About Us
The Collections
The information on this site is based on:
- Ten years of analysis of the world's largest collection of British and Irish cartes de visite and cabinet cards
- Thirty 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 old photographers
The Benefits
The site is designed to help you to:
- 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
This site represents the work of three leading photographic researchers.
Ron Cosens - Sandy Barrie - Marcel Safier