Image Date: 1884? - 1912? THE FIRM OF YORK & SON WAS ESTABLISHED IN BRIDGWATER, SOMERSET, IN 1884, AND WAS LIQUIDATED IN 1912. IT WAS BOUGHT BY NEWTON & CO., BUT THEY CLOSED THE FACTORY.THE MOUNT, INSIDE, IS SQUARE WITH ROUNDED CORNERS - POSSIBLY A SIGN OF EARLY DATE (LATE 19TH - EARLY 20TH CENT.) CF. 1807, 1808.
Photographer: F. YORK? SEE BRITISH JOURNAL OF PHOTOGRAPHY, JULY 28, 1893, P.480 - ACCOUNT OF A VISIT TO THE FACTORY OF YORK & SON IN BRIDGWATER, SOMERSET, SAYING THAT MR.F.YORK TOOK LARGE NUMBERS OF PHOTOGRAPHS.
Comments on Photo: 8.2 CM X 8.2 CM GLASS POSITIVE SLIDE. SEPIA PHOTOGRAPH.
Comments on Subject: NO TITLE OR CAPTION OUTSIDE. INSIDE, TOP CENTRE, PRINTED ON A SMALL WHITE STRIP, 'PARIS'. ACROSS THE TOP LEFT CORNER, A PRINTED SLIP WITH A LETTER Y ENTWINED WITH ?A SNAKE, FLANKED BY 'TRADE MARK'. AT TOP RIGHT, A WHITE DOT WITH THE NUMBER 6. MAKER IS YORK & SON. (BURTON-BROWN COLL.)
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