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Old Photographs - Cambridgeshire Photographers - I

Photographers are listed alphabetically by surname on the following pages.

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Name:  IBBS, Robert Carroll (spelt in various forms as Carol, Carrol and Carroll)  b:1824 Kimbolton, d:1907   
Address: Carnaby, Kimbolton
Working Dates: c. 1903
Subjects, styles, advertising, other relevant information: The son of Charles Ibbs a printer and bookseller. Charles' business failed in 1842 and all his stock and equipment was sold to pay off his creditors. In his teens Robert trained as a printer, probably initially in his father's business. Robert lived in Kimbolton throughout his life and in different census returns was described as a printer (1851,1861,1881), a paper hanger (1871), a printer and stationer (1891), a picture frame maker (1901), and when he died in 1907 he was described as a printer and stationer. There is one local trade directory describing him as a photographer in 1903.
References:
Kelly's Directory of Huntingdonshire 1903
Huntingdonshire Archives 4469/18 Deeds of Freehold, Campers Close, Kimbolton and abstract of will and probate of Robert Carol Ibbs 15 April 1907
Cambridge Chronicle 11 June 1842

The Image Makers – see PHOTOSPHERE

Name:  IMAGE PHOTOGRAPHY  ( Michael GATWARD) b:       d:
Address: 2 Birch Trees Rd, Great Shelford
Working Dates: c. 1995 - at least 2000 – Cambridge News reported theft of Mr Gatward's equipment while he was photographing a wedding in 2004.
Subjects, styles, advertising, other relevant information: general and weddings
References: Cambridge Yellow Pages  1995, 1997, 1998, 2000

Name:  IMAGES 
Address: 82 St Mary’s St Ely
Working Dates: c.1980
Subjects, styles, advertising, other relevant information:
References: Cambridge Yellow Pages 1980

Name:    IMAGES INDUSTRIAL - see ELLIS, Simon P.
Address: 28 Crane Street, Brampton.
Working Dates: c.1986 - 1990
Subjects, styles, advertising, other relevant information:
References: Peterborough Yellow Pages 1986, 1990

Name:  IMPERIAL PHOTO CO     
Address: 35a Regent Street Cambridge
Working Dates: c.1908-10
Subjects, styles, advertising, other relevant information: Local trade directories show an Imperial Photo Co. in Regent Street, Cambridge from 1908-10. Was this a branch of a larger company or a small local studio with an ambitious and grand sounding name? Locally there was, according to another directory, a firm with a similar name in Wisbech in 1929, but, you will see from the entry below that the full name of the Wisbech firm included the word "Wisbech" in its title. To date nothing further has been discovered about the Cambridge firm, but there were a number of studios with similar names in other parts of the country. Does this suggest a firm with multiple studios, or some sort of franchise arrangement, or simply the widespread use of an up-market sounding name? Any suggestions and further information would be welcomed.

These are some of the references found nationally:

  • There was an "Imperial Photographic Co." in London in the early 1880s at 44 Baker Street, later at that address and at Portman Square. The company had a studio in Birmingham 1884 - 1886. (See below for an example cabinet photo from the Baker Street studio). The London Gazette of 29 June 1883 p3342, contains a notice about the firm: "NOTICE is hereby given, that the Partnership lately subsisting between us the undersigned, William Thomas Nichols and Richard William Thomas, as Photographic Artists, at 44, Baker Street, in the county of Middlesex, under the name of the Imperial Photographic Company, has been dissolved by mutual consent. All debts due and owing to or by the late firm will be received and paid by the said William Thomas Nichols. — As witness our hands this 25th day of June, 1883. W. T. Nichols. R. W. Thomas."
  • The "Imperial Photo Co." ( A.J.Barker, The Studio, Imperial Arcade, Dale End, Birmingham) advertised for energetic men to take orders for the Imperial Photo Co, where they could easily earn £5 per week. (Birmingham Mail - Monday 19 May 1884 p4.)
  • There was a "Folkestone Imperial Photo Co." operating in Dover Road in 1899. (Folkestone, Hythe, Sandgate & Cheriton Herald - Saturday 16 September 1899 p20 showed a photo of Mr John Healey by Folkestone Imperial Photo Co. Dover Road.)
  • An "Imperial Photo Company" operated in Derbyshire a little later as can be seen from the following notice dissolving a partnership which appeared in the London Gazette of 31 Oct 1902. "NOTICE is hereby given, that the Partnership heretofore subsisting between us, the undersigned,Chalkley Gould and Ralph Leopold Legg, carrying on business as Photographers and Photographic Artists at No. 12, Hamilton Terrace, Commercial Road, Southampton, under the style or firm of "THE WEST END PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPANY," and at No.36, Victoria Street, Derby, under the style of "THE IMPERIAL PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPANY," has been dissolved by mutual consent as and from the 21th day of May, 1902. All debts due to and owing by the said late firm will be received and paid by the said Chalkley Gould. Dated 10th day of October, 1902. R. L. Legg. Chalkley Gould".
  • There was a "Bradshaw Imperial Photo Co." at Lower Boughton, Manchester functioning at least from around 1902 -1920 (TNA - a number of photos at the Greater Manchester County Record Office were from this studio.)
  • An "Imperial Photo Co." at 38 Clayton Street Newcastle advertised in 1905 for a woman to do "plain cooking and cleaning". (Newcastle Daily Chronicle - Wednesday 22 March 1905 p2)
  • An "Imperial Photo Co." operated in Belfast in 1906 (Athletic News - Monday 15 October 1906 p1. showed a photo of S Irvine by the Imperial Photo Co. Belfast.)
  • An "Imperial Photo Co." at 132 and 128 Bromley Road Catford advertised photographic jewelry in 1906 (Daily Mirror, Tuesday 20 November 1906 p.15 and Wednesday 28 November 1906 p15)
  • An Imperial Photo Co. The Arcade, Bognor, has a single directory entry for Sussex in 1909 (https://photohistory-sussex.co.uk/BognorPhotgrsHQ.htm)
  • An Imperial Photo Co. Esplanade, Westcliffe, Essex advertised production of real photo postcards for stage performers from their own photographs at 8s a gross. (The Stage - Thursday 06 November 1913 p45)

References: Mike Petty, The Photographers, (a handlist of local photographers), Cambridge, Cambridgeshire Collection, 1992
Spaldings Directory 1908-10
Kelly's Directory of Cambridgeshire, Wisbech 1929
London Gazette 29 June 1883 p3342, 31 Oct 1902 p6932

An Imperial Photo Co Cabinet PhotographReverse of Imperial Photo Co cabinet photo mount

Name:  THE IMPERIAL (WISBECH) PHOTO CO     
Address: 50 Market Place Wisbech
Working Dates: c. 1929
Subjects, styles, advertising, other relevant information: Kelly's Directory of Cambridgeshire, Wisbech, 1929, has an entry for the Imperial Photo Co. at the Market Place Wisbech. This is the only directory entry for this firm for Wisbech. See above for a discussion about the Imperial Photo Co., Regent Street, Cambridge and similarly named firms. We are most grateful to Roger Rawson, an administrator of the Facebook Group for "Wisbech Pictures Old and New", for permission to reproduce from his collection the image below of a film wallet from this firm. This shows that whatever other photographic activities this firm undertook, it also took customers' films for processing and/or printing. The wallet was found containing two 120 negatives from the 1920s/30s which seems to match the date of the design of this film wallet. The wallet has the full name of the company printed on it "The Imperial (Wisbech) Photo Co.". This localised firm's name tends to suggest this was probably an independent firm and not a local branch of a bigger company. There does not appear to be any trace in records of Companies House to suggest this was a limited company. Local Historian, Andrew Ingram, records that Herbert George Coates was, at one point, involved with the Imperial Photo business at Wisbech, but the company was bought out by Lilian Ream on 2nd March 1932.
References: Kelly's Directory of Cambridgeshire, Wisbech 1929.
See also the entry on our site for Herbert George Coates.

Film wallet Imperial (Wisbech) Photo Co

 

Name:  IMPEY PHOTOGRAPHIC DESIGN 
Address: 65 Headlands, Fenstanton
Working Dates: c.1977-1980
Subjects, styles, advertising, other relevant information: architectural, commercial, aerial, weddings, portraits
References: Peterborough Yellow Pages 1977, 1980

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Photographers are listed alphabetically by surname on the following pages.

0 - 9 | Aa-Ak | Al-Ao | Ap-As | At-Az | Ba-Bak | Bal-Bam | Ban-Bd | Be-Bh | Bi-Bk | Bl-Bn | Bo-Bp | Br-Bt | Bu-Bz | Ca-Ck | Cl-Cn | Coa-Cor | Cos-Cz | Da-Dh | Di-Dq | Dr-Dz | Ea-Ec | Ed-Ez | Fa-Fh | Fi-Fz | Ga-Gd | Ge-Gq | Gr-Gz | Ha-Hd | He-Hh | Hi-Hn | Ho-Hz | Ia-Iz | Ja-Je | Jf-Jz | Ka-Kz | La-Ld | Le-Ln | Lo-Lz | Maa-Mad | Mae-Mar | Mas-Mb | Mc-Mi | Mj-Mz | Na-Nh | Ni-Nn | No-Nz | Oa-Oz | Pa-Pb | Pc-Ph | Pi-Po | Pr-Pz | Qa-Qz | Ra-Rd | Re-Rh | Ri-Rz | Sa-Sb | Sc-Sf | Sg-Sk | Sla-Slz | Sma-Ss | Sta-Std | Ste-Sth | Sti-Sy | Ta-Te | Tf-Ti | Tj-Tz | Ua-Uz | Va-Vz | Wa-We | Wf-Wh | Wi-Wz | XYZ


 

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