Photographers 1840 – 1940 Great Britain & Ireland

A new biography has been published at ‘Photographers 1840 – 1940 Great Britain & Ireland’ on William Usherwood. This is one of many free Victorian Photographer biographies scheduled for publication over coming months.

During recent weeks additional content has been added to the Photographer lists, 1840 – 1940, published at Photographers 1840 – 1940. These free listings now include content listed  A through to S, with the corresponding data available for immediate download through our e-commerce site.  Work continues apace on data T through to Z, likely to [...]

Using Trade Directories Trade directories are extremely helpful for dating old photographs. They are ONE of the main tools available and will often provide an answer that is accurate enough. However, like most historical records, it helps to understand a little bit about them, including their strengths and their limitations. Trade directories were, and still [...]

Many people have photographs of their ancestors and ask the question ‘Can I find any more photographs of my family by the same photographer?’ or ‘Can I find out the names of the people in my photograph?’. To do this would mean that the photographer’s records need to be available somewhere, especially their day books [...]