90 |
||
| MORTIMER, F.J. |
photos on show CPC 30.6.18 |
|
| MOSS, G, Haverhill |
new photographic studio |
1891, Jan 9 |
| *MOTT, E |
see collections files |
|
| see ROUSE, M. Ted Mott's Cambridge |
||
| CWN 23.5.91, 30.5.91 |
||
| MOULE |
photos from |
|
| CAS 1924 |
||
| MOXON, C |
Chateris |
K1904-08 |
| *MUNDY, P.C.D. |
CAS 1944 |
|
| MURRAY |
1856, Aug 30 |
|
| paper negs made 50 years ago CPC 12.5.14 |
||
| MURRAY, K.M.E. Miss |
CAS 1942 |
|
| MURRAY. M.A |
CAS 1936 |
|
| MUSPRATT |
see Ramsey & Muspratt |
|
| MYERS, Mrs F.W.H. |
Graphic 4.11.1900 p4 |
|
| NAYLOR, Robert |
58 Sidney St |
K1874 |
| *NICHOLLS, Arthur |
5 All Saints Passage opens studio |
1864 |
| Ch 1.7.65 p1 |
||
| S1866 |
||
| Post Office Terrace |
K1874 |
|
| "succeeded by J.E. Bliss" |
S1878 |
|
| cartes de visite |
||
| display advert |
||
| "Nicholls album" |
||
| info : see Illustrations collections |
||
| POP |
||
| CWN 21.2.91, 28.2.91 |
||
| NICHOLLS, F |
Fordham |
K1904-08 |
| NICHOLS, Edward E |
244 Newmarket Rd |
S1884 |
| NICHOLS, Frances, Mrs |
Chesterton Rd |
K1869 |
| NICHOLS, Frederick |
24 Albert rd |
M1867 |
| NICHOLS, George Albert |
"born in Cambridge, went to America, returned |
|
| to Hertfordshire as a photographer in 1870s |
||
| & then went to Stamford were he ran a photography |
||
| business until his death in 1897" |
||
| NICHOLS, James |
Chesterton road |
|
| died |
Ch 12.8.65 p4 |
|
| see also Nichols Bros |
||
| *NICHOLS, W |
St Mary's Passage |
K1858 |
| adv Rail Travellers Walk 1861 "views of town in great variety, stereoscopic views |
||
| acknowledges patronage last 25 years now |
||
| W. Nichols & sons |
1864, Oct 15 |
|
| display advert |
||
| POP |
||
| NICHOLS, W & SONS, |
2 St Mary's Passage |
K1864-79 |
| "no connection any other 'Nichols' |
Ch 16.12.65 p1 |
|
| remove to new premises adjacent old |
1870, Mar 12 |
|
| *NICHOLS BROS, |
5 Chesterton Rd |
|
| 1857, Feb 2 |
||
| S1866-67 |
||
| exhibits port Mayor |
Ch 30.4.64 p4 |
|
| death James |
Ch 12.8.65 p4 |
|
| photos police |
Ch 14.10.65 p8 |
|
| supplies portrait Clutton |
Ch 7.7.66 p4 |
|
| picture Fenners |
Ch 28.7.66 p4 |
|
| & Chesterton church |
||
| "People's photographers" |
1867, May 25 |
|
| NORMAN, Bert |
March |
K1929-33 |
| *NORTH, Percy James |
see collections index |
|
| CWN 15.11.90 |
||
| OLLETT, C |
CAS 1931 |
|
| OVERTON, William G |
Soham |
K1892 |
| OGLE, E.C. |
death CPC 1.10.35 |
|
| PAIGE, Alice, Miss |
Histon |
K1900-08 |
| Impington |
K1912 |
|
| PAIN, H |
CAS 1946 |
|
| PALMER, A.J. |
elected CPC 15.2.27 |
|
| PALMER, E.S. |
CAS 1928 |
|
| *PALMER, William Mortlock |
see CPC |
|
| CAS 1928 |
||
| CWN 14.3.91 |
||
| PARKER-SMITH |
gives list his negs |
CAS 1925 |
| PARSONS, C Miss |
CAS 1935 |
|
| PATCHETT, Tom |
Lode |
K1900 |
| PATE, H |
CAS 1929 |
|
| PAYNE, Henry |
Newmarket |
K1874 |
| *PECK, E.S. |
"old Cambridge" |
CAS 1944 |
| PENDLE, Henry |
Soham |
K1864-74 |
| damage to booth |
1864, Jun 18, Jun 25 |
|
| PENTNEY, William Henry, Peterborough |
featured in detail |
R78 |
| PORTER, Charles |
Norfolk St |
|
| see cartes de visite collection |
||
| PORTER, N.T. Mrs |
CAS 1931 |
|
| PORTER, Thomas |
Norfolk St , 6 St Matthews buildings |
S1884 |
| POULTON & SON |
see Gardiner History of Wisbech |
|
| PRATT, L.D. |
photos from |
CAS 1924 |
| *PRIEST, J.H. |
CWN 3.10.91 |
|
| PROCTOR, George |
K1850 |
|
| earliest photographer, died 1867 TT 30.12.39 |
||
| PUGH, W |
21 James St |
K1864-95 |
| *RAMSEY & MUSPRATT |
St Andrews St |
S1932-34 |
| Post Office Terrace |
K1937-57 |
|
| "incorporate J.P.Clarke" K1934 |
||
| lectures Photographic Club |
11.6.46 |
|
| see negatives files |
||
| see Tapes & Video collections |
||
| POP |
||
| CWN 10.1.91, 17.1.91 |
||
| RANGEL, Blas |
new photographic studio, Roman Rooms, Jesus Lane |
|
| 1868, May 23 |
||
| K1869 |
||
| REAM see also BROWN & REAM |
||
| *REAM, Lilian, (1877-1961), |
Wisbech |
K1912-37 |
| produced postcards |
R78 |
|
| details |
FA |
|
| "Scenes from studio" |
B02.2507 |
|
| illustrations collections file |
||
| biog notes Wisbech Standard 24.8.1923 p5 |
||
| CWN 5.2.92, 12.2.92 |
||
| REC PHOTO CO |
Soham |
K1933 |
| REDGELL, J |
Reach |
|
| c1890 gardener, lived in house later Post |
||
| Office at Reach |
||
| negatives with Colin Washtell |
||
| see engravers |
||
| REGENT STUDIO |
88 Regent St |
S1910-26 |
| see "Starr & Rignall" |
||
| *REID, G |
Late, 700 slides, largest donation |
CAS 1935 |
| CWN 6.11.91 |
||
| REILLY, M.O. |
CAS 1932 |
|
| RIGNALL, John Willam |
Ely |
K1904 |
| Starr & Rignall qy |
K1904 |
|
| ROBINSON, F |
CAS 1928 |
|
| ROBBINS, Sarman & Tom Emmett |
Wisbech |
K1869 |
| ROBINSON, Dr F |
lectures CPC 17.12.40, 15.7.41 |
|
| ROE, C.S. |
Market Hill, Cambridge |
|
| "perhaps one of most successful amateurs in country" (Ch.9.1.1891) |
||
| ROLLESTON, E Mrs |
CAS 1932 |
|
| ROSS, Peter |
March |
K1888 |
| RUTTER, Charles William |
Wisbech |
K1908-29 |
| produced postcards |
R78 |
|
| RYLANDS, J |
photos |
B.Fal.J7 7675-7 |
| SANDERSON see also GOODRICH & SANDERSON |
||
| *SALMON, Percy R |
see biog index |
|
| lectures Melbourn & Meldreth CPC 19.10.37 |
||
| CAS 1932 |
||
| CWN 11.10.90 |
||
| SALTMARSH, J |
CAS 1939 |
|
| *SANDERSON, Frederick Herbert |
48 Bridge St |
S1895 |
| obit CIP 12.7.1929 p13 |
||
| prizes Ch 9.1.1891 |
||
| POP |
||
| CWN 31.1.91, 7.2.91 |
||
| SANDERSON, L W |
49 Oxford Rd |
S1927-9 |
| 15 Hills Rd |
S1929-32 |
|
| SANDY, John |
166 East Rd |
K1912 |
| SARONY, Wisbech |
1854, Sep 23, Sep 30, Nov 18, Dec 2 |
|
| SAUNDERS, H.W. |
CAS 1928 |
|
| SCALES, H C |
17 Willow Walk |
|
| photo |
c1880 |
|
| *SCOON, John H |
see illustrations file & list |
|
| CWN 19.2.92, 26.2.92 |
||
| SCOTT, James W |
74 Humberstone rd |
S1932-37 |
| 21 Haig Rd |
S1937-40 |
|
| SCOTT & WILKINSON, |
47 St Andrews st |
S1887-K1929 |
| 59 Regent St |
K1933 |
|
| advert |
1891, Aug 14 |
|
| display advert |
||
| three Scotts married 3 Farrens |
||
| negs have survived Oxford |
||
| SCRUBY, F.M. |
CAS 1936 |
|
| cartes de visite collection |
||
| SEATON, William E |
Chatteris |
K1912-16 |
| SEVERS, Mrs |
negs taken 40 years ago |
CAS 1904 |
| SEWELL, George H |
"well-known amateur" CPC 11.1.38 |
|
| SHAW, Clement Athol |
2 St Mary's Passage |
S1898-K1900 |
| SHELDON, G |
& Melbourn Place |
K1864 |
| SHELTON & TIBBITTS, Ely |
produced postcards |
R78 p17 |
| SHEPHERD, A W |
Soham |
K1916-29 |
| SHEPHERD, Alfred J |
Soham |
K1937 |
| SHERBORN, Henry Robert |
Newmarket |
K1874-1937 |
| cartes de visite |
||
| SIMPSON |
"any photos churches, all pics disposed of |
CAS 1932 |
| SIMPSON, Jn G |
4 Priory St |
S1884-K1904 |
| 13 Priory St |
S1895-S1911 |
|
| 15 Priory St |
S1912-33 |
|
| *SIMPSON BROS |
Cambridge |
S1878 |
| see "The Simpson brothers" D10.0203 |
||
| CWN 13.8.91 |
||
| SKEELS, Ernest |
Chatteris |
K1904-37 |
| SMART, E |
CAS 1929 |
|
| SMEE, Sidney C |
see engravers index |
|
| SMEE & CO |
98 Mill Rd |
K1896 |
| SMITH |
Fowlmere |
CAS 1929 |
| SMITH, Alfred |
Shepreth |
K1912-22 |
| SMITH, C.W. |
Photos of windmills |
CAS 1928 |
| SMITH, Frederick John |
Cottenham |
K1904-16 |
| SMITH, J |
26 Lower Park St |
S1881 |
| SMITH, L William |
Wisbech |
K1908 |
| *SMITH, Samuel (1802-1892), |
Wisbech |
|
| details |
FA |
|
| see book catalogue |
||
| CWN 3.1.91 |
||
| *SMITH, W.H. |
postcards |
|
| CWN 31.12.91 |
||
| *SNELSON, Briscoe G.A. |
Royal photog soc show |
1941 (CDN) |
| see CPC |
||
| CAS 1932 |
||
| see negatives & glass slides collections |
||
| CWN 13.12.90, 20.12.90, 27.12.90 |
||
| SOUTON, F |
CAS 1936 |
|
| SPENCELY, David Robert |
Littleport |
K1892-1912 |
| produced postcards |
R78 |
|
| moves from shop Granby street, photos 1897 floods |
||
| WS 12.12.97 p8 |
||
| SQUIRES, W, |
29 Corn Exchange St |
S1866-67 |
| takes pic new MP |
Ch 5.5.66 p8 |
|
| 1868, May 23 |
||
| fire at |
1870, Jul 30 |
|
| *SQUIRES, W.C. |
International exhibition |
CDN 30.9.22 |
| see CPC |
||
| glass slides & photos collection |
||
| CWN 18.10.90 |
||
| STALLAN, William James |
Sawston |
K1904 |
| STAPLES, American |
1856, Jul 26 |
|
| STARR |
see GATES & STARR |
|
| *STARR, Ralph |
108 Fitzroy St |
S1891-1900 |
| opens studios Fitzroy St |
CDN 10.5.90 p1 |
|
| death Ralph Starr |
CDN 26.8.50 |
|
| cartes de visite |
||
| CWN 29.11.90 |
||
| STARR & RIGNALL |
108 Fitzroy St |
K1904-19 |
| 43 Fitzroy St |
S1920-26 |
|
| 85 Regent St |
K1929-40 |
|
| and see Regent Studio |
S1910-26 |
|
| also Ely |
||
| STEARN, Miss |
CAS 1936 |
|
| *STEARN, Thomas Mr & Mrs |
72 Bridge St |
K1869-1957 |
| adv |
Ch 10.3.66 p1 |
|
| now take cabinet portraits |
1867,Apr.20, 1868 Jun 20 |
|
| reduced prices for cash |
1870, Jan 8 |
|
| took picture rowing accident |
CDN 9.3.1888 |
|
| cartes de visite |
||
| display advert |
see illustrations collections |
|
| STEARN, Walter James |
death |
CDN 2.1929 |
| STEARNS |
joined Eaden Lilley |
1970 (CDN) |
| STEELE, Enock |
Wisbech |
K1869-74 |
| STOAKLEY, Fred |
first 3-colour photo |
1907 (CDN) |
| CPC minutes 12.22,12.23 |
||
| death CPC 25.1.27 |
||
| STOKES, H.P. |
(late) |
CAS 1931 |
| STRICKLAND, T.A.G. |
CAS 1935 |
|
| SUCKLING, Arthur H |
Linton |
K1904-16 |
| SWAINE, G |
Wisbech |
K1864-96 |
| SWANN, F.C. |
elected CPC 18.10.38 |
|
| SYMONDS, C |
CAS 1928 |
|
| *TALBOT, Stanley F |
Linton |
K1904 |
| *TAMS, W |
see index to engravers & postcard series |
|
| see CPC |
||
| committee |
CAS 1925 |
|
| CWN 2.5.91, 9.5.91 |
||
| TAYLOR, J.H. |
"one earliest pioneers", death CPC 14.4.14 |
|
| TEBBUTT, C.F. |
CAS 1928 |
|
| TEBBUTT, L |
CAS 1942 |
|
| THOMPSON |
photos of Elsworth |
|
| CAS 1928 |
||
| TIMSON, Thomas |
Fordham |
K1896-1900 |
| TIMSON, Thomas |
Soham |
K1904-08 |
| *TITTERTON, John |
Ely |
K1858-1900 |
| 1861, Aug 17; |
||
| phtotog'r to British Association |
1864 Aug 27 |
|
| dies |
ES 24.7.14 p5 |
|
| CWN 8.11.90 |
||
| TRENGROVE, J D |
Whittlesey |
K1896 |
| TURNER & SONS (CAMBRIDGE) LTD |
Wisbech |
K1933 |
| 4 Peas Hill |
K1937 |
|
| TURNER, L |
CAS 1935 |
|
| TYNDALL, G.H. Ely |
produced postcards |
R78 p17 |
| UNIVERSITY PHOTO WORKS LTD |
40 Humberstone Rd |
S1929-40 |
| *VALENTINE & SONS |
POSTCARDS |
|
| CWN 16.10.91 |
||
| VILLIERS |
daguerrotype ports, Ely |
Ch 14.5.53 |
| VINTER, G.O. |
CAS 1939 |
|
| WADDELL, Dr A.R. |
death CPC 29.4.29 |
|
| *WAILES, Rex |
CWN 22.7.92 |
|
| WALLIS, Harry |
47 Burleigh St |
S1910-23 |
| WATSON, E.F. |
CAS 1928 |
|
| WEHRLE, Miss |
29 Sidney St |
S1920-25 |
| WHETTON, Edward |
Jesus Grove |
S1878 |
| 11 Willow Walk |
S1881 |
|
| 5 Downing St |
K1883-88 |
|
| display advert |
||
| WHITE, H Faulkner |
47 St Andrews St |
K1883-4 |
| cartes de visite |
||
| display advert |
||
| WILKINSON |
see SCOTT & WILKINSON | |
| WILKINSON, W |
Whittlesey |
K1888-1900 |
| WILLIAMS, J.F. |
CAS 1942 |
|
| WILLIAMSON, N.F.P.E. |
CAS 1935 |
|
| WILLINGALE, Edith, Miss |
Chatteris |
K1922-29 |
| WILSON, E.F. |
CAS 1929 |
|
| WILSON, William Frost |
Duxford |
K1896 |
| WINSHIP, A.J. |
CAS 1935 |
|
| WITCOMBE, E L Ltd |
Wisbech |
K1937 |
| WOOD, F.C. |
CAS 1933 |
|
| WRIGHT, J J |
Wisbech |
K1908 |
| YARKER, F.P.L |
CAS 1933 |
|
| YOUNG, E |
Newmarket |
K1916-22 |
| ZURCHER |
CAS 1931 |
