The reverse has "Frith Bros chemists Twickenham" but it certainly isn't anywhere near Twickenham, which is more likely where the photographer lived and got their excursion ... (read more)
PhotosOfThePast
I am a private collector of vintage photographs, a keen photographic detective, and run the website http://www.whatsthatpicture.com. If you're interested in seeing more vintage photographs follow me on Twitter - http://twitter.com/PhotosOfThePast
Banner image: The Smithy, Manafon Wales, 1894. Identified from a poster on the wall. Read the story and see the Street View at http://bit.ly/GOJ3x1
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PhotosOfThePast
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This one has finally been identified, with thanks to Flickr user oxfordshire_brian. (read more)
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Now identified thanks to Flickr user 'mark and delwen' (read more)
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Now identified thanks to Flickr user 'mark and delwen' (read more)
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Now identified thanks to the sleuthing of Flickr user ajw423uk I had spotted that as well as the lantern which has the words "Hotel" and "Billiards" ... (read more)
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Another mystery location, identified by Flickr user 'mark and delwen' (read more)
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I had a hunch this might be Oxford as there were others from there in the batch, and this is now confirmed. (read more)
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Another one kindly identified by Flickr user ajw423uk (read more)
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I just spotted that the poster underneath the Oxo advert is advertising The Hippodrome, Great Yarmouth. From this, and other photos posted on Flickr and elsewhere, ... (read more)
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Test pin for historypin 8 May 2012 (read more)
EastMarple1
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Originally somewhat of a mystery, now identified thanks to Flickr user ajw423uk (read more)
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Man far right at the back cannot be James William Stapleton as he died in 1902. Ethel Martha Stapleton and John Hook married at St John's ... (read more)
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My grandad was always one for making things, something I guess I've inherited from him. He will have made this trolley and although I don't remember ... (read more)
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The lady marked as 'mother' will be Ethel Hook, nee Stapleton. Piecing together clues from census records for this family, we believe they are: Back, left ... (read more)
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It was posted in May 1894 to an address in Sandwich, Kent - on the reverse it bears a small Queensland 4 pence stamp and is ... (read more)
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Cycled up the Furka Pass with dad. Can't remember who got to the top first ;) (read more)
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Eiffel tower (read more)
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This has been identified as a Queen Elizabeth class battleship, possibly Valiant. There's another similar and perhaps clearer view that is possibly the same location of ... (read more)
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The contrast between the gondola-style boats (Dghaisas) in the foreground a= nd this large and distinctive submarine is very marked. I have been told t= his ... (read more)
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I'd be fascinated to hear if anyone has any further information about this floating church in Calcutta harbour, now dated to late 1875 or early 1876. ... (read more)
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Hand captioned "Parbutti, Poona" and from the commercial Route to India series. This is from a selection of lantern slides dating I estimate to c. 1900. ... (read more)
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Hand captioned "Bombay G.I.P Ry Station" This is one of a selection of lantern slides dating I estimate to c. 1900. The set appears to be ... (read more)
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Hand captioned "Benares. Group of priests on steps of temple". T= here is some stunning detail of faces in this shot. A copy of this image ... (read more)
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One of the few commercial slides in this set, labelled as being in the set = "Route to India" with an incomplete printed label ".....k an= ... (read more)
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Hand captioned "Ellora : Dar Bungalow. Nearer". This is one of a selection of lantern slides dating I estimate to c. 1900. The set appears to ... (read more)
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