The Collections
The information on this site is based on:
- Thirty five years of analysis of the world’s largest collection of British and Irish cartes de visite and cabinet cards
- Thirty five years of research into a huge collection of British trade directories
- Thousands of hours of internet research including interrogation of the UK census records
The Objective
Our objective is to share this unique resource with:
- Family historians
- Local historians
- Researchers
- Collectors of photographs from the Victorian era and thereafter up to 1940
- Anyone interested in old photographs and historical photographers
The Benefits
The site is designed to help you to:
- Learn more about Victorian, Edwardian and pre-1940 photography
- Date your family photographs
- Identify un-named sitters in your photographs
- Research into the lives of photographers in your family tree
- Share information, on a dedicated page, about photographers in your family tree
- Connect with other family historians researching the same photographer
- Obtain examples of the photographic work of your Victorian relatives
- Research into the history of photography in a particular town or location
- Contribute data to the site
- ALSO to research into photographers and photography in Australia and New Zealand.
This site represents the input of several leading photographic researchers. For individual details, see the sub pages below.
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To help defray the cost of managing the collection and maintaining the website, it is sometimes necessary to make a charge. For more details, see Prices.