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| A to Z Botanical Collection Ltd. | LONDON |
| A.C.K. Ware (Photographs) Ltd. | LONDON |
| A.F.U. Studios | MANCHESTER. |
| Abraham | KESWICK. |
| Abraham & Son | PLYMOUTH. |
| Abrahams, Hy. | LEEDS. |
| Ace Studio Ltd. | LONDON |
| Adolf Morath | LONDON |
| Advance Photo Co. | LONDON |
| Aerofilms Ltd. | LONDON |
| Alfieri Picture Service | LONDON |
| Allen, T. J. | PLYMOUTH. |
| Ambassador News | ST. ALBANS. |
| Angel, L. V. | LIVERPOOL. |
| Angling News Services | SHEFFIELD. |
| Animal Photography | LONDON |
| Archer, Argent | LONDON |
| Art Photo Service | LONDON |
| Arthur Burns Publicity | MANCHESTER. |
| Arthur Winter | PRESTON |
| Associated Graphic Arts Ltd. | LONDON |
| Associated News Photos | LONDON |
| Associated Press, The | LONDON still active |
| Atlas Photography Ltd. | LONDON |
| Austin, John Searle | LONDON |
| Babington, W. H. | SHEFFIELD. |
| Bacon, J., & Sons | NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE. |
| Bainbridge J.R. | BELFAST. |
| Baines & Co., Ltd. | LEEDS. |
| Barnett, H. Walter, & Co., Ltd. | LONDON |
| Baron Studios (Photo Centre Ltd.) | LONDON |
| Barratt’s Photo Agency | LONDON at PA Images |
| Bassano’s Studios, Ltd. | LONDON |
| Bawtree, A. L. | SUTTON |
| Behr-Hunot Illustrated Information | LONDON |
| Belfast ” Evening Telegraph ” Photo Dept. | BELFAST. |
| Beresford, G. C. | LONDON |
| Berridge, W. S., F.Z.S. | LONDON |
| Blackadder, A. | GLASGOW. |
| Blythswood Press Agency | GLASGOW. |
| Border Press Agency | CARLISLE |
| Bournemouth Court Photos | BOURNEMOUTH |
| Bournemouth Photo Engraving Co. | BOURNEMOUTH |
| Brenard Photographic Service | LONDON |
| Brindley, F.H. | SHEFFIELD. |
| British Illustrations Ltd. | LONDON |
| Brooks, Ernest | LONDON |
| Brook-Tella Photoprinters Ltd. | LONDON |
| Broseley Studio. | LONDON |
| Browning, J. R. | EXETER. |
| Bruce Coleman Ltd. | LONDON |
| Bulbeck, J., & Co. | LONDON |
| Burford, F. W. | LONDON |
| Busby, W. S. | NEWPORT (Mon.) |
| C and E Layton Ltd. | LONDON |
| C.H. Photographic Studios | LONDON |
| Camera 7 (Wilmslow) Ltd. | MANCHESTER. |
| Camera Location Services | WOKING |
| Camera Press | LONDON Still active |
| Campbell, W. S. | LONDON |
| Campbell-Gray, Ltd. | LONDON |
| Campbell’s Press Studio | LONDON |
| Cariss J. | BRADFORD |
| Carthew and Kinnaird Ltd. | LONDON |
| Caswall-Smith, Lizzie | LONDON |
| Cater’s News Agency Ltd. | BIRMINGHAM – still active |
| Cave, Reg. | BIRMINGHAM. |
| Cecil H. Greville Ltd. | SLOUGH |
| CENTRAL NEWS, THE (Illustrations Dept.) | LONDON |
| Central Photographic Service Ltd. | LONDON |
| CENTRAL PRESS PHOTOS, Limited. | LONDON at Getty Images |
| Chancellor & Son | DUBLIN. |
| Chandler, S. A., & Co. | EXETER. |
| Chandler. S. A., & Co. | SOUTHAMPTON. |
| Channel Isles Press Services | GUERNSEY |
| Chapman, S. P. | SWANSEA |
| Charles, Madame Lallie | LONDON |
| Chas. K. Bowers and sons | LONDON |
| Clareville Studios Ltd. | LONDON |
| Clarke & Hyde | LONDON |
| Clegg Photos (Stafford) | STAFFORD |
| Clifford C. Ashton | ROCHDALE |
| Clifford Studios | LONDON |
| COATES & CO. | BRISTOL |
| College Studios | DUBLIN. |
| Collings, Kettirah | LONDON |
| Colorsport Images Ltd. | LONDON |
| Colour 061 | SALFORD |
| Commercial Photo Company | LONDON |
| Conway Picture Library Ltd. | LONDON |
| Corbett, Alexander | LONDON |
| Corrin, Harry | RUNCORN |
| Cosser Photographic Service | CROYDON |
| Cosser, L. G. | COLCHESTER |
| County Newsphotos | MOTHERWELL |
| Court Photos | BOURNEMOUTH |
| Cowderoy and Moss Ltd. | LONDON |
| Cowley, Brian Studios | LONDON |
| Cribb, Stephen | PORTSMOUTH & SOUTHSEA. |
| Curtis Brown News Bureau | LONDON |
| Cyril Howe Studios | BATH |
| Cyrus Andrews | LONDON |
| Daily Mirror Illustrations Bureau | LONDON now Mirrorpix |
| Daily Mirror Studios | LONDON |
| David Thompson | EDINBURGH. |
| Davis, William Gordon | LONDON |
| Dinham & Son | TORQUAY. |
| Dixon, H., & Son | LONDON |
| Dixon, Montague, & Co. | LONDON |
| Dover Street Studios | LONDON |
| Downey, W. & D. | LONDON |
| Dudley Harris | LONDON |
| Dunn, John M. | BRECHIN. |
| E.W. Sellar and Co. Ltd. | LONDON |
| Eastern Press Agency | CAMBRIDGE. |
| Eastham. Richard | ISLE OP MAN. |
| Elliott & Fry, Ltd. | LONDON |
| Ellis & Walery | LONDON |
| Eric Ager | NORTHAMPTON |
| Evans, R. W. | LLANELLY. |
| Exclusive News Agency | LONDON |
| Exeter News, Features and Photos | EXETER. |
| Express Photos Ltd. | LONDON |
| Fielding, F., Northern Photo Press | MANCHESTER. |
| Foulsham. & Banfield | LONDON |
| Fox Photos | LONDON at Getty Images |
| Fox-Waterman Photography Ltd. | LONDON |
| Fradelle & Young | LONDON |
| Frank & Sons | SOUTH SHIELDS |
| Frank Whitchurch Photography Ltd. | LONDON |
| Frith, F., & Co., Ltd. | LONDON Sold – Still active |
| Fry, A. H. | BRIGHTON. |
| Gale & Polden Ltd. | ALDERSHOT. |
| Gale and Polden, Ltd. | LONDON |
| Garnade of Cambridge | CAMBRIDGE. |
| General and Stereoscopic Photography Ltd. | LONDON |
| General Photographic Agency | LONDON |
| George Weaver | TENTERDEN |
| George, H. B. | FISHGUARD. |
| Gibson & Sons | PENZANCE. |
| Giles’s Photo Agency | LONDON |
| Gill, C. H. | PLYMOUTH. |
| Gillman & Co., Ltd. | OXFORD |
| Godfrey Argent Ltd. | LONDON |
| Godiva Photopress | COVENTRY |
| Gordon McLeish and Associates Ltd. | LONDON |
| Graphic Photo Union | LONDON at the Times |
| Graphotos Studios Ltd. | LONDON |
| Gray, William E. | LONDON |
| Hailey, Clarence | NEWMARKET. |
| Haines, Reginald | LONDON |
| Hana Studios Ltd. | LONDON |
| Hardie, F. W. | ABERDEEN. |
| Harris & Co. | CARDIFF. |
| Harrogate Press Agency | KNARESBOROUGH |
| Harry M. Furness | MANCHESTER. |
| Harry Titchener and Co. | LONDON |
| Hawkings, H. | PLYMOUTH. |
| Hebridean Press Service | STORNOWAY |
| Henk Snoek | LONDON |
| High Level Photography Ltd. | PRESTON |
| Hills & Saunders | CAMBRIDGE. |
| Hills & Saunders | OXFORD |
| Hills & Saunders | WINDSOR. |
| Hill’s Welsh Press Ltd. | CARDIFF. |
| HINKINS, F. R., & SON | LYNDHURST, HANTS |
| Histed | LONDON |
| Holloway, F. | BIRMINGHAM. |
| Hollyer, Fredk. | LONDON |
| Hoppe, E. O. | LONDON |
| Hough, H.T. | LONDON |
| Hugh Wootten Ltd. | EDGWARE |
| Hughes & Mullins | RYDE. |
| Hughes, Alice | LONDON |
| Hulton, E., & Co., Ltd. | MANCHESTER. |
| Hylton Warner and Co. | CARDIFF. |
| Illustrations Bureau | LONDON |
| Industrial and Scientific Photoservices Ltd. (Studio ISP) | HIGH WYCOMBE |
| International Art Supply & General Information Agency. The | LONDON |
| International Illustrations Ltd. | LONDON |
| International News Photos | LONDON |
| International Press Pictures | LONDON |
| International Publications Co. | LONDON |
| J. McDonald | WICK |
| J. W. Slater and Co. | LEEDS. |
| J.H.K. Press Features | LONDON |
| Jack Hickes | LEEDS. |
| James P. Kennedy | GLASGOW. |
| James’s Press Agency | LONDON |
| Jepson S. | SPALDING. |
| John Dewar | EDINBURGH. |
| John Garner | LONDON |
| John Graham Studio | LONDON |
| John Holden | LUTON |
| JONES, CHARLES | BOURNE, LINCS. |
| Jordan, A. W. | TRURO. |
| JR-Photos | ROTHWELL |
| Kay, Winter, and Foley Ltd. | BOLTON |
| Kemsley Picture Service | LONDON |
| Keystone View Co. | LONDON at Getty Images |
| King, H. N. | LONDON |
| Kingston Photographic and Drawing Office Supplies Ltd. | KINGSTON UPON THAMES |
| Kirk | COWES. |
| Knight Bros. | BARNSTAPLE. |
| Knights-Whittome, D. | LONDON |
| Lafayette, Ltd. | BELFAST. |
| Lafayette, Ltd. | DUBLIN. |
| Lafayette, Ltd. | GLASGOW. |
| Lafayette, Ltd. | LONDON |
| Lafayette, Ltd. | MANCHESTER. |
| Lamb, A. | SELBY. |
| Langfier, Louis | LONDON |
| Langfier, Ltd. | LONDON |
| Lavis, G. & R. | EASTBOURNE. |
| Leeds Press Agency | LEEDS. |
| Leicester Photo Co. Ltd. | LEICESTER |
| Lensmen Photographic Agency | DUBLIN. |
| L’Estrange, Val | LONDON |
| Lindrum Studios | BRENTWOOD |
| Little, Fred | BRISTOL. |
| Liverpool Pictorial Press Agency | LIVERPOOL. |
| Logan F. R. Ltd. | BIRMINGHAM. |
| London Electrotype Agency | LONDON |
| London Features International Ltd. | LONDON – Sold to David Jacobs/Ex Action Images owner – now at Photoshot/Avalon |
| LONDON NEWS AGENCY PHOTOS, Ltd. | LONDON – Investigating |
| LONDON NEWS AGENCY PHOTOS, Ltd. | MANCHESTER. |
| London Stereoscopic Co., Ltd. | LONDON at Getty Images |
| Louis Demolin Photo-Journalist | LONDON |
| Louis Klemantaski Ltd. | LONDON still active |
| Lumsden-Dubost’s Photo Bureau | LONDON |
| Lyttle, Robt. | BELFAST. |
| M. W. Keen Ltd. | HIGH WYCOMBE |
| Macmahon, John | ABERDEEN. |
| Maidstone Photo Engravers | MAIDSTONE |
| Mark Gerson | LONDON |
| Marshall Syndicate Inc. Ed. | LONDON |
| Martin, Rita | LONDON |
| Master Art Ltd. | LONDON |
| Matt A. MacDonald | GLASGOW. |
| Mattacol Ltd. | LONDON |
| Maull & Fox | LONDON |
| Maurice Broomfield Ltd. | LONDON run by his Son |
| May, Cyril E. | READING. |
| Mayflower Studio (see Transatlantic News Features Ltd.) | LONDON |
| Media Plates Ltd. | LONDON |
| Meredith, Mark | LIVERPOOL. |
| Merit Picture Agency | LONDON |
| Michael Dunne Studio Ltd. | LONDON |
| Michael Scott | LONDON |
| Midland Press Agency, The | BIRMINGHAM. |
| Millar and Harris | LONDON |
| Mills, Ernest. H. | LONDON |
| Mimram Studio | WELWYN GARDEN CITY |
| Monitor Press Features Ltd. | LONDON in storage |
| Morgan Wells Studio Service | LONDON |
| Morgan, G. & W. | ABERDEEN. |
| Moyse | LONDON |
| Neame, Elwin | LONDON |
| New York Times Photos | LONDON |
| Newman, J. T. | BERKHAMSTED. |
| News Associates | MANCHESTER. |
| News Illustrations | LONDON |
| Newspaper Illustrations, Ltd. | LONDON |
| Newspaper Press Exchange Illustrations Service | LONDON |
| Newspics Ltd. | LONDON |
| Newswork Ltd. | HAMPTON-ON-THAMES |
| Nicholls, Horace | LONDON |
| North Atlantic Press Agencies Ltd. | BURNHAM-ON-CROUCH |
| North Eastern Press Agency | LEEDS. |
| North Wales Press Agency | PRESTATYN |
| Northern Photo Press (see Fielding) | MANCHESTER. |
| Nottingham News Service | NOTTINGHAM |
| Oakes Illustrations | LEEDS. |
| Oakes News Pictorial Service | HULL. |
| Overend, J.W. | BRADFORD |
| Owen Lawrence Ltd. | LONDON |
| Oxford Press Photography | OXFORD |
| P.A. – Reuter Features Ltd. (Press Association) | LONDON |
| P.A. – Reuter Photos Ltd. (Press Association) | LONDON |
| P.W. and L. Thompson Ltd. | COVENTRY |
| PAF International Ltd. | LONDON |
| Page One | NOTTINGHAM |
| Palatine Studios | LIVERPOOL / PRESCOT |
| Panora Ltd. | LONDON |
| Panoramic Images | USA |
| Pardoe, E. J. | BIRMINGHAM. |
| Park Pictures Ltd. (Manchester) | MANCHESTER. |
| Park’s Press Photographic Agency, Ltd. | LONDON |
| Partridge, S. W., & Co., Ltd. | LONDON |
| Paul Popper Ltd. | LONDON then Popperphoto – now at Getty Images |
| Paul, E. | PENZANCE. |
| Percival, Spencer | KETTERING |
| Peter D. Snow | WALTON-ON-THAMES |
| Peter G. Reed | PRESTON |
| Peter Pitt Photography | LONDON |
| Pettinati, M. | LONDON |
| Philipson’s Studios Ltd. | NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE. |
| Phillips & Lees | ILFRACOMBE |
| Photo and Feature | LONDON |
| Photo Centre Ltd. | LONDON |
| Photo Press | LONDON |
| Photochrom Co., Ltd. | LONDON / TUNBRIDGE WELLS |
| Photofleet | MANCHESTER. |
| Photoflex Ltd. | LIVERPOOL |
| Photographia Ltd. (Cheapside) | LONDON |
| Photographic Advertising Ltd. | LONDON |
| Photopress Leeds Ltd. | LEEDS. |
| Photo-Reportage | LONDON |
| Phototeque Mon Trésor | JAPAN |
| Photo-Union | LONDON |
| Pictorial Agency | LONDON |
| Pictorial Press | LONDON |
| Picture Coverage | MANCHESTER. |
| Pix Photos Ltd. | LONDON |
| PixFeatures | BARNET |
| Planair Photography | EDINBURGH. |
| Planet News Ltd. | LONDON |
| Poole A. H. & Co. | WATERFORD. |
| Porri’s News Bureau | GRIMSEY. |
| Pragnell, Kate | LONDON |
| Press Photos International Photo News Service | GREAT WAKERING |
| Press Picture Agency | LONDON |
| Press Studio (W.S. Campbell) | LONDON |
| Protheroe, L. R. | BRISTOL. |
| Provincial Press | SOUTHPORT |
| Pye, W. | GAINSBOROUGH. |
| R. S. Taylor | EDINBURGH. |
| R.B. Finney Ltd. | NORTHAMPTON |
| Rapier Arts Ltd. | LONDON |
| Rawson, Bernard G. | SOUTH WOODFORD |
| Raymonds News Agency | DERBY |
| Record Press | LONDON |
| Red Lion Picture Service | LONDON |
| Reece Winstone | BRISTOL |
| Regent Photography | MANCHESTER. |
| Reginald A. Malby and Co. | LONDON |
| Reid | WISHAW. |
| Rischgitz, A. | LONDON |
| Ronald G. French Ltd. | LIVERPOOL. |
| Rotary Photographic Co., Ltd. | LONDON |
| Rouch, W. W., & Co. | LONDON |
| Roy Wales | LONDON |
| Russell & Sons | PORTSMOUTH & SOUTHSEA. |
| Russell & Sons | WINDSOR. |
| Russell & Sons, Ltd. | LONDON |
| S. G. Jackman | EDINBURGH. |
| S.K.R. Photos International | LONDON |
| Sanders, A. S. | BIDEFORD. |
| Sandmann Co. | LONDON |
| Sarony & White | LONDON |
| Scaioni’s Studio Ltd. | LONDON |
| Scholastic Souvenir Co. Ltd. | BLACKPOOL |
| Scottish Pictorial News Agency | EDINBURGH. |
| Scottish Studios and Engravers Ltd. | GLASGOW. |
| Seymour Studios Ltd. (Mark Gerson Photography) | LONDON |
| Shepstone, H. J. | LONDON |
| Sidney Bishop Studio | LONDON |
| Silk, Reginald | PORTSMOUTH & SOUTHSEA. |
| Smith, A. E. | LONDON |
| Smith, Ian | EDINBURGH. |
| South West Picture Agency Ltd. | BRISTOL |
| South Yorkshire Foto Press Agency | MEXBOROUGH |
| South Yorkshire News Service | SHEFFIELD. |
| Speaight, Ltd. | LONDON |
| Special Press | LONDON |
| Spice Photos Ltd. | LONDON |
| Spicer’s News Agency | DOVER. |
| SPORT & GENERAL PRESS AGENCY, LTD. | LONDON ‘Sport’ in storage ‘General’ at PA Images |
| Stanley’s Press Agency | LONDON |
| Steam & Sons | CAMBRIDGE. |
| Stewart Bale Ltd. | LIVERPOOL. |
| Stott, H. | MANCHESTER. |
| Stuart, W. S. | LONDON |
| Studio Colophon Ltd. | LEICESTER |
| Studio De Molin Photographers | LONDON |
| Studio Five | LONDON |
| Studio Lisa Ltd. | LONDON |
| Studio Swain | GLASGOW. |
| Sunder Studios Ltd. | CROYDON |
| Swain, John and son Ltd. | GLASGOW. |
| Swaine, P. A. | LONDON |
| Sweatman Hedgeland Ltd. | MAIDSTONE – closed – investigating |
| Telegraph Photo-News Agency | LONDON |
| Tella Camera Co. | LONDON |
| Textophote | LONDON |
| The Mustograph Agency | LONDON |
| Thomas Kidd | PRESTON |
| Thomas, J. E. | NEWPORT (Mon.) |
| Thomas’s Shropshire Press Agency | SHREWSBURY |
| Thomson | LONDON |
| Thomson Picture Service (TOPIX) | LONDON |
| Tierney & Tierney | LIVERPOOL. |
| Topham, John Ltd. | SIDCUP – now Topfoto |
| Topical Picture Co. | LONDON |
| TOPICAL PRESS AGENCY | LONDON – investigating |
| Torbay News Features and Photos | TORQUAY. |
| Tourist Photo Library Ltd. | LONDON |
| TransAtlantic News Features Ltd. | LONDON |
| Turners (Photography) Ltd. | NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE. |
| Underwood & Underwood | LONDON |
| United Press International (UK) Ltd. | LONDON – split between various still active agencies |
| Universal Photo Exchange Ltd. | LONDON |
| Universal Pictorial Press Agency (UPPA) | LONDON – Sold to Photoshot now Avalon |
| Usher, P. T. | ST. ALBANS. |
| Valentine, | DUNDEE. |
| Van Hallen Photo Features | LONDON |
| Vandyck, C. | LONDON |
| Verity Press Features | LONDON |
| Vickery & Sons | BARNSTAPLE. |
| Vista of Glasgow | GLASGOW. |
| W. Ralston Ltd. | GLASGOW. |
| Wallace Heaton Ltd. | LONDON |
| Walshams Ltd. | LONDON |
| Walter Bird Studio | LONDON |
| Watson Bros. | HULL. |
| Waverton Ltd. | LONDON |
| Waynford Press Ltd. | EASTBOURNE. |
| Weaver D.F. and J. | ASHFORD |
| Welsh Topical Press | CARDIFF. |
| West G. & Son | PORTSMOUTH & SOUTHSEA. |
| West Midlands Photo Services Ltd. | SHREWSBURY |
| West of Scotland Press Agency | GLASGOW. |
| West Park Studio Ltd. | HULL. |
| West Park Studio Ltd. | RIPON |
| Weston, J., & Sons | LONDON |
| Wheeler, Hawksworth | FOLKESTONE |
| Whitecross Studio Ltd. | LONDON |
| Whitlock, H. J. & Son, Ltd. | BIRMINGHAM. |
| Wide World Photos | LONDON – investigating |
| Wilfred Newton Ltd. | LONDON |
| Wilkes, Albert & Son | WEST BROMWICH. |
| Wilkinson | LIVERPOOL. |
| Wilkinson, Stanley | TROWBRIDGE. |
| William H. Cox (Home Counties Newspapers Ltd.) | LUTON |
| Willis, Gadon | SHEFFIELD. |
| Willoughby Gullachsen | BIRMINGHAM. |
| Wilson, Terrence and Partners Ltd. | LONDON |
| Window & Grove | LONDON |
| Woburn Studios Ltd. | LONDON |
| Woodall, Minshall, Thomas & Co. . | OSWESTRY. |
| Wright and Logan | SOUTHSEA |
| Xclusivepix | LONDON |