Derbyshire Photographers Profiles : Albert Heath of Clay Cross
Derbyshire Photographers' Profiles
by Brett Payne, of Tauranga, New Zealand
Albert Heath

of Thanet Street, Clay Cross




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Albert Heath operated a studio in Thanet Street, Clay Cross, from at least 1904 to 1912 (Adamson, 1997), although several examples of postcards (see below) suggest that he was in business well after then.

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Image © & courtesy of Kerrie Brailsford
Unidentified young woman
by A. Heath of Thanet Street, Clay Cross
Undated, but probably taken c. 1910-1920

Format: Post Card

Image © & courtesy of Kerrie Brailsford

Notes

Image © & courtesy of Kerrie Brailsford

Image © & courtesy of Kerrie Brailsford
Three unidentified children
by A. Heath of Clay Cross
Undated, but probably taken c. 1905-1910

Format: Post Card

Image © & courtesy of Kerrie Brailsford

Notes

Image © & courtesy of Kerrie Brailsford

Image © & courtesy of Mike Briggs Image © & courtesy of Mike Briggs
Duke II.  The Ram of the 6th T(erritorial)s. Nott(ingham)s(hire). & Derbys(hire). (Regiment)
by A. Heath of Clay Cross
Postmarked 28 July 1913, but clearly a copy of earlier postcard dated 1910

Format: Post Card  Size: Card 140.5 x 89.5 Photo frame 129.5 x 81.5 mm

Image © & courtesy of Mike Briggs


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Soldiers from the  Notts. & Derbys. Regiment
by A. Heath of Clay Cross
Undated, but probably taken c.1910-1914

Format: Post Card  Size: Card 141 x 90 Photo frame 130.5 x 80.5 mm

Image © & courtesy of Mike Briggs


Image © & courtesy of Kerrie Brailsford
Emma Stoppard (1862-1939)
by A. Heath of Clay Cross
Undated

Format: Post Card

Image © & courtesy of Kerrie Brailsford

Notes (KB): Probably taken after 1925 when her husband died.

Image © & courtesy of Kerrie Brailsford

Image © & courtesy of Kerrie Brailsford
Ladies cleaning the floor of the Gospel Mission Chapel, Broadleys, Clay Cross
by A. Heath of Clay Cross
Undated, but possibly taken in the 1930s

Format: Unknown

Image © & courtesy of Kerrie Brailsford

Notes: Two of the women in this photo have been identified, providing a possible date for the photograph as in the 1930s - see Kerrie's Brailsford Family Forum for further details.


References
Images kindly provided by Mike Briggs & Kerrie Brailsford
1841-1901 UK Census - online from Ancestry.com
1901 UK Census index - online from the PRO
FreeBMD
International Genealogical Index - online from the LDS church
North East Midland Photographic Record - Picture the Past
Anon (1912) Kelly's Directory of Derbyshire 1912, Kelly's Directories Ltd., London.
Adamson, Keith I.P. (1997) Professional Photographers in Derbyshire 1843 - 1914, The PhotoHistorian, No. 118 Supplement, September 1997, ISSN 0957-0209. Courtesy of John Bradley.

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