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Directory of Early Photographers in Leicestershire, T - V
TAYLOR, A & G
A & G Taylor was a London-based chain, which, in its heyday, stretched not only across the UK but also into France and the United States. WRLE 1880 andWRLR 1883/4 add ‘and at Queen Victoria Street, London, &c’. Osman dates the Franklin Chambers studio (variously numbered 34b, 34 ½ and 34) to c1880-86, identifying the manager (c1884-86) as T Kemp. (Kemp is named in WRLR 1883/4.) He dates the studio at 4 Friar Lane (‘corner of Hotel Street’) to c1887. TAYLOR, A H, Limited
WRLR 1909 names John Bickerstaff as manager. WRLR 1911 names Arthur Watson. TAYLOR, Henry
TAYLOR, S
THORP, George St Maur
TILL, William
WRLE 1892 describes him as ‘photographer & picture framer’ and shows him sharing the premises with Mrs Hannah Till, haberdasher and toy dealer. WRLR 1894 & WRLE 1899 also note that he is a picture framer. TOWNSEND, John
TRENGROVE, John Dillon Northampton Road, Market Harborough Aucott places him at the Bridge House studio, Northampton Road, from December 1886 until March 1891. He acquired the business from G A Nichols (q.v.) and sold it to Alexander Smith (q.v.). Bob Hakewill draws attention to his advertisement in 'The Market Harborough Advertiser' of 4 Jan 1887, which gives his home address as Highfield Street and quotes prices of 6/- a dozen for cartes de visite and 12/6 a dozen for cabinet prints. TREVOR, David
‘Photographer & picture framer’ in WRLE 1887/8 & WRLE 1892. The Ashby-de-la-Zouche section of WRLE 1899 offers: ‘picture framer, conjurer and ventriloquist, photographic depot’. TREVOR, Henry/Harry
WRLE 1899 adds ‘(home: South Street)’. TROTTER, Joseph
TRULL, Frederick Aucott records that Trull was employed by G A Nichols (q.v.) to run his studio in Northampton Road, Market Harborough, for at least some of the period 1883-1886. VANN & Green
VICE, James
‘Bookseller, printer, photographer &c’ in LTP 1870. VICE & Moon
‘Booksellers, stationers, printers & photographers’ in BUL 1867. VILLIERS, George Noted by Heathcote as an itinerant photographer, whose career lasted until at least 1880. His many studios included two in Leicestershire: an unidentified address in Melton Mowbray in 1854; and 3 Step House, London Road, Leicester in January 1855 VIPOND, F E & Co Noted by Aucott at the Rembrandt Studio, St Mary's Road, Market Harborough, in November 1887 (when he advertised for an apprentice). VORLEY, Wilfred L
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