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Old Photographs - Cambridgeshire Photographers - Cos - Cz 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 Name: COTTERELL, Malcolm Franciscoe James (Mac), also trading as "MAC" b:1932 d: 2013 Mac became the youngest chairman of Wisbech Chamber of Commerce in the 1960s, and later became its president. He was also a member of the Wisbech Round Table and of the Rotary and Probus Clubs. In the 1960s Mac stood for election for Wisbech Rural District Council to represent his local community of Elm. He served that community for many years as a rural district councillor, a member of Elm Parish Council, and as a district councillor. He was awarded the MBE in 2006 and died in 2013 Derrick C Plume, who ran Studio Margaret in Wisbech, recalls the year 1964. “No sooner had I left Coleman’s to work full time on photography with Mavis than we heard that David Fairbrother had diversified into the same profession. Mac Cotterell left The Advertiser about this time, so with Reams and Ralph Hurst there were five professionals photographing weddings. David’s work was good and with a shop window he secured many bookings. We had the advantage of going back to receptions with black and white proofs, but when colour became the normal film to use we had to compete against the others on equal grounds. Mavis and I looked at as much work as possible of other photographers, especially when we were on holiday to give us ideas that would attract brides. In a Horsham shop window we saw brides and bridesmaids seated and were the first to introduce these pictures into a wedding album. We succeeded in getting our share of the market and many girls said when collecting their wedding albums that they are the best they had ever seen”. M Cotterell LIIP, LMPA, advertised services as a wedding photographer, Nene Studios, 344 Elm Low Road Wisbech, in the Fenland Citizen 16 Jan 1985 p16 (Thanks to Garry Monger for this reference) Name: COTTON, Harry, b: 1905 St Ives d: 1975 Name: COULAM, Violet E. b:1896 Witham Essex d: Name: COULTARD, Abram Name: COWLEY, Michael A. LBIPP b: d: Name: COX, Joe b: d: Name: COX, Samuel Busby b:1861 Spalding Lincs d: 1916 Samuel Busby Cox was born in Spalding Lincolnshire and was the son of another Samuel Cox, a boot maker. In 1881 he was not yet married and was lodging in West Street, Bourne, Lincolnshire, where his occupation was a photographer. In 1891 Samuel was reported to be a widower and was lodging in Randall Street Maidstone, Kent and was again employed as a photographer. In 1901 he was resident at 56 Westgate Peterborough with another wife, Clara Agnes Cox b:1869 Gravesend. He was shown as a photographer working on his own account from home. The 1911 census showed him in similar circumstances but the address was 62 Westgate Peterborough. See below for two cabinet photographs by S Busby Cox. The reverse sides of both are blank. The photograph on the left appears the older of the two, having a less complex mount on cream card with silver printing which includes a monogram of intertwined "SBC" - see below the similarity with another mount dated 1898. The second, of a young couple posed in a studio with two ornate chairs and a potted plant is mounted on grey card with a distinctive serrated edge. Beneath this photograph is a "C" in a scroll and the text "S.Busby Cox Westgate Studio Peterborough." A previous owner of this photograph has added "Uncle George and Aunt Hannah" in pencil. The author has other similar photographs on buff and light green serrated edged cards printed in red and green respectively. Next is another cabinet photograph of two beautifully and identically dressed twin boys, with an art nouveau daisy design on the face of another serrated mount, this time in grey, the text reading simply "S Busby Cox Peterborough". The reverse of the mount is blank. The style of the mount suggests mid to late 1890s. (Simon Shirley Collection). Below this is a cabinet portrait of a baby in christening robes on a large cushion on a cane chair (Simon Shirley Collection). The face of the cream mount is printed in gold "S.Busby Cox Westgate Studio Peterborough", with a monogram with intertwined letters SBC. The studio has personalised the reverse of the otherwise blank mount by printing the greeting "With love from Dorry August 9th 1898, age 10 weeks" Finally, as proof that Cox also worked outside the studio, there is a very rare 6 x 4 inch print of a 19th century thatched shop. This is from the Simon Shirley collection and Simon has identified the location as Eastrea beside the A605 road. The local directory showed the shopkeeper to be John Wilson, who was listed between 1888 and 1904 as a baker. He was succeeded by Elizabeth Wilson, butcher and baker in 1908. John stands to the left at the bakehouse door and the window is full of packets and bottles, so they must have had a grocers shop as well. The photo was mounted on a buff card mount printed with the name "S Busby Cox, Westgate Studio". References: Kelly's Directory of Northamptonshire 1898, 1903, 1906, 1910, 1914
Name: COX, Thomas b: 1851 St Neots d: 1906 Name: COX, William b: d: In 1879 William was involved in two problems with the law. In August that year he was involved in a dispute with a local veterinary surgeon, John Gregory Cooper. Cooper and Cox were acquaintances and Cox had done some work for Cooper - a portrait of his wife. It appears that Cox had been ill and, although various customers, including Cooper, owed him money, he had a cash flow problem. He entered into a transaction with Cooper which involved Cooper finding a third party who would lend Cox a sovereign against the security of a bolt of woolen cloth. Cox got the sovereign and Cooper took the cloth, Cox believed, to give to the third party. Later, when his fortunes improved, Cox went back to redeem the pledge and he alleged that after some prevarication it became clear that there was no third party and Cooper had kept the cloth and would not return it. Cooper had, in fact, had a suit made from it. Cooper argued that he had kept the cloth because Cox had not paid to redeem it. The local Magistrates seemed to favour Cooper rather than believing Cox, and dismissed the case. During the evidence it was mentioned that William Cox was also a portrait painter. Later in 1879 William Cox was involved in a dispute about parking his cart, with Mr Joseph Wilkins, late pastor of the Chatteris Zion Chapel. The Magistrates, after hearing the witnesses on both sides, said they were of opinion that Cox had committed a very aggravated, brutal, and murderous assault on Wilkins. He was fined £5, or committed to prison for two months. He was also bound over in a bond of £20 to keep the peace for three months. By a strange co-incidence, Joseph Wilkins was the father of Jeffrey Wilkins, another Chatteris photographer. Is it possible that there was some ongoing animosity between the two families springing from this business competition? There is no trace of William Cox in the 1881 census for Park Street Chatteris, nor is a good match to be found elsewhere. There was a William Cox, an artist and photographer, in Bridge Street Northampton who sold his business and stock in trade in June 1877 after some 20 years of operation there. (Northampton Mercury 16 June 1877). The details from the 1871 census of that William Cox were: b:1827 Northants, wife Mary A Cox b:1834 Northants, sons Arthur CS Cox b:1856 Huntingdonshire and Frederick W b:1858 Northamptonshire. Also living with the family in 1871 were a William Freeman, a learner, and a 17 year old servant, Martha Dicks. Apart from the name, occupation and timing, nothing has yet been found to link the William Cox from Northampton with this Chatteris photographer. Name: CRADDOCK, Thomas b: 1811 Wisbech d: 1893 Piggots Directory 1839 lists Thomas Craddock under 'Academies and Schools' at Cattle Market, Wisbech. The 1841 census shows the Craddock family resident at the Wisbech House of Correction. Thomas's father, Samuel Craddock, b 1781, was the Keeper there, and living with him was his wife, Sarah Craddock b.1781. They had a daughter, Susan Craddock b. 1811 Cambs, a dress maker, and a son, Thomas Craddock b 1816 Cambridgeshire, schoolmaster. (There were also 11 inmates at the House of Correction in 1841). In 1849 Thomas Craddock co-wrote, with Neil Walker, a History of Wisbech, which was published that year. Samuel Craddock died in 1846 and the 1851 census shows Sarah Craddock, widow, aged 79 and her son Thomas Craddock, as visitors at an inn in Westgate, Peterborough. Thomas was shown as age 37, born in Wisbech, and his occupation rather oddly was shown as "undergraduate of Queens College, Cambridge" He attended Queens College Cambridge as a pensioner (mature student) between 1850 and 1856 when he graduated. In 1851 Craddock T, Wisbech, exhibited at the Great Exhibition photographic copies of Holloway's print of Raphael's Elymas; of Vandyke's St Ambrose refusing Theodosius admittance into the church (Stamford Mercury 9 May 1851 p4.) Gardners Cambridgeshire Directory 1851 (Wisbech section p2) states that "Mr Thomas Craddock of Wisbech is the author of a History of Wisbech published anonymously in 1833 by Mr William Watts and he edited in conjunction with Mr Neil Walker "The History of Wisbech and the Fens" lately published by Mr Richard Walker of Wisbech. This work, which is octavo in size, comprises about 570 pages and is embellished with several very neat engravings. Mr Craddock has been honoured with the correspondence of Sir David Brewster, from the superior talent and chemical research displayed by him in the Calotype process applied to the production of pictures by the Talbotype system" Listed in this publication, Craddock's address was "New Wisbech", and he was included among the gentry of Wisbech. The Cambridge Chronicle and Journal - Saturday 24 March 1855 p7 reported under the heading " Wisbech"; "Young Mens Christian Association - a lecture on chemistry was delivered at the Public Hall on Tuesday evening 20th inst by Mr T.Craddock of this town, whose scientific attainments recommended him to a numerous audience. A well selected series of appropriate and amusing experiments illustrative of the lecturers verbal instructions, combined to render the subject of his lecture very interesting and elicited in his favour the warm acknowledgements of those to whose edification the effort was directed". An 1860 Poll book for Wisbech shows Thomas Craddock with an address at 73 Windsor Street, Liverpool. Craddock became Professor of Literature at Queen's College Liverpool (formerly the Liverpool Mechanics Institute). A year later, in the 1861 census, Thomas was at Nene Road, Peterborough, sister of the householder (Susan Phillips, widow, 61 yrs, fundholder). Thomas was recorded as aged 49, born in Wisbech, and his occupation was shown as 'Assistant and private tutor'. Craddock published a number of works: two of which were published in Liverpool , a treatise on Charles Lamb in 1867 and Literary Papers in 1873. He also published The Influence of Christianity on Civilization (1856), Peterborough Cathedral: a General, Architectural, and Monastic History (1864), Rousseau as Described by Himself and Others, and Man and Nature: Poems Written Long Ago (1883). In the 1871 census Thomas Craddock, aged 59, b. Wisbech was recorded as a Private tutor, at 83 Marylebone Rd Marylebone In the 1881 census Thomas, unmarried, was a boarder at 113 Upper Hill Street, Liverpool - no occupation was shown. His age was stated to be 69 years , b. Wisbech. In 1891 he was still lodging at the same address and his occupation was described as "living on own means". Thomas appeared to have practiced the calotype photographic process at least over the years 1851 to 1857; these being the years in which we know he entered his work in various exhibitions. The site on Photographic Exhibitions in Britain 1839 to 1865 lists 9 photographs by Craddock in the 1851 Great Exhibition, 8 in the London Photographic Society Exhibition 1855, 8 in 1856 and 4 in 1857. These were mainly Cambridge and Peterborough views, one of the Old Wharf Wisbech. http://peib.dmu.ac.uk/index.php. The Cambridge Chronicle and Journal - Saturday 5 March 1853 p 6, in a comprehensive report on the Wisbech Exhibition at the Public Hall, noted there were "some choice calotypes by Mr Craddock of Wisbech." The Wisbech Advertiser 22 March 1855 recorded that Prince Albert had requested a copy of a photograph of Ely Cathedral exhibited by Thomas Craddock at the Photographic Exhibition Pall Mall. An example of his work, a view of the Mathematical Bridge Cambridge from 1855 can be seen on the Queen's College Cambridge Site https://www.queens.cam.ac.uk/visiting-the-college/history/college-facts/the-buildings/bridges-and-riverside . A number of photographs by Thomas Craddock can be seen on the Cambridgeshire Community Archive site for Wisbech: Upper Hill St dated as 1850-54, The Eagle Tavern 1854-1856, and the site of current post office 1845-55 . It is not known whether Craddock continued taking photographs after 1857. Some of Samuel Smith's photographs (Crowland Abbey 1855, Ely Cathedral 1854) include in the image another camera on a tripod. This was probably Thomas Craddock's equipment, and in one photograph, Leverington Hall 1853, an individual, believed to be Thomas Craddock, is captured in the image. Thomas Craddock died in Liverpool 9 April 1893. Following his death, the Liverpool Mercury - Friday 30 June 1893 p4 advertised the sale by auction of the first portion of his unique library of some 2800 volumes plus a choice collection of coins and medals. The list of highlights of the sale made no mention of any photographs or photograph albums. Name: CREAM, James. b:1870 Cambridge d: In 1891 Charles D Creek was living at 14 Union Road Cambridge, staying at the home of his uncle, Henry Thomas Bridges and aunt, Eliza Fordham Bridges (Eliza was the sister of Charles' mother, Lydia). His uncle was a baker and Charles was a baker's assistant. This is the same Charles David James Creek who, in 1901, was at 8 George Street Cambridge, a baker and grocer, living there with his wife Ellen Elizabeth and their 2 year old son Wilfred. In 1911 Charles David James Creek was a baker, working on his own account from home at 7 and 8 George IV Street, Cambridge, with his wife and four children. This is in fact the same address as in 1901. The photograph below is from the 1960s showing the last remains, before demolition, of Charles Creek's shop in George IV Street Cambridge at the junction with Queen Street. The portrait below of Charles was taken by his competitors at Post Office Terrace Studio in Cambridge around 1920, probably by CE Goodrich. It is negative no PCB610/15 and is reproduced with the consent of the Cambridgeshire Collection. Charles died in 1945 after being hit by an Eastern Counties bus in Victoria Road Cambridge. At the time of his death he was living at 5 Chesterton Hall Crescent, Cambridge. What tempted Charles away from the bakery into photography at some point in his early life? When staying and working with his uncle in Union Road, he was living a few doors away from the home of Alfred William Farren, a printseller and framemaker and the son of famous Cambridge photographer, William Farren; could Farren have inspired or assisted Charles in his artistic aspirations? Grateful thanks to Tony Creek for sharing information on his family history and permission to use the photograph of his grandfather's shop. Tony, tonycreek49@gmail.com, would appreciate any further information on this photographer or his work.
Name: CRISP, Bertram Noel, b: 1896 d: 1927 Name: CROFTS, John b: d: Name: CROMWELL PHOTOGRAPHIC SERVICES b: d: Name: CROSTON, Edwin J. b:1874 d: Name: CROW, L b: d: Name: CROWSON, Arthur Ernest b: 11 Mar 1872 Peterborough d: 1945 References: We are most grateful to Nick Smith for bringing Arthur Ernest Crowson to our notice. Also to Nick Ramsey, for permission to use the photograph below, part of his collection associated with the Burgess / Halder family tree at www.ancestry.co.uk. A.Crowson, Bridge House Studio, March, is included in a "Directory of Cambridgeshire Postcard Publishers/photographers noted before 1914" by Michael Rouse in "Cambridge in Early Postcards", Oleander Press 1978.
Name: CURTIS, Dorothy b: 1893 Chesterton d: Name: CW PHOTOGRAPHY LBIPP 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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