Hello Nivard Many thanks for your help. I guess that I never really expected to find any negatives etc but was puzzled why may parents wedding photograph was taken by the Day Photographer of Leicester as they were married in Birmingham I was just trying to solve this problem and find out what might have happened I know that this will be a family problem which I will never solve but it was of interest to hear about the Granby Street photographers Again Thanks Michael On 7/12/2011 10:22 PM, Nivard Ovington wrote: > Hi again Mike > > Unsurprisingly the same Samuel A C WILLIAMS was at 90 Granby street in 1911 > (given that directories are compiled in advance and may be a year out of date when they are finally > printed) > >> 1912 Kellys >> 90 Granby Street >> WILLIAMS Saml A.C. photogphr > Jeromes is looooooooooooooog gone<g> > > I hope you don't mind my saying but if the reason you are trying to track down the photographer who > took the photo is to see if they have more pictures or negatives in their archives, I would suggest > you are highly unlikely to find anything > > I have seen or been involved in similar searches many times and not once has anything ever been > found , the nearest was a register of sitters from one photographer but there were no negatives or > photos to go with them so gave up very little > > I think it fair to say that most photographers would have kept some sort of record themselves but as > most were small private set ups , many were taken over and the previous records destroyed or have > been lost over the years > > Only very few well known photographers appear to have surviving archives and I think you would have > found them already if Mr DAY was one of them > > Then there is the case of degradation of the negatives should they have survived > > I would never say don't bother with any avenue of research but suspect you may be a fools errand > with this one if thats your motive > > Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > > >> Just out of interest who was actually shown in Kellys at 90 Granby >> Street 1911? >> >> Regards >> >> Mike McDonnell > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >