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Old Photographs, Recognition, Handwriting Deciphering => Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs => Topic started by: anjeyelf on Friday 27 November 09 15:37 GMT (UK)
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Hi
I was looking to find any info on a photographer.
Name: J Pottle
Parade Studio - Poole Dorset and Minster Studio - Wimbourne.
Portrait and Landscape photographer.
I have a photograph done by him, but I'm trying to date the photo.
The elderly lady is believed to have been born in 1825. She is wearing a nice dress
If anyone has any knowledge / info, it would be most appreciated.
Many Thanks
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Hi A quick census search came up with
Job Pottle 34 photographer
Mary Ann Pottle 34 wife
Reginald Pottle 1 son all living at 4 Eastbrook, Wimborne, Dorset.
I think this may be your J Pottle as I can't imagine there were that many J Pottles who were photographers in Wimborne.
The census is 1891 so looking at Job's age I would put the photo within the 10 years before or after 1891.
RG12/1636/169B p1
I suspect the order code 9152 could mean 1891 5th Feb or 1891 2nd may
I hope this helps.
Cheryl
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This lady wears the large Gigot sleeve popular from 1893 which started to decline from 1897.This sleeve got larger over this period so I would suggest 1896-99 date.
The no. at the bottom refers to the negative for re-ordering purposes.
jim
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Probably a long shot but if you're still looking for details, this was about 1900 (Maybe a few years after since this is post Job acquiring the Poole premises) by my relative Job Pottle. There were three other photos taken at around the same time of local families.
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Hello,
I may be a bit late here but, just in case it's of interest, I have an ever-growing collection of local history items relating to Bournemouth and the surrounding area. When I get the time I scan them and share them on the Flickr site. I have a small album devoted to JOB POTTLE with the following biographical notes:
"Job Pottle was born on 22nd November, 1856, at Wimborne Minster, the son of Henry and Fanny. He had at least five brothers and three sisters. He was baptised at St James' Church, Poole on 22nd April, 1857. He bacem a bootmaker initially but later moved into photography. On 5th December, 1887, he married Mary Alice Wyatt, at Wimborne Minster, and they had a son, Reginald Charles, and a daughter, Ella Gertrude. When his father died, on 15th February, 1889, Job became the head of the household and remained in his childhood home: 34 East Street, Eastbrook, Wimborne Minster. He recorded the floods of 1894 and suffered a spinal injury helping to catch two women who leapt from a blazing building in East Street (but still photographed the charred remains of the shop the next day). He documented Wimborne's celebration of Queen Victoria's diamond jubilee in 1897. He famously photographed the visit of King Edward VII to Crichel in 1909 and memorably spotted a document case belonging to the King left behind on the Royal train. He returned the case to the King and received a treasured letter of thanks in response. He also re-photographed older pictures to sell as postcards and magic lantern slides, and these have become an important archive of Wimborne Minster. In 1921 Job and Mary spent six months in Canada before returning to live in Southampton. Mary died on 14th December, 1936, in Southampton but Job lived to be 90 (died, Southampton, 20th February, 1947)."
https://www.flickr.com/photos/alwyn_ladell/albums/72157712138485288 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/alwyn_ladell/albums/72157712138485288)
Alwyn