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England album

Item consists of brown, textured, hardcover, leather-bound album with decorative flower detailing on cover. Leather has worn off the spine. Pages are an off-white colour with decorative gold embossing and illustrative floral detail. Photographs slide in between two pieces of card that make each page and hold them in place.

Photographs are mostly portraits of one or two figures taken in studios across England, primarily around London, in towns and cities that include Brighton, Luton, Woburn, Tavistock, Bedford, Northampton and London. One photograph was made at J. C. Waler & Co. at 147 Yonge Street, Toronto.The address written inside the cover of the album is 61 High Street Ridgmont Bedford. Some notes and captions are written under and on the back of a few of the photographs in pencil and black ink. Inserted in the front page of the album are two loose pages with personal notes dated 1847 and 1881.

Studio names include: Chenhall & Son, The American Photo Co., W. Hall & Son, Powell Studios, T. Miller - Artist, Photo Artist - Lewes,

Names: W, M, Francis, T.G. Roberts The County Tea Exchange and Provision Warehouse [address was 45 & 46 High Street]

Shields, Lorne

Willi A Kiss

Item is a cabinet card portrait of baby. Brown text below photograph reads, 'Copyright Barraud 263 Oxford St London A few doors West of The Circus'. Brown text on back of card reads, 'Mr. Barraud 263, Oxford St. W (regent circus) London. Mr. Barraud bestows particular attention on enlargements, miniatures and reproductions which can be made from any photograph. All negatives registered and carefully preserved. Mr. Barraud's studios are approached by a lift constructed on the most approved patents which will be found a great advantage to sitters as no stairs have to be ascended, childrens portraits the same prices as other sitters.' Inscription in ink on back of card reads, Willi a Kiss, from Phyllis Margaret Dickson'.

Barraud Studio

Portrait of a young girl

Item is a white carte de visite with photograph of a young girl in dres with short lace sleeves and a dark sash around the waist. She is seated on fur. At the bottom of the card, in black letterpress, "Grimmett, INSTANTANEOUS PORTRAIT/ PARSONS ST BANBURY." On verso, a form is laid out sideways on the card. "IN ORDERING COPIES IS NOT NECESSARY/ TO SEND THIS PHOTOGRAPH SIMPLY QUOTE/ THIS NO". In black ink, no is given as "1136". "GRIMMETT,/ Art Photographer/ ALL PORTRAITS TAKEN BY AN INSTANTAEOUS PROCESS/ Parsons Street,/ Banbury./ THE NEGATIVE OF THIS PORTRAIT WILL BE PRESERVED SO THAT COPIES MAY BE HAD AT ANY TIME IT CAN BE ENLARGED OR/ REDUCED AND FINISHED IN OIL OR WATER COLOURS".

Grimmett Art Photographer

Family group sitting in studio car prop

Item consists of a brown coloured cabinet with a cream coloured verso. Adhered to the recto is an image of a man, woman, and two young girls sitting in a cardboard prop of a late nineteenth-century automobile. An older woman leans against the hood of the vehicle. All are wearing hats. The backdrop to this studio setting features a landscape. Recto reads: "W. Lees / PHOTOGRAPHER (left) / 23 BATH ST. / PORTOBELLO. (right)" and the verso has "7.00" inscribed with graphite.

William Lees

Assorted Cartes de Visite (Portraits)

Items are portraits, primarily of individuals but there are also a few of pairs and families
1 Cartes de Visite by Fowler & Co.
6 Cartes de Visite by Fowler & Oliver
11 Cartes de Visite by S. H. Ray
1 Cartes de Visite by Daniel Jones
1 Cartes de Visite by Hunter & Co.
1 Cartes de Visite by G. Villiers
1 Cartes de Visite by P. M. Laws
1 Cartes de Visite by Baldwin Chambers
1 Cartes de Visite by Howett & Co.
1 Cartes de Visite by Emily Stewart
1 Cartes de Visite by K. K. Hof-Atelier
1 Cartes de Visite by Cramb Brothers
1 Cartes de Visite by Epinal & Bruyeres
1 Cartes de Visite by B. F. Troxell
1 Cartes de Visite by L. H. Mandeville
1 Cartes de Visite by P. Dierlamm
1 Cartes de Visite by Turner
1 Cartes de Visite by F. Bedford
1 Cartes de Visite by Mundy & Williams
1 Cartes de Visite by Thomas & Orr
3 Cartes de Visite by J. Hugill
2 Cartes de Visite by Esson
4 Cartes de Visite by T. Gourley
1 Cartes de Visite by O. Monroe
2 Cartes de Visite by Milne
3 Cartes de Visite by W. E. Lindop
2 Cartes de Visite by Symonds
1 Cartes de Visite by R. H. Furman
1 Cartes de Visite by E. Williamson
1 Cartes de Visite by Jas. A. Brush
1 Cartes de Visite by David Campbell
1 Cartes de Visite by Stiff Bros.
3 Cartes de Visite by Frank Cooper
1 Cartes de Visite by G. W. Wilson
1 Cartes de Visite by A. M. Campbell
1 Cartes de Visite by A. Johnston
1 Cartes de Visite by C. H. Williamson
1 Cartes de Visite by W. H. Brewer
1 Cartes de Visite by T. Bennett
2 Cartes de Visite by Scott & Andrus
1 Cartes de Visite by Johnson
1 Cartes de Visite by Jas. Egan
1 Cartes de Visite by Mrs. Dr. J. Hitchcock
1 Cartes de Visite by Wm. Morris
1 Cartes de Visite by Elliot & Fry
2 Cartes de Visite by London Stereoscopic and Photographic Co.
1 Cartes de Visite by Pech & Wolf
3 Cartes de Visite by W. S. Gamsby
1 Cartes de Visite by Gamsby & Scott
1 Cartes de Visite by Foster
1 Cartes de Visite by A. W. Ferguson
1 Cartes de Visite by J. F. Aitken
1 Cartes de Visite by Real's Art Gallery
1 Cartes de Visite by Campbell
1 Cartes de Visite by R. A. Lewis
3 Cartes de Visite by Mora
1 Cartes de Visite by J. E. Mast
1 Cartes de Visite by Lew. E. Nabors
1 Cartes de Visite by Jabez Hughes
1 Cartes de Visite by C. H.Wright & Co.
1 Cartes de Visite by Landy
1 Cartes de Visite by Smith
1 Cartes de Visite by Anderson
1 Cartes de Visite by C. H. Jensen
1 Cartes de Visite by Macy
1 Cartes de Visite by Gurney & Son
1 Cartes de Visite by Gurney
1 Cartes de Visite by J. H. Griffiths
1 Cartes de Visite by E. Fehrenbach
1 Cartes de Visite by Batchelder & Co.
1 Cartes de Visite by A. W. Fraser
1 Cartes de Visite by Farmer Bros.
1 Cartes de Visite by Strong
1 Cartes de Visite by Brock & Co.
1 Cartes de Visite by Henderson
1 Cartes de Visite by Charles D. Fredericks & Co.
1 Cartes de Visite by J. Henry Hogg
1 Cartes de Visite by Howell
1 Cartes de Visite by J. Adams
1 Cartes de Visite by Hamilton
1 Cartes de Visite by Rockwood
1 Cartes de Visite by P. H. Green
1 Cartes de Visite by E. Williamson
1 Cartes de Visite by E. S. Haddock
1 Cartes de Visite by Frank Thomas
1 Cartes de Visite by Carl Kroh
1 Cartes de Visite by R. Ward
1 Cartes de Visite by C. F. Harriston
1 Cartes de Visite by Barry
1 Cartes de Visite by L. H. Mandeville
1 Cartes de Visite by W. S. Wheeler
1 Cartes de Visite by Franke & Kracher
68 Cartes de Visite by unidentified publishers

Portrait of a boy in sailor suit with walking stick

Item is a green card with gold border and full length portrait of a young boy (about 5 years old) leaning against a wooden fence holding a walking stick. He wears a sailor style suit with rope necklace and a dark hat with ribbon sits at his feet. Painted landscape with trees behind him. On verso, elaborate gold lithographed design with oval pearl and ribbon border and the text "W. H. GOUGH/ Artist/ & PHOTOGRAPHER,/ 7, SWANSWEEL ST./ COVENTRY./ ALL NEGATIVES KEPT/ COPIES CAN ALWAYS BE OBTAINED THIS OR ANY/ OTHER PORTRAIT CAN BE ENLARGED & FINISHED/ IN OIL OR WATER COLORS." Handwritten at the upper left corner in ink, "24/ Aug 1885".

W. H. Gough

Portrait of young boy in bonnet

Item is a white cabinet card with gold embossed text at bottom edge, "F. Lupson & Co./ 27, HERTFORD ST/ COVENTRY." Photograph shows a young boy in a dress and bonnet reclining against a stone column and holding a basket in his right hand.

F. Lupson & Co.

Portrait of five children in a drawing room

Item consists of a cream coloured card with brown letterpress at bottom, "W.N. Malby" and "68 EAST STREET,/ CHICHESTER." Photograph shows a group of five children in a drawing room setting, holding toys like a doll or domestic items like yarn. The two older girls wear spanish jackets that were very popular in the early 1890s, and the bot on the right wears a sailor style suit. On verso, in brown letterpress, an elaborate decorative border with the text "PATRONIZED BY H.R.H. PRINCE OF WALES K.C." and "PHOTOGRAPHED/ By/ W.N. Malby/ 68/ EAST STREET,/ CHICESTER./ ALL NEGATIVES PRESERVED FOR/ ADDITIONAL COPIES, ENLARGEMENTS,/ OIL PAINTINGS & OPAL PORTRAITS."

W. N. Malby

Portrait of girl with jump rope, on balcony

Item is a white cabinet card with gold border and image a young girl, seated on a window ledge with a jump rope and a small (stuffed or stone?) birl to the left. At bottom of card, in gold letterpress, "VANDYKE & BROWN/ PHOTOGRAPHERS" and at right "31 BOLD ST & 34 CASTLE ST/ LIVERPOOL." On verso, royal seal appears at top with large sideways lettering in centre "Vandyke & Brown". At upper left, "ARTISTE(sic) PHOTOGRAPHERS/ MINIATURE & PORTRAIT PAINTERS." Mid right "31, BOLD STREET/ AND/ 34, CASTLE STREET/ LIVERPOOL." At bottom right, "Negatives kept/ Copies may be had." and at centre "CARTES & CABINET PORTRAITS/ COLOURED TO ORDER."

Vandyke & Brown, Photographers

Portrait of woman and two children

Item is a beige cabinet card with brown letterpress at bottom, "W. Crooke/ 103 PRINCES STREET/ EDINBURGH." Photograph is of a mother and two daughters. The woman sits on the left, wears a tight jacket with lace sleeves and a narrow bonnet with crushed fabric decoration at brim and large silk bow tied under her neck. The older girl on the right wears a dark fabric, probably velvet, dress with lace collar and lace trimming on short sleeves. The infant on the mother's lap wears a lace dress and bonnet. Only the infant looks toward the camera.

Crooke, William, 1849-1928

Portrait of a young man

Item is a photograph of a boy approximately 10 years old wearing a suit jacket, short tie pinned to a plain white shirt and shorts. He sits on the edge of a table. The photo is mounted on a postcard backing with the text "POST CARD" and a line delineating space for "CORRESPONDENCE" on the left and "ADDRESS ONLY" on the right. At the far left, printed sideways, "Hall & Siggers, Keighley." Handwritten in brown ink across the postcard, "December 31/ 1916/ To Cousin Annie & Maurice/ With Love & Best Wishes/ for/ The New Year".

Hall & Siggers

Painting reproduction

Item is a photographic reproduction of a painting by Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun, titled 'Marie-Antoinette de Lorraine-Habsbourg, reine de France et ses enfants'. It is mounted to a cream coloured card featuring a blue decorative border with the letters 'ND' in the corners. Words on bottom of print read, 'Musee de Versailles - Marie-Antoinette et ses Enfants, par M - Vigée Le Brun'. Inscribed in pencil on verso, 'A Happy New Year - '.

Stereograph Album

1 photo album, with a burgundy and gold cover. Images focus on telling short stories, specific locations and people. Comes with a couple brochures for a stereoscopic exhibit by James Ricalton that focuses on the world.

Portrait of a young girl in bonnet with small shovel

Item is a beige cabinet card with embossed lettering at bottom edge, "Brigham SCARBOROUGH". Photograph is a full length portrait of a young girl standing on a table in front of a stone wall (painted). The giel wears a frilly dress and bonnet and holds a small wooden shovel or scoop. On verso, elaborate border design resembling lace lithographed in a brown ink and at the centre, the text "W D Brigham/ 20, ESPLANADE/ SCABOROUGH". In small print a tthe bottom, "COPYRIGHT Marion, Imp Paris".

W.D. Brigham, Photographer

Portrait of a boy with hat and stick

Item is a cream coloured card with portrait of boy leaning against a book on top of a table. He holds a stick in his right hand and a hat in his left, and wears a sack jacket and waistcoat and his short hair parted in the middle. On verso, and red lithographed photographer's stamp on a green background. "W. H. MIDWINTER,/ Artist and/ Photographer/ 24, College Green,/ BRISTOL./ Copies may be had any time." At the top right, printed sideways in pencil, "4".

W.H. Midwinter

Portrait of Wemyss Chisholm on rocking horse

Item is a cream coloured card with gold border and a portrait of a child in tartan dress seated on a rocking horse and holding a whip. At the base of the horse, a hat with feathers is sitting on the floor. On verso, handwritten in pencil, "Wemyss Chisholm" followed by the text in pen, "1864-1954". At the centre of the card, a photographers stamp in brown ink, "J. H. GRIFFITHS,/ PHOTOGRAPHER,/ London, C. W./ Copies may be had."

Portrait of Fred Heley with wife and son

Photograph of a family group with husband in naval uniform and child seated between the husband and wife wearing the husband's hat, which reads "HMS TIGER". Behind them, a painted landscape scene. Embossed at the lower right corner, "M. Johnson/ TEDDINGTON". The photograph is mounted flush with a postcard backing. On verso, the text "POST CARD/ BR1778 MADE" is followed by the text "CORREPSONDENCE" on the leftt and "ADDRESS ONLY" on the right. There is a square printed on the upper right with the numbers "23533". Handwritten sideways in pencil, "1920/ Fred Heley/ Wife & Son".

The Duke and Duchess of York & Infant Prince

Item is a cabinet card of a man and woman leaning over infant. Text below photograph reads, 'T.R.H. The Duke & Duchess of York & Infant Prince. Gunn & Stuart Photographers to H.M. The Queen. Richmond, Surrey.' Inscription on verso reads, '7 [ill.] LONDON AUGUST 14th 1894.

Gunn & Stuart Photographers to H.M. The Queen

Baby portrait.

Item is a baby portrait. Black text below photograph reads, 'Weston & Son, Dover & Folkestone'. Black text on back of card reads, 'Photographed From Life by Lambert Weston & Son. Waterloo Crescent, Dover. Sandgate Road, Folkestone.'

Lambert Weston & Son

Lambert and Fellows album

File consists of an album with the words "scrapbook" written on the front in red and blue letters. On the cover there is a picture of a boy sitting at a desk with a crown counting coins. In the room around him are pictures of a knight fighting an ogre; a picture of two hunters, and a fireplace with a clock on the mantle beside a mounted horse figurine, some books. and a calendar. The pages are plain off-white in colour and have articles and photographs glued in, along with many loose clippings and photos spread throughout.
Scrapbook contains images and newspaper articles about the Lambert and Fellows families, including wedding and death announcements.

Accompanying loose materials include: postcards, photoengravure reproduction, pen and ink drawing, photographs - mounted and unmounted, newspaper articles.

Dates on pages and accompanying loose materials include: 1885, 1889, 1894, 1904, 1907, 1908, 1911, 1918.

Studios include: The Cavendish Studio, Speaight, Cantuar Photo Co., Whiteley, Meisenbach.

Shields, Lorne

Text Accompaniments to Stereocards published by Underwood & Underwood

Volumes list all the stereocards in a series and then describe each card, including the significance of the depiction. Certain volumes are accompanied by maps and plans.
Real Children in Many Lands
Italy: Through the Stereoscope
Norway: Through the Stereoscope
Russia: Through the Stereoscope
The United States: Through the Stereoscope
Traveling in the Holy Land: Through the Stereoscope(Have 3 of this title)
Palestine: Through the Stereoscope
Jerusalem: Through the Stereoscope
Part I - A Trip to Jerusalem: Through the Stereoscope