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)
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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)
This one has finally been identified, with thanks to Flickr user oxfordshire_brian. (read more)
Now identified thanks to Flickr user 'mark and delwen' (read more)
Now identified thanks to Flickr user 'mark and delwen' (read more)
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)
Another mystery location, identified by Flickr user 'mark and delwen' (read more)
I had a hunch this might be Oxford as there were others from there in the batch, and this is now confirmed. (read more)
Another one kindly identified by Flickr user ajw423uk (read more)
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)
Test pin for historypin 8 May 2012 (read more)
Originally somewhat of a mystery, now identified thanks to Flickr user ajw423uk (read more)
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)
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)
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)
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)
Cycled up the Furka Pass with dad. Can't remember who got to the top first ;) (read more)
Eiffel tower (read more)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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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