Do you know Cicely Burnip?
It says “Cicely Burnip’s Daughter. From Thora with love to Bessy.”
Selina Wonnacott & William Henry Dillon
Scrolling through Ebay one evening I noticed this absolutely beautiful glass Ambrotype photo, unframed, of a couple, taken I thought probably 1855/60’s
Lippiatt, Searle, Cobb & Alder Old Photos (Part 2)
I think from my research so far that these two are Katherine Wilson (Kitty) & Edmund Charles Sear (Charlie)
Frances White married Joseph Hunt 1855
I have traced as far as Margaret R Fee Smith as a descendant from Frances White & Joseph Hunt
The Silby & Seagust Family
I love family group photos, and when the name of the family is written on the back..just pure gold for me. Once again I had a very lucky find. I hadn’t realized until I got home, that I had found three old photos from the same family ! […]
Salisbury Victorian Photographer Edmund Rogers
I am still catching up on scanning of the old photos that I have acquired this summer, lots of them are CDV cards, they are time consuming because I always scan the backs too. Some of the Photographers had wonderful designs, especially if they lived & worked in […]
Felix Drake Webbing Manufacturer & Arthur Green Holcombe Brewery
On a stall for sale at the end of last year, I saw displayed in a cellophane sleeve an old letter, while I was looking & trying to read it the seller said ‘If you’re interested I have some more of those’ So I ended up buying all […]
