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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: What time is he from? Is this a Carte de Visite?
« on: Tuesday 28 June 11 22:28 BST (UK)  »
It seems Henry was a somewhat 'flamboyant' character as he named several of his children with bizarre names! How about Omiga, Clematis, Paris and Cycle (yes Cycle) It also seems that there are some of the Cartes de Visites in a collection in the Victoria and Albert Museum

Dootsie

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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: What time is he from? Is this a Carte de Visite?
« on: Tuesday 28 June 11 20:27 BST (UK)  »
Looking at the card again I see how fanciful they were! London, Rome, Florence and Paris! They came from dear old London Town! There was a similar tale on a Who Do You Think You Are some time back. A relation of the subject (can't remember his name) came over from Paris (ha ha ) and set up in Hastings with a lot of young ladie as models. I will go no further!

Dootsie

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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: What time is he from? Is this a Carte de Visite?
« on: Tuesday 28 June 11 20:16 BST (UK)  »
Henry Ward was a photographer from Deptford who movd to Croydon around1871 in 1881 he was living at a large house in Rolleston Road South Croydon. He retired to Caversham Berks around 1901 and his son Henry Ward took over and had a studio in Station Road West Croydon right through the1930's Henry died in Islington in 1912. I have photographs of the house in South Croydon which is still there. I was born just around the corner in Bynes Road (well after Henry Ward was there I might add!)

Dootsie

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