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Lady in velvet, another CDV bought from #Shoreham #PostcardFair & taken Sept 1878 at studios of the #London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company🌸
Founded by George S Nottage it was a hugely successful company.
Also a retailer of Photographic equipment📷
#OldPhotos #FamilyHistory

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🎭Marie Effie Wilton🎭Lady Marie Bancroft🎭 An absolute gem from the large collection of old Victorian photos that I bought at the Shoreham Postcard Fair in December.

🎭New Blog🎭An absolute gem from the large collection of old Victorian photos that I bought at the #Shoreham #PostcardFair in December.
It's been a rollercoaster of a journey researching Miss Marie Effie Wilton #Actress #TheatreHistory
#OldPhotos #FamilyHistory
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“Mother’s Grandfather (Glass)” ?🤔
Is it Glass?
What a great CDV of this gentleman.
Found at the #PostcardFair on the #IsleOfWight April ‘24
#OldPhotos #FamilyHistory
On Flickr I found a super pic of Wood St #Swindon from 1860s & it’s not changed too much even now.

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👒👒An absolutely splendid selection of #Hats today in this wonderful #Wedding 👒👒
Just one of many fabulous #OldPostcards that I bought last March from #FestivalOfCards #NorthPetherton a super #PostcardFair coming soon!
Faded but a beauty! #FamilyHistory

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🧡Another of those unusual CDVs coloured dark orange. But this one has a decorated back with more info. Bought #Hellesveor #PostcardFair with CDV shown Thursday. Lady with child, maybe related🤔🧡Info on Photographer in pic 3. #OldPhotos #FamilyHistory
#Falmouth #Cornwall

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💒3 of 3 connected CCs all same family, so alike, see 3/4 pic no’s indicate taken together?
Dad, Mum & young child dressed in best but Who are they?
#ClaytonHeights #Bradford
🌸Again bought from #Shoreham #PostcardFair back in December #OldPhotos #FamilyHistory #FashionHistory

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💒2nd of 3 connected Cabinet Cards all of the same family, photo no’s indicate taken together?
Beautiful pic, wedding couple?
So young! Who are they?
#ClaytonHeights #Bradford
🌸Again bought from #Shoreham #PostcardFair back in December #OldPhotos #FamilyHistory #FashionHistory

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💒1st of 3 connected Cabinet Cards telling a story about this young lady & her family, next tmw💒
Beautiful pic & she’s getting married!
Who is she?
#ClaytonHeights #Bradford
🌸Again bought from #Shoreham #PostcardFair back in December #OldPhotos #FamilyHistory #FashionHistory

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Two Girls, Two Boys
To Mother 24–5-1908
What a lovely photo of these siblings😍
Are they your ancestors?
Do you recognise them?
Pic taken #Catford #London
Cabinet Card, one of many bought from #Shoreham #PostcardFair back in December #OldPhotos #FamilyHistory #FashionHistory

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❤️Loved this pic as soon as I saw it, a gorgeous mid 1880s dress❤️
A bonus to have writing on the back but what does it say? Nell’s???
& Mrs ??& Mrs Clotty??🤔
Cabinet Card, one of many bought from #Shoreham #PostcardFair back in December #OldPhotos #FamilyHistory #FashionHistory

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🌺Good morning Louie Baker🌺
Wonder if this is from someone else’s collection as we have a ref no & it says ’scanned’🤔
Photographer #Smethwick #WestMidlands
Cabinet Card, one of many bought from #Shoreham #PostcardFair back in December #OldPhotos #FamilyHistory #FashionHistory

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💜We all love a school group pic to look back on, all girls here taken early 1880s by a #London photographer💜No writing🤔
💜Do you recognise them?🤔
A Cabinet Card pic, one of several bought from #Shoreham #PostcardFair back in December #OldPhotos #FamilyHistory #FashionHistory

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A rather faded but really lovely group Cabinet Card taken #Blackpool #Lancashire
Totally plain back no printing🤔
Do you recognise them?🤔
Are they your ancestors?
One of several bought from #Shoreham #PostcardFair back in December #OldPhotos #FamilyHistory #FashionHistory

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👢A fabulous sibling group on a Cabinet Card taken by a photographer in #Chelmsford #Essex ❤️more splendid boots!👢
No writing on back🤔
Do you recognise them?🤔
One of several bought from #Shoreham #PostcardFair back in December #OldPhotos #FamilyHistory #FashionHistory

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👢A super family group photo on Cabinet Card taken by a photographer in #NottingHill #London ❤️those boots!👢
No writing on back🤔
Do you recognise them?🤔
One of several bought from #Shoreham #PostcardFair back in December #OldPhotos #FamilyHistory #FashionHistory

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🌺Parents with 2 daughters on this group photo Cabinet Card taken by a photographer in #Wolverhampton #WestMidlands
No printing or writing on back🤔 Who are they?🤔🌺
One of several bought from #Shoreham #PostcardFair back in December #OldPhotos #FamilyHistory #FashionHistory

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🎀Four sisters group photo on this Cabinet Card taken by a photographer in #Winchester #Hampshire
No other printing or writing on the back🤔🎀
Do you recognise them?🤔
One of several bought from #Shoreham #PostcardFair back in December #OldPhotos #FamilyHistory #FashionHistory

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A super family group photo on this Cabinet Card taken by a photographer in #NewBrompton #Kent No other printing or writing on the back but someone might recognise them🤔
One of several bought from #Shoreham #PostcardFair back in December #OldPhotos #FamilyHistory #FashionHistory

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🧩An over exposed Cabinet Card pic, one of the #OldPhotos I bought from #Shoreham #PostcardFair
I was intrigued by the writing on the back🤔🧩Ideas?
What do you think?
61 Robert St #London
Photographers notes 9 July & 11 Oct 1915 + no of pics?🧩
#FashionHistory #FamilyHistory

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🤩Mr H Roland White has had the honour of photographing: a veritable list of who’s who of the day!🤩
An unusual cabinet card #OldPhotos from #Shoreham #PostcardFair in December. #FamilyHistory #FashionHistory
@PTApostcards + 2 from NPG, a politician & a musical entertainer!

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Zelie Morgan Harman I chose this one because I noticed the unusual first name written on the back: Zelie.

New Blog about another lovely CDV from the Shoreham Postcard Fair just before Christmas.
#OldPhotos #FamilyHistory #Genealogy #Military #WW2 #HMSGurkha #PostcardFair #PostcardTradersAssociation
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🧩Can anyone help me please?
Dated 1904 but what does it say?
I don’t have any idea 🤔
Pic taken #Zinnau #Germany 🧩
One of my #OldPhotos found at the wonderful #Shoreham #PostcardFair in December. #FamilyHistory #FashionHistory
Postcard Traders Association

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🩺The Trumper Family Photos🩺 What a complex tangled web our ancestors sometimes weave.

My New Blog is about a very fascinating but complex family whose #OldPhotos I found at #Shoreham #PostcardFair #FamilyHistory #Yorkshire #Canada #Genealogy
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Good morning to Lucy.
“Aunt Marjorie with dear Lucy’s love” Taken in #Bonn #Germany
Does anyone recognise Lucy from their family tree?🤔
One of my #OldPhotos found at the wonderful #Shoreham #PostcardFair in December. #FamilyHistory #FashionHistory

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Good morning to Grandparents Day. A super CDV of this couple & were they the Grandparents of Bessie Day yesterday?🤔If only we had just a little more information 🧐🤔
One of my #OldPhotos found at the wonderful #Shoreham #PostcardFair in December. #FamilyHistory #FashionHistory

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Good morning Miss Bessie Day looking so sweet in her pretty dress & shiny shoes, born on 10 May 1896/7? Who is she🤔
Taken #Ashford #Kent
2nd CDV coming tomorrow from the Day family too🤔
One of my #OldPhotos found at the wonderful #Shoreham #PostcardFair in December. #FamilyHistory #FashionHistory

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👗A beauty to find with such personal info😍#Bedford
‘Taken in 1871. Dress made by Mother’👗If only we knew who Mother or they were🤔
Are they your ancestors?
One of my #OldPhotos found at the wonderful #Shoreham #PostcardFair in December. Postcard Traders Association 👗 #FamilyHistory #FashionHistory

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Good morning Cousin Kathie
(K B Tait)implies Katherine? B Tait🤔1890s? Abt 50ish?
Can she be found?
Is she an ancestor?
Pic taken #FinsburyPark #London
One of my #OldPhotos found at the wonderful #Shoreham #PostcardFair in December. PTApostcards
#FamilyHistory #FashionHistory

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Good morning to young Kitty Stoner/es? as a baby 👶
No photographer or area🤔
But is she one of your ancestors?
One of my #OldPhotos found at the wonderful #Shoreham #PostcardFair in December. Postcard Traders Association
#FamilyHistory #FashionHistory

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Good morning to Olive👒
👒Olive sent this super half size CDV to Aunt Eliza.
👒Taken at John Hawke’s studio in #Plymouth #Devon he was operating from the 1860s📸
One of my #OldPhotos found at the wonderful #Shoreham #PostcardFair in December.
#FamilyHistory #FashionHistory

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