Early Photography

Lawley

Lawley, Henry Vassar

Hepworth & Co.

Lawley, Walter

Patents, Lawley

Lawley, William

Lawley

Lawrence, C.

Wax Paper process, Wet collodion process

Le Couteur, William, John

Photographic Assoc.

Le Gray, Gustave

Le Marquand, H.

DALLAN

Lea, Carey

Ferrous Oxalate

Leahy, Thomas M.

Developer, Dry collodion plates

Leather, A.J.

Westminster

Leather, Sadler & Holmes

Leber, Alois

Lee, Horace William

Patents, Speed Panchro

Leech, B.R.

Leigh, Albert

Leitz

Cameras & Equipment, Patents, Shutter

Leitz, E. (London)

Lejeune & Perken

Lenton, W.H.

Leto

Company details, Equipment, Wellington & Ward

Leudi

Levi, J & Co.

Company details, Cameras & Equipment, Columbia Optical

Levi, Joseph

Levi, S.J.

Levi, Samuel Joseph

Patents, Levi, S.J.

Leviathan (trade name)

See entries under Levi, J.

Levy & Finsterer

Lewis, G.H.

Lewis, Horace

Lewis, R.G.

Founded 1934. , Equipment

Liebig

Pyrogallic acid

Liesegang

Lindner

Lindsay's

Linhof

Lint

Lios

Lippmann Process, Lippmann Dark Slide

Lippmann, G.

Litchfield, Thomas

Patents, Camera

Liverpool Dry Plate and Photographic Printing Co.

Company details, Dry collodion plates, Gelatine Dry Plates

Lizars

Company details, Cameras & Equipment, Images

Llewelyn, J.D.

Dry collodion plates

Lloyd, Fred. V.A.

Company details, Retailer, H. Newton & Co.

Lobb

Lock & Whitfield

Lock, S.R.

Paget, Woodbury

Loewe-Opta

Lofthouse & Saltmer

Loman

Lomax, Frank Sharp

Lombardi & Co.

London & County Portrait Co.

London Photographic Co.

London & Paris Optic & Clock Company

London & Paris Photographic Co.

London Camera Co.

London Camera Exchange

London Photographic Co.

London Photographic Copying Co.

London Photographic Supply Co.

London School of Photography

Company details, Cameras & Equipment, Images, Arthur Gask

London Stereoscopic Co.

Long, Charles Albert

Bland & Long

Long, J.F.

Lonsdale

Lonsdale, Adolphus

Lonsdale Brothers

Lonsdale, Henry

Lonsdale Brothers

Lonsdale, Henry (at Watkinson)

Watkinson

Loof, H

Loveless & Hunter

Partnership with C.D. Smith, Partnership with Tench

Loveridge, George Albert

Low

Autochrome images, Stereo cards, Stereo diapositives

Low, F.

Lowdon, George

Patentee and camera maker, Reform St. Dundee. Company details, Patents, Eclipse

Lowe

A short biography is in B. & P. Heathcote, A Faithful Likeness. Images

Lowrie, J.F.

LPOC

See entries under London & Paris Optic & Clock Company

Luc

Ludwig

Lumière

Cameras & Equipment, Images, Patents, Developer

Lumière (London)

Lumière North American

Lumière Antoine

Lumière (London)

Lumley Davis

Lumy

Company details, R.J. Appleton

Lund, Percy

Lund, W.

Lüppo-Cramer

Developer

Luxol

Lymn, A.H.

Secco

Lyons

Lyons, G.

Lyte, Maxwell

Dry collodion plates

Lyth, E.J.

M.C.M.

M.S.S. Press Ltd

Sanger-Shepherd

M'Glasho

Macadie, Hugh Sutherland

Macfarlane, C.W.

Mackenstein

Mackenstein, H.

Plate numbering

Mackenzie & Co.

Gelatine Dry Plates, Book illustration

Mackenzie, Frederick

Patents, Mackenzie & Co.

MacLaurin, J.P.

Photo Ltd

Maddox, Richard Leach

Magic Introduction Co.

Cameras, Patents

Maguire & Baucus

Warwick Trading Co

Mallett, Walter

Mamiya Camera Co.

Manchester Photographic Co.

See entries under Petschler Company details

Mandel, Louis

Mandel-ette

While-U-wait camera

Mander, Elisher Mander, Richard Mander

Mangold Photo Works

Company details, British Camera Manufacturing, H.E. Manistre

Manistre, H.E.

Manistre, Wilfred

Robbins, Manistre & Co.

Manly, Thomas

Ozobrome, Ozotype

Mann, F.S.

Mansion House

Margrove, A.W.

Marion

Company details, Cameras & Equipment, Mariotype

Marion & Cie

Marion, Auguste Leon

Marion

Marion, Claude Maines Augustin

Marion

Markes & Co.

Marlow Bros.

Company details, Hurman

Marlow, E.

Marlow Bros.

Marlow, Edward

Marlow Bros.

Marlow, T.

Marlow Bros.

Marsden, W.

Marshall, William Shury

Fradelle & Marshall

Marston & Son, Stafford.

Print wallet, Print wallet

Martin

Martin & Sallnow

Horne & Thornthwaite, Martin, Martin & Sallnow, Bellows Wet-plate Camera

Martin, G.S.

Horne & Thornthwaite, Martin

Martin, James

Martin, K.

Bis-Telar

Marx, Louis

Mascot (trade name)

See entries under Levi, J.

Mason & Co.

Mason & Son

Company details, G. Mason

Mason, George

Mason & Co.

Mason, George (trading as William Chambers & Co.)

Chambers & Co., PACSA

Mason, Percy George

Mason, W.B.

Talbot & Eamer, Watkinson

Mathews, W.E.

Matland, G.

Mattioli, G.

Equipment, Patents

Mattioli, G.J.F.M.

Maugey, Pierre

Equipment, Patents, Iris

Maull & Co.

Maull & Fox

Maull & Polyblank

Maull, Henry & Co.

Liverpool Dry Plate, Gelatine Dry Plates, Gelatine silver bromide

Mawdsley, Peter

Mawson & Swan

Mawson, John

A short biography is in B. & P. Heathcote, A Faithful Likeness. Mawson & Swan

Maxwell, J. Clerk

Colour theory

May, Norman

May, Roberts

May, W.

Mayall

A short biography is in B. & P. Heathcote, A Faithful Likeness. Company details, Images, Jabez Hughes, Times advertisement

Mayall & Co.

Mayall, Edwin

Mayall

Mayall, Joseph Parkin

Mayall

Mayer, Emil

Patents, Drem Products

Mayfield, Cobb

Mayfield, J.T.

Company details, Cameras, Mayfield, Cobb.

Mayo, Alfred Croger

MB (trade name)

See entries under Marlow Bros

McAlpine, George Leonard

McBrides Store

MCC (trade name)

See entries under Midland Camera Co

McCallum, W.B.

Print wallet, Print wallet, Print wallet

McFarlane

McGhie, J.; McGhie & Bolton

McIntosh, William

Watsons (Sheffield)

McKaig, W.H.

Watkins Meter Co.

McKee

Stanhope

McKellen

Company details, Cameras & Equipment, Billcliff, C.G. Collins

McKellen, J.D.

McKellen

McKellen, Samuel Dunseith

Patents, McKellen, Roll-film Holders

McLaughlin, G.

McLean & Haes

Stereo image

McLean, Melhuish, Haes

Mclean, Thomas

McLean, Melhuish & Co.

Mclean, Thomas Miller

McLean, Melhuish & Co.

McMillan, Daniel

McMurtry

Meagher, Patrick

Company details, Cameras & Equipment, Henry Park, Meagher Side-wing

Mechanical Construction Co.

Price, Hill

Meek & Hughes

Mees, C.E. Kenneth

Wratten & Wainwright

Meister, Lucius & Brüning

Wratten & Wainwright

Melhuish, A.J.

Company details, Images, McLean, Melhuish & Co., Roll-film Holders

Mentor (trade name)

See entries under Goltz & Breutmann

Menzies D.

Meopta

Mercer

Merito (trade name)

See entries under Parkinson, W.L.

Merritt, T.E.

Roll-film Holders

Merx

Metrawatt

Metropolitan Vickers Electrical Ltd

Equipment, Patents

Meyer

Founded in 1895. , Equipment

Meyer Speed Camera

Meyrowitz

Miall, Frank

Patents, J. Fallowfield & Co., Facile

Michell

Micro 16

Micro Optics

Middlemiss, William

Company details, Patents

Middleton

Midg (trade name)

See entries under Butcher

Midland Camera Co.

Midland Photographic Store

Miell & Miell

Miell, J.W.

Miethe, A.

Colour Sensitivity

Miethe, Dr.

Telephoto lens

Mihalyi, Joseph

Miller

Miller, Maurice

Miller, T.

Milliken & Lawley

Milliken, John

Milliken & Lawley

Mills

Phot. chemical manu. Upper Thames St. 1861 -

Milne, Harry R.

Minex (trade name)

See entries under Adams & Co

Minolta

Cameras & Equipment, Images

Minox

Mitchell

Calotype - iodising

Mitchell & Kenyon

Mitchell, J. Lillie

LSC

Mitchell, Owen & Co.

Mitchell, Sagar Jones

Mitchell & Kenyon

Moh, O.

Secco

Mole, A.T.

Stereo cards

Monroe Camera Co.

Moody, J.

Moor, F.

Moore & Co.

Moore, George Lloyd

Midland Camera Co.

Moore, Harry Charles

Patents, Moore & Co.

Moore, J.

Jeffrey & Wishart, Jeffrey & Wishart camera

Moore, James

Moorse, Henry

Photographic Apparatus & Chemical Co.

Mordaunt, Philip

Morecambe Photographic Services

(AP Oct/1949. PTB Nov/1950, p. 59.) , Equipment

Morgan & Kidd

Company details, Equipment, Images, Roll-film Holders

Morgan & Laing

Morgan, W.T.

Morgan, E.C.

Morgan & Kidd

Morgan, Henry Morrish

Morgan, W.T.

Company details, Images, Patents, Morgan & Kidd

Morgan, Wm.

Morgan, Wm. (Ottewill)

Thomas Ottewill

Morgan's Projected Publicity

Morley

Morley, William Henry

Morley

Mottershaw, F.

Sheffield Photo Co.

Mottershaw, H.

Wrayflex letters

Mottershead

Moult Bros.

Moult, F.J.

Moult Bros.

Moult, G.E.

Moult Bros.

Moult, T.E.

S.D. McKellen

Mower, H.

MPP

John J. Griffin & Sons, Sensitometry

Mucklow, J.D.

Mudd & Son

Mudford, W.

Müller, Karl

See Novoflex. Equipment

Muller, William

Mullins, Gustav

Mullins, Henry

Images, Jabez Hughes

Mullins, Richard

Multiscope & Film Co.

Cameras, Patents

Murer & Duroni

Murray & Heath

Company details, John J. Griffin & Sons, Murray & Heath

Murray, R.C.

Murray, Robert

Murray & Heath

Muybridge, E.

Mycro Camera Co.

Nadar

Nagel

(Dr. August Nagel) Company details, Cameras & Equipment, Contessa

Nagel, Hugo

R.F. Hunter

Nall

Napper, Robert Peters

McLean, Melhuish & Co.

National Photo Co.

Naylor

Naylor, Alfred

Naylor, Edward

Naylor, Thomas

Naylor, Thomas Charles

Neal, Walter

Cadett & Neal

Neathcoat

Nebro (trade name)

See entries under Neville Brown

Neddermeyer

Neddermeyer, F.G.

Duke & Neddermeyer

Neff, Peter

Ferrotypes, Tintype

Negretti & Zambra

Company details,

Negretti, Henry

Negretti & Zambra

Nelson

Cameras, Nelson's Portable

Nelson, Dale & Co.

Warwick Dry Plate

Nepera Chemical Co.

Gelatine silver chloride

Nerrlich, Eugen Albrecht Richard

Nettel

Neville Brown

New London Photographic Stores

Hughes

Newgass, Henry

Newman & Guardia

Company details, Cameras & Equipment, Patents, Camera identification, Camera types, Folding Reflex Shutter, Nydia shutter, Reflex Shutter, Sibyl shutter, Two Shutter Reflex mechanism, Sibyl serial nos.

Newman & Simpson

Newman & Sinclair

Company details, Equipment, Patents, N&S shutter

Newman A.

Newman, Arthur Samuel

Patents, Main Entry, Newman & Guardia, Newman & Simpson, Newman & Sinclair, Camera identification, Camera types, Pneumatic Delay

Newman, James

Newton

Company details, Fred. V.A. Lloyd, Sharp & Hitchmough

Newton & Wright

See Newton. Patents, Camera

Newton, H.

Newton, Henry

Stereo

Newton, Herbert Charles

Newton, John

Newton, William

Newton, William Edward

Nichols

Turner, Son & Hope

Nichols, H.R.

Nikon

Nixon, Albert

Camera Construction Co.

Nièll, Magnus

Patents, Envelope Adapters, Film pack, Cyko, Ensign Midget, Ensignette, Ensignette, Ticka, Ticka

Noack

Noakes

Dry collodion plates, Stripping film, Dry Collodion Plate Instructions

Nolan, T.V.

PACSA

Norris, Richard Hill

North, C.G.

Norval, G.G.

Noton

Iris

Nott, J.

Nottage, Charles George

LSC

Nottage, George Swan

LSC

Novoflex

Founded in 1948 by Karl Müller. Equipment

NS

See entries under Newman & Sinclair

Nydia (trade name)

See entries under Newman & Guardia

O'Donnell & McLaughlin

Collodion silver chloride, Gelatine silver chloride

O'Reilly, Walter

Patents, American Camera Co., Demon

Obernetter

Oborne

Founded in 1856, leading supplier of photo mounts. BJA 1900, p. 107.

Ogilvy

Drem Products, Sands & Hunter

Oglesby, A.

Oil Process

Oleobrom

Patents, Vivex Repeating Back

Oliver, Leslie Walter

Olympus

Omnica

Trade name used by Kritzler of Rebbelroth West Germany. 100, 100, Bessamatic, Edixa, Prominent, Ultramatic

Optimus

See entries under Perken, Son & Rayment

Optische Anstalt C.P. Goerz A.G.

Orionwerk

Osborne & Campion

Osborne, Earnest A.

Oscar Hirrllinger

Ostermeier, Johannes

Österreichischer Telephon

Ottewill, Thomas

Company details, Cameras, G. Hare, P. Meagher, Single-Lens Stereo Camera

Overstall, John

Horne & Thornthwaite

Overstall, William T.

Horne & Thornthwaite

Ozobrome

Pacifico, Jacob

Paget

Engraving from a Daguerreotype

Paget Duplicating Method

Description of Process, Equipment, Images

Paget, J.

Paget

Paine

Palmer, Edward

Company details, Horne & Thornthwaite

Palmer, Rev. H.J.

Gelatine Dry Plates

Palmer's Studio

Parada

Park, Henry

Company details, Cameras, Patents

Parke, A.E.

A.P.M., Rajar, Rotary Photographic

Parke, T.L.

A.P.M., Rajar

Parkes

Parkes, Alexander

Cellulose nitrate, Film, Stripping film

Parkinson, H.C.

Parkinson, W.L.

Parr, Bernard Arthur

Parsons, F.T.

Hinton & Co.

Parsons, Frederick

Hinton & Co.

Parsons, Harriett

Shew

Parsons, Sir Charles

Ross

Pascal, Frederick

Patent Dry Collodion

Paterson

Paterson, Donald Macdougal

Pathé

Pathéscope

Company details, Perken, Son & Rayment

Paul, R.W.

Payne

Book illustration, Book illustration, Book illustration

Payne, J.B.

J.T. Chapman, Mawson & Swan, Payne

Payne Jennings

Peacock, John Atkins

Peacock, Thomas

Pearce & Smith

Pearson & Denham

Pearson, A.A.

Pearson & Denham

Peccinotti, Harri

Pirelli Callendar

Peck, G.

Peckham, Cyril George

Patents, Peckham Wray

Peele, Thomas

Peeling & Van Neck

Peeling & Van Neck, Peeling & Van Neck, Van Neck & Co.

Peeling, R.E.

Peers, E.

Peers, J.

Pellet

Cyanotype

Pemberton Billing, Noel

See entries under Billing, Noel Pemberton

Pendred, Loughnan St. Lawrence

Penrose; A.W. Penrose

Company details, Equipment, Fotoco

Pentacon

Peplow, Alfred

Perken, E.T.

Perken, F.L.

Perken, L.E.

Company details, Cameras & Equipment, Transfer Box

Perl, A. H. F.

Permanent Printing Co.

Woodbury

Perrot

Perry, Frederick

Perry, L.H.

Shew

Petri

Petschler [Manchester Photographic Co.]

Company details, Images

Pettifer, Frederick John

Coronet Ltd

Pexton, Chatham

Pfenninger, O.

Bermpohl

Phillips

Phillips, Arthur Claud

Phillips, F.G.

Images, London Photographic Co., London Photographic Copying Co.

Phillips, Forbes Alexander

Patents, Quta

Phillips, Frederick S.D.

Phillips, Lawrence

London Photographic Copying Co.

Phillips, Miles & Co.

Phillips, W.

Demon

Phillips, William Henry

Equipment, Patents

Photax

Photo Appliance Co.

Photo Chemical Co. Ltd.

Photo Developments

Photo Leisegang

Photo Ltd

Photo Relief Printing Co.

Woodbury

Photochrom Co.

Photochromoscope Syndicate

Photo-Color

Photogenic Drawing

Description of Process

Photographic Apparatus & Chemical Co.

Photographic Artists' Co-operative Supply Association

Photographic Artists' Supply Association

Photographic Association

Photographic Institute

Photographic Institution

Photogravure

Description of Process

Photomaton

Photoscopic

Photo-See

Photoskop

Photosphere

Pickard, Arthur Gray

Patents, A.P.M.

Pickard, Edgar

Patents, Thornton-Pickard

Pickard, George Arthur

Patents, Thornton-Pickard

Pickett, G.

Pickfords Film House

Pierce

Piercy, Ernest Vary

Piggott, John

Company details, C.D. Smith Apprentice

Piggott, Wm.

Pignons

Pike & Heilbronn

Heilbronn

Pike, John Henry Robert

Heilbronn

Pillen, Andreas

Piper, C. Welborne

Died 1919. Bromoil, Darkroom clock

Pixie

Contessa

Pizzi

Negretti & Zambra

Pizzighelli

Gelatine silver chloride

Plank

Equipment

Plasmat

Platinotype Company

Platinum process

Platt, E.G.

Platt, George Seymour

Plaubel & Co.

Plex

Pneumatic Delay

Poitevin, Alphonse Louis

Carbon printing

Polaroid Corporation

Polyfoto

Ponge, P.

Goerz

Ponting

Ponton, Mungo

Pigment printing

Port, J.

Portbury & Co.

Porter, S.J.

Potter, Rowland Samuel

Pottinger

Poulton

Pouncy, J.

Died 1894. Images, Carbon printing

Pouncy, W.

Powell, John Harrison

Stereo camera

Practos

Pratt, W. Ryley

Print wallet, Print wallet, Print wallet, Print wallet, Print wallet, Print wallet, Prints

Premier Dry Plate

Premier Optical Co.

Premo

Film pack

Prentice

Preston and Poole

Preston, R.H.

Prestwich, J.A.

Patents, Price's Photographic Printmeter

Prestwich, W.H.

A short biography is in B. & P. Heathcote, A Faithful Likeness. Images

Price, A. L.

Price, E.G.

Price, Hill

Price, Hill & Co.

Price, Talbot & Co

Primarflex

Prince, Wm. Banks

Prinsen

Printing-Out Papers

Procktor, Edwin W.

Proctor, Thomas Richard

Protheroe

Prout, George Frederick

Pumphrey, A.

Changing Bag, Film

Purma Cameras

Company details, Cameras & Equipment, Patents

Purser, Henry F.

Company details, Mangold

Purslove, Arthur Edward

Company details, Payne & Chapman, Stereo camera

Pyne, J.J.

Quemby, James Charles

Company details, Folding stereoscope

Quin

Quta Co.

Radex

Rae Bros.

George Mason & Co.

Rajar

Ramsaye, Terry

Book

Ramsey, W.J.

Shew

Rangefinders

Examples, Types of

Rank Organisation

Ransome

Ranson, C.

Woodbury

Raw Film Company

Brifco

Rawlins, G.E.H.

Oil

Ray

Patents, Perken, Son & Rayment

Rayment, Arthur

Rayment, E.

Rayment, F.L.

Dispersion colour process

Raymond, M.

Realistic Travels

Redding, H.J.

Patents, H.J. Redding & Co., Improved Pocket Ruby Lamp

Redding, Henry Joseph

Reddy, E.

Redferns

Rees & Co.

Rees, David

Reeves & Hoare

Reeves, John Horace

Reflex Camera Co.

Regnault

Pyrogallic acid

Reid & Sigrist

Company details, Cameras & Equipment, Patents

Reid, J.G.

Joseph George Reid. Woodley Cottage, Bloomfield, Belfast. Patents, Changing Box

Reiss, Friedrich

Remoortel, André Van

Photoscopic

Rendall

Renwick, F. F.

Ilford Multigrade

Rex

Reynaud

Praxinoscope

Reynolds & Branson

Reynolds, Alfred T.

LPOC

Reynolds, Freshfield

Reynolds & Branson

Reynolds, R.

Patents, Reynolds & Branson

Reynolds, R.F.

Reynolds & Branson

Reynolds, T.A.

LPOC

Rhaco

Rhamstine

Ricard, E.

Patents, Vélocigraphe

Rich, H.C.

A.P.M.

Richard, Jules

Cameras & Equipment, Patents, Stereo prisms, Autochrome viewer patent

Richardson, Thomas

See entries under Gladwell, Thomas Henry

Richebourg

Richmond, G.

Homocentric lens

Ricoh

Rietzschel

Riken Optical

Riley & Son

Riley, T.

Riley, A.H.

Riley, A.J.

Riley, G.

Riley, T.

Riley, W.

Robbins, H.T.

Robbins, R. & H

Robbins, Manistre

Robbins, R. & H.

Robbins, R.C.

Robbins, R. & H

Robbins, Wilfred

Robbins, Manistre & Co.

Roberts, Samuel

May, Roberts

Roberts, Walter George

Robertson & Beato

Robin Hood

Robins, F & C

Ref. to the company

Robinson & Cherrill

Robinson & Co. (Singapore)

Robinson & Sons

Robinson & Sons (Dublin)

H.J. Redding & Co., Robinson & Sons

Robinson, H.P.

Died 21 Feb 1901. Carte

Robinson, J.

Robinson, Walter

Print, Print

Robiquet

Dry collodion plates

Rochester Camera & Supply Co.

Rochester Optical and Camera Co.

Rodenstock

Rogers

Rogers, E.C.

Rogerson, John

ROIA (ROJA)

See entries under Busch

Roland

Rollei (trade name)

See entries under Franke & Heidecke

Rollex

Roll-film Holders

Description, Examples

Rosati & Co.

Rose, Will R.

Company details, Cameras & Equipment, Serial nos.

Ross

Ross, A.

Ross, Swift

Ross Ensign

Ross, James

Ross, T.W.

Rosseau

Rotary Photographic Co.

Company details, Equipment, Patents

Roth

Rothwell

Rothwell, C.F.S.

A.P.M., Rajar, Rotary Photographic, Rothwell Photographic, Thornton Film Co.

Roto

Rouch

Rouch, A.S.

Rouch, S.W.

Patents, Rouch

Rouch, W.A.

Rouch, Book illustrations

Rouch, W.W.

Rouch

Rousell

Routledge, A.

Rowden, George Vere

Royal Central Photo Co.

Royal Exchange Portrait Co.

Royalty (trade name)

See entries under London & Paris Optic & Clock Company

Rubik, Bertram

Ruby (trade name)

See entries under Thornton-Pickard

Ruddock

Rudolph, Paul

A description of his work is contained in The Photographic Journal March 1905 p. 98. Patents, Tessar, Unar

Rudowsky, C.A.

Russell & Sons