Reference
Z1871/1/2
Title
Carte-de-visite album 1 – 50 pages.
Photographer details left blank if it was not possible to remove the photographs from the album
Date free text
1860s-1890s
Production date
From: 1860 To: 1899
Scope and Content
Page 1: Full length photograph of woman in cap with long trim seated holding a book.
Page 2: Full length photograph of man with moustache and bow tie standing with his hand on a balustrade.
Page 3: Head and shoulders photograph of young woman. Photographer: Blake & Edgar 74 Midland Road, Bedford.
Page 4: Empty
Page 5: Full length photograph of middle aged man seated at a writing desk with a quill in his hand. Photographer: Richard Smith 16 Bennet Street, Stamford Street, London
Page 6: Full length photograph of small girl holding a bunch of flowers and standing on a raised area with a backdrop behind her but leaning on a chair which is on the ground beside the raised area. Early, no photographer details.
Page 7: Empty
Page 8: ¾ length photograph of young man seated. Earle Photograph Gallery 169 Summit Street, Toledo O. M W Fitch photographer.
Page 9: Empty
Page 10: ½ length photograph of bearded young man in a checked tie. Photographer O Hoffman Frankfurt, 80 King St Camden Town.
Page 11: Head and shoulders photograph of young man in oval.
Page 12: Head and shoulders photograph of young woman, tint suggests 1890s.
Page 13: Head and shoulders photograph of either blond young woman or older grey haired woman, tint suggests 1890s. Photographer E S Ball, Cambridge & Bedford
Page 14: Full length photograph of young girl with ringlets holding a hat with flowers on it standing beside a draped table with two closed books on it. Different pose but same girl as other album in Z1871/1/1 page 11. Photographer Edward W Foxlee, 98 Cheapside E C London opposite Bennett’s Clock. Negative number 1895.
Page 15: Full length photograph of old man seated resting his arm on a small table with a top hat on it. Photographer G Downes, Bedford. Negative 141.
Page 16: ¾ length photograph of young man in corduroy waistcoat and trousers resting hand on a small table with a potted plant on it. Photographer Blake & Edgar, Bedford. 74 Midland Road. Negative number 26919.
Page 17: Full length photograph of young woman wearing lace cap, crinoline, seated holding a book. Looks early. No photographer details given.
Page 18: ½ length photograph of young man with beard under chin, seated holding a hat. Photographer William Cox, 13 Bridge Street, Northampton
Page 19: ½ length photograph of elderly man with beard [photo was originally between p15-16]. Photographer S Webb, Pembroke Dock.
Page 20: Empty
Page 21: ½ length photograph of young woman in a tall hat leaning on a table.
Page 22: Same as page 8
Page 23: Full length photograph of young woman seated at a small table with two books on it. Photographer James Monte, 56 Camden Town.
Page 24: Head and shoulders photograph of man with sideburns. No photographer details given.
Page 25: Full length photograph of young woman in crinoline seated and holding a book. Seems to be same shoot as page 17 but different woman. No photographer details given.
Page 26: Same as other album Z1871/1/1 page 26
Page 27: Same as other album Z1871/1/1 page 28
Pages 28 and 29: Two pictures of the same baby. No photographer details
Page 30: ½ length photograph of bearded man seated in oval. Photographer J Penati 198 High Street, Shoreditch
Page 31: Empty
Page 32: ½ length photograph of young man with moustache and sideburns, seated. No photographer details
Page 33: Full length photograph of young man in suit holding a bowler hat standing beside a rustic fence and a potted plant. Photographer H J Kingham, Victoria Studio Bedford.
Page 34: Head and shoulders photograph of youngish woman, tint suggests 1890s. Could be same person as page 12. Photographer Ernest Pearce 46 Stamford Hill, London N. 'Many years principal photographer to Messrs Dickinson 114 New Bond Street special appointment to H M the Queen.'
Page 35 ½ length photograph of young man. No photographer details. Tintype with some added colour on the cheeks.
Page 36: ½ length photograph of young woman with a baby on her knee. Photographer George Downes late Cundall Downes photographer to the queen.168 New Bond St. Negative number 14794.
Page 37: Full length photograph of young woman with rustic backdrop and leaning on a rustic tree trunk. photographer James Monte, 56 High Street, Camden Town. Negative number 8557.
Page 38: Full length photograph of young girl holding a hat, standing leaning on a table. Photographer Edward Hill, 39 Darlington St, Wolverhampton.
Page 39: Head and shoulders photograph of young woman. Compare with page 12 and page 34. PhotographersErnest Pearce & Co, 46 Stamford Hill, London N.
Page 40: Same as page 26
Page 41: Head and shoulders photograph of young boy in striped tie. Mr & Mrs Sam Glen Payne, 1 New Road Terrace, Aylesbury.
Page 42: Full length photograph of man in shirt sleeves standing outside a house covered with climbers (ivy?) in front of him is a woman seated in a chair and in front of them both are three small girls, one standing, two sitting on the ground. No photographer details.
Page 43: Empty
Page 44: ½ length photograph of man with white hair and beard under his chin seated. Compare with page 30 and page 18. PhotographersGeorge Downes late Cundall Downes photographer to the queen 168 New Bond St. Negative number 16389
Page 45: Full length photograph of portly elderly woman standing between a table and a chair. Photographer Cundall Downes & Co 168 New Bond Street, 19 Bedford Gardens Kensington, Abbey Gate Street, Bury St Edmunds, High Street, Colchester and Harpur Street, Bedford. Negative number 3291
Page 46: Full length photograph of young woman seated at a desk. Same woman as on page 23. Photographer James Monte 56 High Street, Camden Town. Negative number 7926
Page 47: Empty.
Page 48: ½ length photograph of stout youngish man (poor condition). Photographer W Norman, High Street, Royston.
Page 49: Full length photograph of man and woman in a garden. No photographer, snapshot taken on a Box Brownie No 2. c. 1920s [could be T M Rogers and G M Geary?].
Page 50: ½ length photograph of man with beard under his chin seated. Compare with pages 30 and 18 and 44. Photographer A Maddison, Huntingdon. Negative number 159.
Level of description
item