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James Russell and Sons (fl. 1850-1908) (photographers)

 Organization

Dates

  • Existence: fl. 1850 - 1908

Biography

James Russell and Sons was a commercial photographic firm based in London, England. The company was established in 1852. It occupied a number of premises: 29 Union Road, Tufnell Park 1883-85; 199 Brompton Road 1884-88; 49 Brecknock Road 1886-99, 17 Baker Street 1889-. The company was still in business in 1908 (Pritchard 1994, pp.100-101). During the late nineteenth century the firm also had studios at 13 High Street, Windsor and 50 Clarendon Road, Southsea.

Sources:

Pritchard, Michael (1994), 'A directory of London photographers 1841-1908'. Watford: PhotoResearch.

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

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1922. Aged 57, 1922

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011F/29
Scope and Contents

137 x 138 mm. Head and shoulders full face portrait.

Dates: 1922
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Aged 57 [1922], 1922

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011F/28
Scope and Contents

143 x 192 mm. Half length, half profile portrait of Bell, in civilian suit and seated in a chair.

Dates: 1922
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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B. Fairfax Conigrave, 1924 - 1930

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011T/7
Scope and Contents

145 x 192 mm. Head and shoulders portrait of Berkeley Fairfax Conigrave. Conigrave joined the Royal Colonial Institute in 1898 and served on its Council from 1924-30. He was sentenced to six months imprisonment for fraud in 1934. Photograph by J. Russell and Son, 73 Baker Street, London.

Dates: 1924 - 1930
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Edward Salmon (1865-1955), Ed United Empire, 1935 - 1955

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011T/24
Scope and Contents

103 x 125 mm. Oval print mounted on card. Head and shoulders portrait of Edward Salmon OBE, author and journalist. Salmon was editor of Home News for India and Australia 1889-99, the Saturday Review 1899-1913, The British Dominions Year-book 1916-24, and United Empire 1920-37. Photograph by Russell and Sons, Baker Street, London.

Dates: 1935 - 1955
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Mr A Bradley Lambert, 1900 - 1929

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011T/15
Scope and Contents

140 x 189 mm. Mounted on card. Half length portrait of Arthur Bradley Lambert (1858-1929), sometime General Manager of the Great Western Railway. Photograph by Russell and Sons, Baker Street, London.

Dates: 1900 - 1929
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Sir Godfrey Lagden, 1900 - 1934

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011T/14
Scope and Contents 144 x 197 mm. Mounted on card and signed on the mount. Head and shoulders portrait of Sir Godfrey Yeatman Lagden (1851-1934). Lagden joined the Civil Service in 1869 and worked in the Post Office until 1877. He became Chief Clerk to the State Secretary of the Transvaal in 1878 and in the following years acted as Secretary to various administrators, continuing his career in West Africa before being appointed Government Secretary, Basutoland in 1884. He served as Resident Commissioner,...
Dates: 1900 - 1934
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).