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Photography

Portraits by William Harold House 1920s - 1940s

Black and white photograph of old woman in hat and coat
Mrs Sydney Freeman of Chiddingstone
Black and white photograph of middle aged woman
unknown sitter
Black and white photograph of old man
unknown sitter
Black and white photograph of young woman looking right, head and shoulders only
'Patricia'
Black and white photograph of old man
W. Fielder
Black and white photograph of woman with short white hair and dark velvet dress
Mrs Besch of Ightham
Black and white portrait of grey haired man in suit
Doctor J. Finlay Alexander of Sevenoaks
Black and white portrait of middle aged man in flat cap
unknown sitter
Black and white photograph of grey bearded man in mayoral outfit
Sir John Dawson Laurie of Sevenoaks, Lord Mayor of London
To learn more, visit the blog: William Harold House photograph collection

Victorian Cartes de Visite

Sepia photograph of little girl in white dress standing by a chair
K1779.26 Girl photographed by G.P Marley of Westerham, c.1870
Sepia portrait of three young girls, posed in finest outfits
K1779.37 Violet, Beatrice and Florence Grew, photographed by R. Wicks in Sevenoaks, c.1870
Black and white photograph of two Victorian maids in uniform
K1779.32 Maid servants to the Grew family, c.1880
Sepia photograph of young Victorian woman in elaborate dress, sitting and leaning on table
K1779.43 Mrs Ann Grew photographed by R. Wicks in Sevenoaks, c.1870

Painted Daguerreotype

Black and white photograph of Victorian woman standing, painted with colour, in wooden frame with gilt decorated inner section
K1778 Hand painted daguerreotype of Ann Grew of Sevenoaks, c.1860

Album from Henry Essenhigh Corke’s studio, early 1900s

Open album with photographs on each page
K3520 Album from the family studio in Sevenoaks, c.1910
Open album with photograph on each page
K3520 Album from the family studio in Sevenoaks, c.1910

Other Social History

Black and white photograph of football team
K3004 Holmesdale Football Club (one of the Sevenoaks teams) 1907-8 season
Black and white photograph
Sevenoaks Town Band at the bandstand on Sevenoaks Vine, early 1900s
Black and white photograph of shop window celebrating the coronation of King George VI
K4008 Blow's grocery shop on 38 Dartford Road, Sevenoaks, 1937
Victorian photograph of man with beard
K1681 Edwyn E. Cronk, c.1870, architect of Cobden Road School and the first Free Public Library in Sevenoaks
Black and white photograph
K3505 First World War cavalry soldier Alfred Steer
Black and white portrait of a bride and groom in typical 1920s style
K1717.7 Bride and groom in Westerham c.1920
Black and white photograph of uniformed women carrying girl in a stretcher
K3108.4 Women running the American Ambulance (Great Britain) mobile first aid units during WW2

Cameras

Small, black painted metal strut folding camera with black leather case
K3519 Vest Pocket Autographic Kodak, c.1915, known as the soldier's camera in WW1
Box shaped black camera with brown textile case
K3794 Kodak 'Hawkeye' camera, c.1930
Grey plastic camera with black textile case
K3786 Polaroid camera, 1980s