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Cartes de visite
Brown Barnes & Bell
Use of Addresses on Cabinet Prints and
Cartes de Visite
to determine when a photograph was taken
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Only one studio in London is listed on the carte de visite
below. (The first two London studios
opened in 1880 and 1881.) So approx date is:
1880
Card A: carte de visite
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Two London studios are listed on the carte de visite below.
(second opened 1881). So is Bootle
(closed 1882) . So approx date
is:
1881-82
Card B: carte de visit
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Details are similar to Card B, but with some differences in
addresses However the two London addresses
(second studio opened 1881) and Bootle address
(closed 1882) give an approx date of:
1881-82
Card C: cabinet print
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Bootle (closed 1882) is no longer
listed. Bradford (closed1883)
is listed. So, approx date is:
1883
Card D: carte de visite
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The Manchester studio has a new address, but otherwise the
card is similar to D. In particular, Bootle
(closed1882) is no longer listed, but
Bradford (closed1883) still listed.
So this gives an approx date of:
1884
or possibly a year earlier or later, depending on
date that the
Bradford studio closed and the Manchester studio moved to Victoria St..
Card E: carte de visite
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reproduce, please contact
peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk
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A London studios is listed at 12 Baker Street
(opened 1886). Edinburgh
(closed 1886) is still listed. So
approx. date is:
1886
Card F: cabinet print
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reproduce, please contact
peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk
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Here is an interesting back, with labels showing some
connection with a cruise. Did Brown, Barnes & Bell have any special arrangement for
photography on board cruises from Liverpool?
Only the Liverpool and Manchester studios are listed here.
Does that imply that the photo dates from 1877-78, before studios
in other towns and cities were open, or was it decided to omit any
reference to these on the card?
Brown Barnes & Bell opened 3 studios in Liverpool in 1877 but
there is only mention of one of them on the card. Can
anything be learnt about the date of this photo from the Royal
Coat of Arms and the wording around it? Please click here to
enlarge the top of this card.
Date not known
but see 'Update' below
Card G: cabinet print
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Reproduced with acknowledgement to Ann
Passeri, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England
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Update
Card G: cabinet print
Thank you to Marjorie
Hayes for sending me this message about cabinet print G, above.
Marjorie wrote:
"I noticed that a Cabinet print G,
above, was listed 'date unknown'.
I have a photograph of my grandparents
taken at 31 Bold Street which matches Card G.
My grandmother is wearing a wedding
ring. They were married on 8th June 1892."
Marjorie Hayes: January 23, 2009 |
