Tracing a photographer called Little Tich

[deejayEn]

AlanBoyd - I don't know which address she remembered but probably the William Street one as she would have been about 11 when the group photo was taken. Although that looks like an exterior shot so was maybe done in a garden. I believe the family had other photos taken by him, but these are the only ones I can find with his name on them.

[cockney rebel]

Hi
Re the "street photographer" bit:
I have quite a few family photos taken pre WW1 and late 1920s. (London) These are photos of the families  mostly outside their front door , rarely in their yard or garden (in fact, only one. That's dated 1920)
I presume the photographer went from door to door, took his pics , developed them at home and then delivered to the customer.
Also, photographs of streets were often taken to be used as postcard images, often with the willing local children in the foreground and somebody's delivery cart for an extra bit of "animation".
But I suspect your Little Tich was of the first kind
Rebel

[deejayEn]

Thanks for your help. I wish I'd asked my nan more questions about the photos.

[sparrett]

Developing and mounting photographs in a 2 room accommodation (see census 1921) would have been very challenging.

Could there have been an arrangement with a studio, or more than one, that had the facilities. He would go there under a commercial arrangement, do what was needed then deliver the photos to customers.

Afterall, the stamp simply says Taken by Little Tich, with the addresses hand -written
There is not any reference to the "studio of" nor a permanent embossed or stamped address.

Sue

[sparrett]

Adding more thoughts.

The backdrop of the twins photo looks unlike that of a professional studio.
I see a cluttered mantle shelf with a haphazardly place pot plant or two and other oddments and framed picture glimpsed on the wall.

The photo itself is not a masterpiece (No offence intended  ) One brother is sucking his thumb and the other may have a pacifier in his mouth.

It may well have been taken in the home of the sitters, or in the parlor of Tich.

Sue