Photographs, vintage postcards and other ephemera


Saturday 25 April 2015

Friday 24 April 2015

Young man with top hat 2

Carte de visite by Mr. & Mrs. Ward, Brixton Photographic Institute, 19 Spencer Place, Brixton Road (25 doors from Kennington Church); 287 Walworth Road and Alpha Lodge, Beulah Grove, Windmill Road, West Croydon.

Young man with top hat 1

Carte de visite by Mr. & Mrs. Ward, Brixton Photographic Institute, 19 Spencer Place, Brixton Road (25 doors from Kennington Church) and 5 Beckford Row, Walworth Road.

Wednesday 15 April 2015

Goole Docks

Another multi-view postcard of Goole - this one features photographs of the docks and it's very out of focus round the edges.
Copyright Real Photo. Arjay Productions, Doncaster.

Tuesday 14 April 2015

Goole multi-view

Postcard of Goole views featuring The Canal (top left), The Docks (bottom right), Parish Church (centre),The New Secondary Schools (top right), Boothferry Road (bottom left).
Real Photo Series by Bramley, Publisher, The Electric Printing Works, Cross Gates, Leeds. Agent, W. A. Bilton, King's Square, York.

Thursday 2 April 2015

2 June 1940

B.E.F. withdrawal from Flanders. Copyright/Supplied by Fox Photos Ltd, 6 Tudor Street, London E.C.4 Typed information reads: Heroes All. Back to Blighty. The heroic troops of Northern France still continue to arrive in their thousands. Photo shows - This tommy had the assistance of the fair sex for this well earned shave. FOX June 2nd 40. WB 6212. Image measures 9in x 7in (23cm x 18cm).