Photographers Collection

Press photographer with hidden camera in his hat
A rather shifty looking press photographer cunningly conceals a camera behind his hat with the lens poking through a convenient hole. Date: 1914

Advert for Leica cameras
This advert for Leica cameras is emphasising their compact proportions. Date: 1939

Kilindini Road, Mombasa, Kenya, East Africa, with Wardles Chemists, Photographers and Opticians. circa 1940

Yevonde Cumbers Middleton (1893-1975), also known professionally as Madame Yevonde, posing as Harlequin in a 1923 self-portrait. Date: 1923

Saunders Roe SR-45 Princess Flying Boat Making a Low-Level Flypast at the Farnborough Airshow 1952 Date: 1953

Royal Air Force Martin 187 Baltimore B Mk. III - head-on view
Royal Air Force Martin 187 Baltimore B Mk.III. The prominent Boulton-Paul mid-upper turret can be clearly seen - head-on view from the photographers favourite Handley Page Hampden mount - 24th

Antoinette IV / 4
19 July 1909 Hubert Latham (With Cigarette) Walking with (Bearded) Leon Levavasseur, Designer and Engineer of The, Antionette IV Monoplane

Mr and Mrs Norman Parkinson Smith
Norman Parkinson (1913 - 1990), British portrait and fashion photographer pictured with his first wife Peggy Mitchell Banks shortly after their marriage in 1935

Avro 618 Ten / X / 10
Pilot Charles Kingsford-Smith and His Avro 618 Ten, Named Southern Star Unloading at Croydon after the First Flight from Australia with Christmas Post / Mail 16th December 1931 Date: 1931

Anthony Armstrong Jones - portrait of the bridegroom
Anthony Charles Robert Armstrong-Jones (born 1930), 1st Earl Snowdon, husband of Princess Margaret and photographer. Page of pictures of him featured in the ILN Royal Wedding Number commemorating his

Print Photography 1916
Colour Photographers at work

c. 1880s India - street scene by Orr and Barton of Bangalore
c.1880s India - unidentified street scene by photographers Orr and Barton of Bangalore

Studio photo, Seated woman with painted backdrop Date: circa 1890

Penley Studio Advertisement
An illustrated advertisement page for the Penley Studio, a company of artists, photographers and catalogue producers. Images cover a range of topics including fashion and soft furnishings

W. F. Sedgwick Advertisement
An advertisement for W. F. Sedgwick Ltd, London based Engravers by all the processes, including photographers, designers and artists

Veale Gilchrist Advertisement
An advertisement page promoting the services of Veale Gilchrist Ltd, a London based company of artists, designers, illustrators and photographers for commercial art. Date: circa 1939

Hill Climbers, Keswick, Lake District, Cumbria, England
Hill Climbers (Abraham Brothers - George and Ashley), climbing near Keswick, Lake District, Cumbria, England. They made a photographic record of the exploits of many of the climbing pioneers

Ship's binnacle compass, speedometer, clock, knots
Ship's binnacle compass, brass ship's weighted speedometer, photographer's clock and a display case of ship's knots. Date: 20th century

Photographers capturing fashions at the races, photomontage of outdoor fashion and sporting photographs. Captioned, ??Chic-hunting: running elegance to earth and ?

Ringo Starr, English musician, singer-songwriter, Beatle
Ringo Starr (Richard Starkey, b 1940), English musician, singer-songwriter and actor, best known as the drummer for The Beatles pop group

Nikita Khrushchev with Mao Zedong
Russian premier Nikita Khrushchev (1894-1971) and Chinese Communist leader Mao Zedong (1893-1976) greet each other warmly. The USSR was giving substantial aid to China at the time. Date: 1950s

Boy in photographers studio Date: circa 1890

Comic postcard, Woman and three children at photographers Date: 20th century

Composite of Maori images by Burton Bros photographers in Dunedin New Zealand c. 1890

Cute child, photographers studio, probably India, late 19th
19th century vintage photograph: Cute child, in photographers studio, probably India, late 19th century

Street waterfront, Macao, Macau, China, Man Foc studio
19th century vintage photograph: Street on the waterfront, Macao, Macau, China, showing Man Foc photographers studio

Margaret Thesiger (Margaret Monck), (1911 - 1991), youngest daughter of Frederic Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford, Known for her street photography in London during the 1930s

Margaret Thesiger, later Monck (1911-1991), youngest daughter of Frederic Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford, known for her street photography in London during the 1930s. Date: 1924

Margaret Thesiger (1911-1991) youngest daughter of Frederic Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford. Following her marriage to John Goldman (Monck), she became the photographer Margaret Monck. Date: 1924

London photographer equipped for wartime, September 1939
A London photographer, captured as he looks into his camera, wearing a helmet and carrying his gas mask in addition to his usual attire. Date: 1939

Amateur female photographers at work 1890
Amateur female photographers at work in the Court of Lions in the Alhambra, Granada. Woman played an active role in the development of photography as a medium and by the 1890 s

Prayer Lantern Slide and Lake - By Graystone Bird, Bath
A photograph of a lake or river with prayer by famous family of photographers - Graystone Bird, Bath. Original Caption Verse 1. Holy Holy Holy, etc (copy4) Date: circa 1900s

Studio camera advertisement
Advertisement from J. Lancaster & Sons based in Birmingham, England for a new studio camera. Date: 1892

Love, pride and revenge in a photography studio
A dramatic scene unfolds within a photographic studio. As a noble woman sits to have her portrait captured she is met with a young man of lower class declaring his love towards her

Photographers advertisement in Brussels
An advertisement/business card for a working photographer, F. Dricot in Molenbeek, Brussels. Date: 1900

Niepce and Daguerre exchanging ideas on photography
Joseph Niepce (1765 - 1833) and Louis Daguerre (1787 - 1851) are shown to be exchanging ideas regarding their contribution to the development of photography

What are we coming to? Camera fiend taking a record snapshot. A photographer hides beneath a hedge waiting for that perfect shot of a horse rider jumping overhead. Date: 1896

In Mourning London Town by H. M. Bateman
Mourning for the death of King Edward VII in May 1910, illustrator H. M. Bateman has comprised some sketches of people coming to London from far away as Germany and France. Date: May 1910

Miss Poole, Royal Globe Theatre, London
Advert for Elliott and Fry, photographers -- Miss Poole, Royal Globe Theatre, Newcastle Street, Strand, London, under the management of Alex Henderson. 1880

Miss Litton, Imperial Theatre, Royal Aquarium, London
Advert for Elliott and Fry, photographers -- Miss Marie Litton (1847-1884), English actress and theatre manager, Sole Lessee and Manager, Imperial Theatre, Royal Aquarium, London. 1880

Madame Trebelli, Her Majestys Theatre, London
Advert for Elliott and Fry, photographers -- Madame Zelia Trebelli-Bettini (Zelia Gilbert, 1836-1892), French opera singer, Her Majestys Theatre, London, J H Mapleson, Lessee and Manager. 1880

Madame Pertoldi, Royal Alhambra Theatre, London
Advert for Elliott and Fry, photographers -- Madame Pertoldi, Royal Alhambra Theatre, London, Charles Morton, Manager. 1880

Madame Albani, Royal Italian Opera, Covent Garden, London
Advert for Elliott and Fry, photographers -- Madame Albani (Dame Emma Albani, 1847-1930), operatic soprano at the Royal Italian Opera, Covent Garden, London, Ernest Gye, Lessee and Manager. 1880

Advert, Elliott and Fry photographers, London
Advert, Elliott and Fry, artists and photographers, Baker Street, Portman Square, London. 1880

Speakers at an anti-nuclear demonstration in Trafalgar Square, London, with several photographers alongside. A large banner behind them reads: Scrap Polaris. Date: late 1960s

Part of a feature from London Life magazine charting the daily routine of Patrick Lichfield, cousin of the Queen, who carved a career for himself as a photographer

Photographers Office Date: 1948

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