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Derbyshire
Photographers' Profiles by Brett Payne, of Tauranga, New Zealand George Samuel Ledsham (1882-1930) of Buxton |
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Samuel Ledsham was born at Chester in 1882, son of a market
gardener Samuel Ledsham and Sarah Ann Glover. In his late teens,
he worked with his father as a nurseryman. He married at Chester
in 1905. G.S. Ledsham is listed as a photographer with a studio at "Station approach," Buxton in a 1926-27 trades directory, and the two examples of postcards included below are probably from the 1920s. It is not clear how long he operated in Buxton, but he died there in 1930, at the age of 47. |
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Unidentified
young woman by G.L. Ledsham of Buxton Undated, but probably taken in the 1920s Format: Post Card Size: Card 81.5 x 134 mm Photo frame 77 x 128.5 mm Image © & collection of Brett Payne Notes |
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Central Hall, Kents Bank
School, Terrace Road, Buxton by Ledsham of Buxton Undated, but probably taken in the 1920s Format: Post Card Image © & courtesy of Picture the Past Notes |
| References
Images provided by Picture the Past & Brett Payne 1841-1901 UK Census - online from Ancestry.com 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. Anon (1932) Kelly's Directory of Derbyshire 1932, 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. Craven, Maxwell (ed.) (1993) Keene's Derby, Breedon Books, Derby, pp. 200-202. - by kind courtesy of Sonia Addis-Smith |
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