Victorian and Edwardian Photographs -Roger Vaughan Personal Collection (List 166

Elsie Seymour's Victorian Photograph Album

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A large family album given as a school prize to Elsie Seymour for 'obtaining highest marks at school' from Leighton College signed by Ernest A. Leal. Also loose is her Arithmetic prize notice dated May 29th 1898 signed by Alice Leal . The photographs are shown in the order placed in the album. The family lived at 130 Torranio Avenue, London UK and are listed in the 1881 census but before Elsie was born. The family had links with India in the 1890s, and Bournemouth and Cheltenham in the early 20th century.
Information on the Seymour and Leal families

Album General Views: Cover----Cabinet Cards----Carte de visite (Page size 26cm x 19.5cm, 17 thick gold-edged pages.)

(written on card) [my notes] [All circa dates are my best estimates]

PHOTOGRAPHER AND DETAILS

Cabinet Cards

Henry J. Sibley, 181 & 345 Kentish Town Rd [London] [Seated lady c.1889, mould damage]
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G.Denney & Co. 21 Town Hall Avenue, Bournemouth and at Exeter and Teignmouth. No. 6531A [Seated young lady c.1904]
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A. & G. Taylor, 70 &. 78 Queen Victoria Street, E.C.. 129 Fenchurch Street EC,. 62 &64 Ludgate Hill. Forest Lodge, London Road, Forest Hill. London. Branches Barrow to Swansea, New York to Newark. [Young man c.1898, mould damage]
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Hellis & Sons, 211 & 213 Regent Street, W [London] [plus 10 branches] Established over 25 years. [Young lady c.1890]
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Robert J. Scott, 292 Holdenhurst Rd, Bournemouth East. [Young man c.1895]
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Lorenzo, Bournmouth. No. 1921. [Young couple c.1896]
front------plain back

Carte-de-visite

Reeve, 20 Lower Phillimore Place, Kensington, W. [London] Estb 1859. [Lady c.1867]
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Darke & Rodwell, 15 Camden Road, N.W. [London] [Gent c.1867. Probably husband of above, ie Frederick and Katherine Seymour]
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O. Angel, High Street, Exeter. [Young lady mid 1880s]
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H.J. Taylor, 335 Kentish Town, NW. [London] [Lady c.1891]
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Witcombe & Son, 10 Catherine St. Salisbury and 9 Triangle, Bournemouth. No. 333316 [Young man 1890s. photo has tissue proctor.
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Hellis & Sons, 211 & 213 Regent Street, W [London] [plus 8 branches] [Young lady c.1889]
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Robert J. Scott, 310 Holdenhurst Rd, Bournemouth East. [Young lady c.1893]
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Anon. Child on a chair. [1890s]
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Blampey Bros. 106 Upper St. Islington, N. [London]. No. 3630. (Kathleen L. Seymour, born 1880 - see census top of page) [Seated lady c.1901]
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Hellis & Sons, 211 & 213 Regent Street, W [London] [plus 8 branches] [Young lady c.1888]
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Henry T. Reed, 16 Totenham Court Road, London No. 22751(faint). (Fred Fole Seymour, Chorister at St. Lukes,) [Mentioned in 1881 census so this is c.1878]
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Jas. Russell & Sons, Hill Road, Wimbledon, S.W. [London]. [Young lady c.1888]
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Jas. Russell & Sons, Hill Road, Wimbledon, S.W. [London]. [Young lady c.1888 - same lady as above]
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The Royal Central Photo Co., W. Hazel (Manager), Bournmouth. No. 70105. [Lady with brown hair, c.1898]
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Seville & Co. Leicester. [Lady c.1900]
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L. Levard, 31 Station Rd, Redhill. [Lady c.1900]
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G. Denny & Co. Avenue Studio, 21 Town Hall Avenue, Bournmouth. (and Exeter, Teignmouth and Torquay) No. 898. [ Young lady with parasol c.1905]
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E. Mentor & Co. 9 Oxford Street, Southampton and at Newport, I.W. No. 6479 [small card 3 x 1 1/2 inches) [Lady c.1895]
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W. Edward Wright, 1 Sebert Road, Forest Gate, Essex and at High Road, Leyton. [Young lady c.1891]
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Witcomb & Son, 10 Catherine St. Salisbury and Triangle Bournemouth. [Lady c,1895]
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Cabinet Cards

Harrington and Co. 19 Chowringhee, Calcutta, India and at Darjeeling. No. D2195 [Lady c.1893, looks theatrical, so possibly Jennie M. Seymour who would be 31 years]
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Anon. [Young man with moustache, c. 1902]
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Reed, 11 High Street, Harlesden & 16 Tottenham Court Road, London. No. 78550. (From Lotto & Harry to Elsie. Xmas 1896] [assume Harry D. Seymour (24 in 1896) and his wife Lotto sent to Elsie Seymour his sister - a rare dated and numbered photo] [ Young couple 1896]
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L. Levard, 31 Station Rd, Redhill. [Gent c.1900]
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L. Levard, 31 Station Rd, Redhill. [Gent meeting himself! c.1900]
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J.H. Killick, 399 Holloway Road, London, N. No. 8114. (Marjorie Ethel Grimwade, 1 yr 11 months) [Girl c.1889]
front------back

Carte-de-visite

Milton G. Wilde, 86 Talbolt Rd, Blackpool. [Young lady in boater, c. 1902]
front------plain back
Anon. [two loose snaps taken at a celebration - probably Queen Victoria's 1897 Diamond Jubilee] [Lady and gent c.1897]
front------plain back
Ethel Hopwood, Weston-super-Mare. [small card 3 x 1 1/2 inches) (Elsie [Seymour] owner of this album) [Baby c.1882]
front------plain back
C. Howard, 74 High Street, Andover. [Lady in theatrical outfit. c. 1898] [possibly Jennie M. Seymour ]
front------back
Hellis & Sons, 211 & 213 Regent Street, W [London] [plus 10 branches] [Lady c.1890]
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Hellis & Sons, 211 & 213 Regent Street, W [London] [plus 10 branches] No. J 8124 [Boy c.1890]
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Hellis & Sons, 211 & 213 Regent Street, W [London] [plus 10 branches] No. J 8124 [Young man c.1890]
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Anon. [Young man c.1896] [Looks a photo-mechanical reproduction]
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Anon. [Girl in a large hat c.1904, unmounted photo.]
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Cabinet Cards


G. Denny & Co. Avenue Studio, 21 Town Hall Avenue, Bournmouth. (and Exeter, Teignmouth and Torquay) No. 898. [ Young lady with parasol c.1905] [different pose - see the Denney above]
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The Star Photographic Co. 536 Oxford St. W. [London]. No. 32990. [Young man c.1896]
front------back
Reed, 11 High Street, Harlesden & 16 Tottenham Court Road, London. No. 79429. (Young man c.1898] [pencil marked 'Seymour' ]
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Anon. [Man, child in deckchairs with large dog, c.1905
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Calcutta Art Studio, 185, Bow Bazar Street, Calcutta, [India]. No. 10547. [Four gents in casual attire, c.1899]
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L. Levard, 31 Station Rd, Redhill. [Two dressed as clowns - theatrical c.1900]
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G.J. Maddison, 9 Norfolk Road, Dalston, N.E. [London] [School photo, probably Leighton College, Dalston, and includes Elsie Seymour the owner of this album. c.1889] [The lady on the left with a child on her lap is now thought to be Alice Leal and her mother Charlotte seated on the opposite side]
front------large------zoom

Loose Photographs in the back of the album


Harrington and Co. 19 Chowringhee, Calcutta, India and at Darjeeling. [Eight serious looking gents in India c.1893]
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Anon. [Five serious looking gents, probably in India - taken outdoors, c.1901]
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Anon. [Family group taken outdoors, c.1900]
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Anon. [Young man in conservatory, lots of plants, c.1904]
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J. Skirington, Bournemouth. [Older lady c. 1908]
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F.Whaley, Cheltenham. [unclear pencil writing] [Girl with bear c.1905, badly silvered image]
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The Royal Central Studio, W. Hazel, Artist, Bournemouth. No. 11888 [Two children, dated December 1910]
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Debenhams, Longman & Co. Ltd, 33 Promenade, Cheltenham. [Lady c.1915]
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Raeburn Studios, Pittville Gates, Cheltenham Spa. No. 1348. Postcard. [Two girls early 20th century]
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