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William Henry Fox Talbot Album 14

William Henry Fox Talbot Album 14

1843-1844
North Eastern Railway albums

North Eastern Railway albums

circa 1901
Albums containing photographs of German airships

Albums containing photographs of German airships

Two photograph albums compiled by Henry J O'Neill

Two photograph albums compiled by Henry J O'Neill

1920-1940
Charles Urban examining Edison and Lumiere films

Charles Urban examining Edison and Lumiere films

ca. 1898
Natural Color Kinematograph Co. Ltd.

Natural Color Kinematograph Co. Ltd.

1909
Stage setting at Scala Theatre for Kinemacolor Delhi Durbar series

Stage setting at Scala Theatre for Kinemacolor Delhi Durbar series

1911
[Albums (12) of b & w photographs re construction, servicing etc. of N.A.E. Bedford. 1948-1959. The albums, containing several thousand photos, bear NAE on front boards. The NAE actually soon became the Royal Aircraft Establishment, a huge out-station of RAE Farnborough. Listing of contents available]

Albums (12) of black and white photographs re construction

1948-1959
Set of twelve black and white photo albums documenting the construction, commissioning and early operation of Cottam power station by the Central Electricity Generating Board, 1963-c.1970

Photograph albums recording the construction and early operational life of Cottam power station, 1963-c.1970

1963-circa 1970
Photograph showing Charles urban (centre) and two unidentified men in discussion at the Warwick Trading Co Ltd offices in High Holborn.

Charles Urban at the Warwick Trading Co

ca. 1898
Photogravure print showing empoyees at work in the Charles Urban Trading Co., located at 48 Rupert Street, Soho, London.

Charles Urban Trading Co Ltd

1898
Rotogravure print showing female employees in the Blair Film Works in Footscray, near Sidcup.

Blair Film Works, Footscray

1898
Silver gelatin photograph showing the switch board of the generating plant at Urban Motion Picture Industries, Irvington-on-Hudson, New York. Page is annotated in black ink and dated 1927.

Switch board of generating plant at Urban Motion Picture Industries

1927
Tearsheet advetisement for the Urban Motion Picture Industries, Inc. Images show executive offices, machine shop, and film and spirograph record laboratories. Located in Irvington-on-Hudson, New York.

Urban Motion Picture Industries, Inc.

1922
Thirty-three page booklet titled "The Home of Kinematography". Gives information on Urbanora House premises in London's Wardour Street. Also presents an article titled "Life Motion Pictures in natural Colours", reprinted from "The Kinematograph and Lantern Weekly", London, November 19, 1908. Published by Charles Urban Trading Co. Ltd.

"The Home of Kinematography"

1908
Rotogravure print showing two unidentified men building a set on the Hove premises of the Warwick Trading Co Ltd.

Warwick Trading Co Ltd, Hove Office

1899
Charles Urban Trading Co., Ltd. storefront, photograph album. Made by Charles, Urban, London 1904

Charles Urban Trading Co., Ltd. storefront

1904
Blue-tinted photogravure titled 'Phonograph and Kinetoscope Parlour'. Michigan Electric Co., 101 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, Michigan, 1895. Charles Urban, Manger.

Photograph of a Phonograph and Kinetoscope parlour

1895
Four rotogravure prints showing empoyees at work in the Charles Urban Trading Co., located at 48 Rupert Street, Soho, London.

Charles Urban Trading Co Ltd

1898
Three photographs (two rotogravure prints) showing the manufacture of Urban Bioscopes.

Charles Urban Trading Co Ltd

1897
Sepia-toned photograph dated 1905, showing the construction of Georges Méliès' "Star Film" studios in Paris.

George Melies' 'Star Film' studio

1905
Rotogravure print showing employees at work in the Warwick Trading Co. Ltd., High Holborn.

Warwick Trading Co Ltd

ca. 1897
Photograph Album featuring interior and exterior views of The Warwick Trading Company Ltd, Charles Urban Trading Company Ltd, The Urban Institute, The Kineto Company of America, Inc, Kinemacolor House, London, and the Theatre Edouard VII, Paris, House of Kinemacolor, [57p 100 illustrations] 1 booklet The Home of Kinematography/London: Charles Urban Trading Company Ltd. 28p illus.

Photograph album relating to Charles Urban Trading Company Ltd

1920s
Silver gelatin photograph showing the lobby of the Kineto Company of America, Ltd. Located in the Masonic Building, New York City. Image was torn in half, with bottom half inserted opposite the rest of the photograph so that the photograph would fit in the album.

Lobby of Kineto Company of America, Ltd.

circa 1917
Silver gelatin photograph showing Roeg machinery in the electric plant at Urban Motion Picture Industries, Irvington-on-Hudson, New York.

Urban Motion Picture Industries electrical plant machinery

1927
Rotogravure print showing employees inside of the Blair Film Works in Footscray, near Sidcup.

Blair Film Works, Footscray

1898
Silver gelatin photograph showing the studio and laboratory spaces at the Urban Spirograph Corporation building in Bayonne, New Jersey.

Urban Spirograph Corporation

1919
Silver gelatin photograph showing Charles Urban (left) on board the North German ship SS Kaiser Wilhelm II, for the film showing the first Atlantic trip to New York from Bremen, Germany, 1905.

Charles Urban aboard the SS Kaiser Wilhelm II

1905
Photograph showing the exterior of the first offices of the Warwick Trading Co Ltd. 1 Warwick Court, W.C., High Holborn. Charles Urban appointed managing director in 1897.

First offices of the Warwick Trading Co Ltd

1896
Rotogravure print -- external shot of the Blair Film Works in Footscray, near Sidcup.

Blair Film Works, Footscray

1898
Rotogravure print showing the inside of the Blair Film Works in Footscray, near Sidcup.

Blair Film Works, Footscray

1898
Silver gelatin photograph showing the storefront of the CXharles urban Trading Co., Ltd. Located at 48 Rupert Street in Soho, London, the company was set up after Urban left The Warwick Trading Co. in Holborn.

Charles Urban Trading Co., Ltd. storefront

1904
Photograph showing a close-up of the Urban Institute building in Irvington-on-Hudson, New York. Designed by Stanford White and built in 1922.

Urban Institute

1922
Photograph mounted on card. Image shows storefront of United Typewriter and Supplies Co., managed by John Doan.Six men are pictured in front of the store. One, presumably, is John Doan.

United Typewriter and Supplies Co.

1983
Rotogravure print showing Mr. John J. Haddow, manager of the Blair Film Works in Footscray, near Sidcup.

John J. Haddow, Blair Film Works

1898
Sepia-toned photograph dated 1905, showing the construction of Georges Méliès' "Star Film" studios in Paris. Méliès is pictured on the far left.

George Melies' 'Star Film' studio

1905
Photograph showing a wall stocked with Biokam Combined Camera and Projector parts. The Biokam was invented by Alfred Darling in Brighton and manufactured in the UK from 1899, distributed by the Warwick Trading Co Ltd.

Stock of Biokams

1899
Rotogravure print employees standing on a veranda at the Warwick Trading Co. Ltd premises in Hove.

Warwick Trading Co Ltd, Hove Office

1899
Photogravure print showing Charles Urban's associate, George Albert Smith, at the Warwick Trading Co Ltd's premises in St. Ann's Well, Hove, 1899.

Warwick Trading Co Ltd, Hove Office

1899
Two albums of original Kodak circular snapshots, 1888

Two albums of original Kodak circular snapshots, 1888

Albumen Print attributed to Thomas Mitchell. Image shows a cairn made out of empty tin cans, on the shore of 'Discovery' Bay. Taken during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. Page 16 of an album titled "Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 2."

Discovery Bay, 81° 44’ N, July 1876 - natural breakwater, Cape Lieber in distance, cairn of empty tins and post office

July 1876
Albumen Print attributed to Thomas Mitchell. Image shows the stern of the HMS Discovery, including name plate, in the ice pack at 'Discovery' Bay. A long ruler measures the depth of the ice. Taken during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. Page 15 of an album titled "Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 2."

"Discovery" 81° 44’ N

March 1876
Albumen Print attributed to Thomas Mitchell. Image shows crew members of the HMS Discovery surveying the land around 'Discovery' Bay, Canada. The ship can be seen in middle background, surrounded by ice. Taken during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. Page five of an album titled "Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 2."

Discovery Bay, 81° 44’ N - winter quarters of "Discovery", September 1875. Dark part is the young ice uncovered by snow mixed with pieces of old ice

1875-1876
Albumen Print attributed to Thomas Mitchell. Image shows the full length of the HMS Discovery, trapped in the ice pack during the winter of 1876. Taken during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. Page 14 of an album titled "Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 2."

"Discovery" winter quarters, 81° 44’ N, Spring 1876, temp - 64, Sun 1 above horizon

4 March 1876
Albumen Print attributed to Thomas Mitchell. Image shows an iceberg within the northern ice pack at Cape Rawson, Canada, 1876. Taken during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. Page 32 of an album titled "Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 2."

"Alert" winter-quarters, 82° 27’ N, floe-bergs aground protecting ship from northern pack

1876
Albumen Print attributed to Thomas Mitchell. Image shows the HMS Alert trapped in the ice pack during the winter of 1875-76. Taken during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. Page 24 of an album titled "Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 2."

"Alert" winter-quarters, 82° 27’ N.Floe-bergs aground and northern pack

1875-1876
Albumen Print attributed to Thomas Mitchell. Image shows an iceberg within the northern ice pack at Cape Rawson, Canada, 1876. An unidentified crew member of the HMS Alert rests can be seen standing near the berg on the left. Taken during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. Page 31 of an album titled "Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 2."

"Alert" winter-quarters, 82° 27’ N, floe-bergs and sea water ice

1876
Albumen Print attributed to Thomas Mitchell. Image shows the HMS Alert trapped in the ice pack at Cape Rawson, Canada, in spring 1876. An unidentified crew member stands on the ice pack to the left. Taken during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. Page 26 of an album titled "Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 2."

"Alert" winter-quarters, Spring 1876, 82° 27’ N: stranded floe-berg turned bottom upwards, exposing the marks cut into it as it was forced on shore, similar to glacier scratchings

1875-1876
Albumen Print attributed to Thomas Mitchell. Image shows several sled dogs resting next to a sled on the ice in Westward Ho! Valley, Ellesmere Island, Canada. Taken during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. Page 43 of an album titled "Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 2."

'Westward Ho' Valley - 82° 40’ N

1876
Albumen Print attributed to Thomas Mitchell. Image shows the HMS Alert surrounded by ice in Lincoln Bay, Canada. Taken during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. Page two of an album titled "Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 2."

"Alert" stopped in Lincoln Bay, 82° 0’ N, floeberg aground in 12 fathoms

1875-1876