this in from a PPHP reader: ——————————————- Dear Will- I was researching the London News Agency where my great great grandfather the writer and social reformer THOMAS HAMILTON GARSIDE worked…
UPDATED – this in from PPHP contributor photographer David Levenson – thank you Daivd! ——————————————————————– Hi Will I saw your query on PPHP about Joe Waldorf. I met him in…
UPDATED June 2013 – ex Central Press man John Sheppard has identified most of the people in the image below – “Regarding the pictures of Central press staff you posted…
↑ Photo shows: L to R Michael Basstoe,Paul Jarrett, Alan Coomes, Ricky McGregor, John Wormley, Alan Sparrow, John Hercock ( sitting ) Roger Jackson, Mike Conway and R Taggart ↑…
Great news here – this site has been listed on the British Library’s UK Web Archive. We were contacted last year by the British Library archiving team who had identified…
Hi Will I’ve just discovered your website and project – what a great idea! I wonder if you can help me trace the copyright owner of Sidney Bishop who is…
Hi Will,, I have found some old glass negatives which say they are Pool. Some have REU/POOL – obviously Reuters, but some have IME/POOL. Have you any idea who or…
Will, Just wondering if you’d be willing to circulate this around your archive contacts. I would like to locate an image for a civilian veteran of the Vietnam war who…
‘William Henry Fox Talbot (1800-1877) is widely considered to be the founder of photography. His personal archive, currently in private hands, is now up for sale for an estimated price…
John Lennon in bed with Yoko Ono at the Hilton Hotel Amsterdam, March 1969 © Charles Ley/Mirrorpix ↑Charles Ley Daily Mirror Staff Photographer seen here with his trusty Rolleiflex camera….