The Midlands and East Anglia
Norfolk and Suffolk

This is my home territory and, if you get this way, you are welcome to come in for a coffee and trawl thru 25,000 stereoviews.


Keystone 1920s silver gelatin view. 'A dairy farm, England'. Full text on back. No link to East Anglia but is unlikely to be anywhere else.
Condition 9/10.
Order #11320.
Price $10.
 

Bury St Edmunds, West Suffolk


West Suffolk Photographic Establishment. W. Spranton, 16 Abbeygate Street, Bury St Edmunds. 'Norman Tower, Bury St Edmunds'. Sprantons were professional photographers in Bury from the 1860s to 1940. The Spranton-Jarman collection of 4,000 glass negatives is held by the Suffolk Records Office.
Condition 8/9.
Order #11321.
Price $22.
 


Untitled. This is Bury St Edmunds Abbey Gate.
Condition 8.
Order #11322.
Price $18.
 


George Downes. Published by the Photographic Institution, 168 New Bond Street, London. '10. St Mary's Church, Bury St Edmunds, interior looking east'. Downes was an important photographer who worked with Howlett on the 'Great Eastern' series and later with Cundall. His views are rare.
Condition 8/9.
Order #11323.
Price $22.
 
 

Ipswich and area


Handwritten 'Freston Tower, near Ipswich'.  Click for an interesting website. 1850s salt print.
Condition. Almost impossible to grade as salt prints usually are. No damage.
Order #11325.
Price $15.
 


A nice East Anglian view. White label on back 'Ancient House, Ipswich. Date 1567. Occupant J. Haddock. Bookseller, Ipswich. Public Library, instituted 1791.' A fine example of pargetting.
Condition 9.
Order #11326.
Price $20.
 


Another view of the same building. Similar label.
Condition 7/8 (milky).
Order #11327.
Price $15.
 


Handwritten 'Half-timbered house, Butter Market, Ipswich'.
Condition 8.
Order #11328.
Price $15.
 

The next group are all by Emeny and Son of Walton-cum-Felixstowe near Ipswich. While the first group are of that area, the second group are obviously not even of England. As most are untitled I have kept them together as a example of the work of one photographer. The Emeny family had a photographic business for many years in Walton and are still remembered by the older generation. I have a Frith photograph of Felixstowe beach from 1899 that shows an Emeny photo studio on the beach.


Emeny blindstamp. Dated 1906.
Condition 8/9.
Order #11333.
Price $12.
 


Emeny blindstamp. Dated 1905.
Condition 8.
Order #11334.
Price $8.
 


Emeny blindstamp. Dated 1906.
Condition 8.
Order #11335.
Price $12.
 


Emeny blindstamp. 'Bawdesey 1905'. Bawdsey Manor, on the Suffolk coast, has always been an isolated and mysterious place much used by the Security Services. During WWII a 10-mile exclusion zone was placed around it and Watson-Watt proceeded to invent Radar there.
Condition 8/9.
Order #11336.
Price $15.
 

From here all the Emeny views have the following gold printed back and gilt edges, making them the most luxurious stereoviews I have ever seen. They don't scan well but are superb.


 


Emeny. Untitled. Definately Suffolk.
Condition 8.
Order #11337.
Price $10.
 

Foreign Emney views from here. All untitled, condition 8 and priced at $6 each.


Order #11338.
 


Order #11339.
 


Order #11340.
 


Order #11341.
 


Order #11342.
 


Order #11343.
 


Order #11344.
 

Lowestoft and area


This is the Royal Hotel on the seafront at Lowestoft. A very distinctive building, useful for stereo identification of views of Lowestoft harbour. Pulled down in the 1970s to make way for a shed/greenhouse which the local council saw fit to erect. The Rolling Stones once played here as the supporting band! The sandstone statue of Neptune can still be seen further along the front - now very much weathered by 150 years of North Sea salt winds. If you visit please bring thick coat and flask of hot soup.
Condition. Light foxing.
Order #11346.
Price $15.
 


A fine untitled 1850s view of the Royal Hotel Lowestoft from the Pier.
Condition. Slight foxing and stains.
Order #11347.
Price $18.
 


An 1860s view from the same neg. as the one above.
Condition 8.
Order #11348.
Price $22.
 


Untitled. Lowestoft, down the pier from the seaward end. St John's Church in the distance. Neptune busy wrestling on the left.
Condition 8.
Order #11349.
Price $22.
 


An untitled Edwardian amateur view of Lowestoft Pier looking seaward.
Condition 7.
Order #11351.
Price $12.
 
 


Fryer & Co's Stereoscopic Views. This is Lowestoft South Beach just south of the pier. Please click HERE for a webcam view of the same location taken in the past few minutes.
Condition 8.
Order #11354.
Price $12.
 


Untitled 1850s view across Lowestoft Harbour, identified by the Royal Hotel in the distance.
Condition 8 (some slight dents on left image).
Order #11356.
Price $22.
 


Untitled view across Lowestoft harbour - the Royal Hotel in the distance.
Condition 7/8.
Order #11357.
Price $18.
 


A slightly lighter version of the previous view.
Condition 7/8.
Order #11359.
Price $15.
 


J. Saunders, Kirkley, blindstamp. Untitled Lowestoft seafront view with Neptune still wrestling. See below for other views by this photographer.
Condition. Obviously very dark but that is how it was produced. Much more viewable than scan but some marks in sky.
Order #11360.
Price $12.
 
 


I think this might be 'Sparrows Nest' on the outskirts of Lowestoft.
Condition 5 (milky and marks).
Order #11363.
Price $8.
 


Also possibly Sparrow Nest on this Edwardian view.
Condition 8/9.
Order #11364.
Price $10.
 

The next are a run of views of the Lowestoft area, some with the blindstamp 'J. Saunders, Photographer, Kirkley'. I am researching these and the apparently previously unknown photographer.


Untitled. Thanks to Pretoria who has identified this as St Margaret's Church in Hollingsworth Road. Still there and looks exactly the same.
Condition. Obvious spots on r/h image.
Order #11366.
Price $12.
 


J. Saunders, Kirkley, blindstamp. Untitled view somewhere near Lowestoft.
Condition 7/8 (slight foxing in sky).
Order #11367.
Price $10.
 


Handwritten 'Kirkley Church'. Just outside Lowestoft. Late view.
Condition 7/8.
Order #11368.
Price $8.
 


J. Saunders, Kirkley, blindstamp. This is Somerleyton Hall near Lowestoft. Lord Somerleyton was as common as the rest of us but was raised to the peerage in the nineteenth century for making a fortune out of zip fasteners or Bott's Digestive Sauce or some such product. Went on to build a village around his stately pile and generally throw his weight about as do his descendants by all accounts.
Condition 6.
Order #11369.
Price $12.
 


Untitled view of Somerleyton Hall. Designed in the Italianate style by its first owner Sir Samuel Morton Peto. Peto was a flamboyant engineer who built much of the railway system and ports in East Anglia. He once lived near Felixstowe and, the Ipswich to Felixstowe railway passing through his lands, he made a covenent that all passenger trains should stop at a station which he built on his property in case he wanted to travel. The railway only wriggled out of that in the 1930s. Peto also spread his talents far and wide, building among other things, the Victoria Bridge in Montreal.
Condition. Mount slightly split in center with slight damage to image. Some foxing in sky.
Order #11370.
Price $8.
 


Another untitled Somerleyton view.
Condition. Slight white spotting.
Order #11371.
Price $12.
 


Another of Somerleyton Hall. Doesn't look like something the Nouveaux Riches would construct!
Condition 8.
Order #11372.
Price $12.
 


And Somerleyton Hall again.
Condition 7/8.
Order #11373.
Price $12.
 
 

Great Yarmouth and area


'Caister Castle, Great Yarmouth'. Early view.
Condition 9.
Order #11375.
Price $22.
 
 


'Caister Castle, inner view, looking N.W., 1867'.  This is #131 in Nall's Series which is a beautifully produced series of views. Nall was, unfortunately, only the Great Yarmouth-based publisher and there is no photographer's attribution. The quality is Francis Bedford but I don't think he worked in this area. They are definately NOT Poulton as they are very superior to his work. William England did a series at Sandringham and he is a candidate for these. The quality is truly exceptional.
Condition 8.
Order #11377.
Price $25.
 
 


Nall's Series #12 (see above). 'The Friars'Tower  Great Yarmouth, as seen from outside the walls'.
Condition 8/9.
Order #11378.
Price $25.

 


Great Yarmouth market place.
Condition. Very clear, slight purple ink mark at bottom of left image and slight paper deposit on the back.
Order #11379.
Price $22.
 


Yellow label Nall's Series, 182 King St (see above) '33. Victoria Esplanade and Wellington Pier, Great Yarmouth'.
Condition 7/8 (light surface scratches).
Order #11380.
Price $18.
 


Handwritten 'Yarmouth ????'. Thanks again to Pretoria who states that this is on the corner (or very near) Regent Road by the main, new cinema on the seafront in Great Yarmouth.
Condition 9.
Order #11381.
Price $18.
 


Yellow label Nall's Series, 182 King St (see above) '36. Nelson Column, Great Yarmouth'. Nelson was a Norfolk man and this column was erected in his honour before the one in Trafagar Square. Suffered years of neglect but has recently been fully restored to its original glory. Click HERE for interesting information.
Condition 8 (light surface scratches).
Order #11382.
Price $22.
 


Fortescue Mann, Stereoscopic Views of Yarmouth & Neighbourhood. 'No 1. Drawbridge over the Yare'. This is a nice collectible series of 60 views and there is a full list of the 60 titles on the back of this view.
Condition. Right image moderately faded and small stain on left image.
Order #11383.
Price $12.
 


'St Nicholas Ch., Great Yarmouth'. Early view dated Oct. 1858.
Condition 8.
Order #11384.
Price $12.
 


Horatio Nelson King (HNK). 'St Nicholas, Great Yarmouth, nave looking E.'. This is the largest parish church in England.
Condition 8/9.
Order #11385.
Price $10.
 


Handwritten 'Yarmouth'. I am quite prepared for someone to email and redirect this view to Yarmouth Isle of Wight. Until such time it will sit here.
Condition 8 (image corner slightly lifting).
Order #11387.
Price $12.
 


Poulton's English Scenery 'Yarmouth. Wellington Pier'.
Condition 7.
Order #11390.
Price $12.
 


Poulton's English Scenery 'Great Yarmouth. View in the Harbour'. Fascinating view.
Condition. Overall spotting.
Order #11391.
Price $12.
 


Yellow label Nall's Series, 182 King St (see above) '41. Old Jetty, Great Yarmouth'.
Condition 7.
Order #11392.
Price $12.
 


White label '208. View from the beach. Yarmouth. Instantaneous'.
Condition. Much as produced I think. Early view of this type.
Order #11393.
Price $15.
 


Fortescue Mann, Stereoscopic Views of Yarmouth & Neighbourhood. 'Fritton Decoy'. A full list of 60 titles on the back but this doesn't seem to be one of them.
Condition 8.
Order #11395.
Price $12.
 


Handwritten 'Fritton'.
Condition 9.
Order #11396.
Price $8.
 


Handwritten 'Fritton'.
Condition 9.
Order #11397.
Price $12.
 


Handwritten 'Fritton'.
Condition 9.
Order #11398.
Price $12.
 


Handwritten 'Fritton'.
Condition 9.
Order #11399.
Price $10.
 


Untitled but this is obviously another Fritton view.
Condition 9.
Order #11400.
Price $12.
 


Handwritten 'Fritton'.
Condition 9.
Order #11401.
Price $12.
 

Norwich

Norwich was the second city of England for centuries. For views of Norwich Cathedral please click here.


A slightly later (1870s) view of Norwich Castle. Pens in the foreground was the cattle market.
Condition 8.
Order #11403.
Price $15.
 


A very clear early 20th century untitled view of Pulls Ferry, Norwich.
Condition 8/9.
Order #11404.
Price $12.
 


Fine Art Photographers' Publishing Co. 'The Organ, Norwich Cathedral'.
Condition 9.
Order #11405.
Price $12.
 

Waveney Valley and Broads

The next few are nice amateur views on the Norfolk Broads which, for the information our colonial cousins, are water-filled peat diggings from around 1200 years ago - not ladies of a similar age.


W.T. Fisher's Series of Stereoscopic Views of Beccles. No 7. Church and Market Place from King's Head'. If you want to learn about this area read the delightful books by Adrian Bell (journalist Martin Bell's father) who used to sit in the King's Head and watch the world go by. I've also spent many happy hours in there in my youth watching the local talent doing likewise. Walter T. Fisher hailed from Filey in Yorkshire and obviously paid for his holidays in Suffolk by stereographing. He is known to have made a further series of Great Yarmouth, but this is the only view by him that I have seen.
Condition 8.
Order #11406.
Price $22.
 
 
 


Untitled.
Condition. A nasty surface scratch on left image.
Order #11407.
Price $6.
 


Untitled.
Condition 8.
Order #11408.
Price $12.
 


Unreadable title.
Condition 8.
Order #11409.
Price $10.
 


Untitled.
Condition 9.
Order #11410.
Price $12.
 


Cleer Alger blindstamp 'Framlingham'. Alger was a land surveyor and my local photographer. Based in Diss in Norfolk, he stereographed his way up and down the Waveney Valley. He and his son photographed the area from the 1860s to the late 1880s when Alger Senior died. Alger Junior carried on until 1903 when he managed to get himself killed in a motoring accident which must have taken a deal of ingenuity and persistence. 600 of his glass negs are in the Suffolk Records Office.
Condition 8/9.
Order #11411.
Price $22.
 

North Norfolk


Keystone 'Blickling Hall, Norfolk'. Birthplace of Anne Boleyn in 1507, looks as good now as always (I drove past it yesterday to check for you!). Descriptive text on back.  Click here for the National Trust website for this Jacobean jewel.
Condition 10.
Order #11412.
Price $15.
 

The next six views of Cromer are all dated 'circa 1850'. If only! They are all late 1850s and look dangerously like salt prints.


Handwritten 'Cromer Norfolk'.
Condition 7.
Order #11413.
Price $15.
 


Handwritten 'Cromer Norfolk'.
Condition. Fading and light marks.
Order #11414.
Price $12.
 


Handwritten 'Cromer Norfolk'.
Condition 8.
Order #11415.
Price $22.
 


Handwritten 'Cromer Norfolk'.
Condition 7.
Order #11416.
Price $15.
 


Handwritten 'Cromer Norfolk'.
Condition. Light foxing in sky. Edge of mount a bit tattered.
Order #11417.
Price $15.
 


Handwritten 'Cromer Norfolk'.
Condition 8.
Order #11418.
Price $25.
 


Handwritten 'Cromer Church'. Built high so that mariners could navigate into port by sighting it.
Condition 8/9.
Order #11419.
Price $18.
 

Four views now of Hunstanton - Very scarce area for stereoviews.


Handwritten 'Hunstanton. Facing the sea'.
Condition. Overall light spotting.
Order #11421.
Price $15.
 


Handwritten 'Hunstanton, July 25th 1870'. Family on the beach.
Condition. Surface marks on right image.
Order #11422.
Price $12.
 


Handwritten 'Hunstanton, July 25th 1870. Lighthouse'.
Condition. Views well, right image much clearer than left but views out.
Order #11423.
Price $15.
 


Handwritten 'Peterbro' House, Hunstanton (signature) Architect, J. Rippon, Builder. 1870'.Condition 7.
Order #11424.
Price $15.
 


Bullock (Kings) Lynn. 'Sandringham. The Church, exterior'. Dated December 1873 although it obviously isn't as this is midsummer.
Condition 8 (slight loss on back).
Order #11425.
Price $18.
 


Bullock (Kings) Lynn. 'Sandringham. The Hall, northwest view'. Dated December 1873 - once again midsummer.
Condition 8 (slight loss on back).
Order #11426.
Price $18.
 
 

The final views are from the highly collected Views of Sandringham series by William England, published by the London Stereoscopic Company in the 1860s. Tex Treadwell, in his monograph on the work of England, seems to have missed this little series completely - possibly because there is no reference to William England on the views. I believe there are probably 15 views in the series, and a list will be issued soon which will be almost complete. In the meantime, I would be grateful for any further titles you may have. George Eastman House holds view #4 -  'Ornamental Water, from Pleasure Grounds'. Many of the views were issued without numbering but they all seem to match with numbered views. Sandringham is in north Norfolk and the Royal Family traditionally spend Christmas there.
 


Not numbered. 'The Prince and Princess. The Lawn'.
Condition 8 (marks in the water area are reflections of the building).
Order #11427.
Price $35.
 


Not numbered. 'The Prince'. Retailer - J.W. Queen, Opticians, Phildelphia.
Condition 8 7.
Order #11428.
Price $25.
 


Not numbered. 'The Princess'. Written on back 'Princess Alexandra, 1863 (neg 1862).
Condition. Overall processing spots.
Order #11429.
Price $22.
 


Not numbered but is No 1 of the series. 'The Prince and Princess'.
Condition 8.
Order #11430.
Price $35.
 



 

'No 1. The Prince and Princess'.
Condition. Very obvious red marks on right image.
Order #11431.
Price $5.
 


'No 2. Sandringham Hall. East View'.
Condition 7/8.
Order #11432.
Price $35.
 


'No 3. Sandringham Hall. West View'.
Condition 7/8.
Order #11433.
Price $30.
 


'No 4. Ornamental Water, from Pleasure Grounds'.
Condition 8.
Order #11434.
Price $25.
 


'No 5. The Terrace Walk'.
Condition 8/9 (very slightly light).
Order #11435.
Price $35.
 


Unnumbered but this is No 5. 'The Terrace Walk'. Variant on the previous view.
Condition 8/9.
Order #11436.
Price $30.
 


'No 7. Interior - The Drawing Room'.
Condition 8.
Order #11437.
Price $35.
 
 


'No 8. The Hall. Trophies of the Chase, by H.R.H.'.
Condition 9.
Order #11438.
Price $25.
 


'No 9. The Prince and Princess, &c. Terrace Steps'.
Condition 8.
Order #11439.
Price $35.
 


'No 10. Interior, Conservatory'.
Condition 8/9.
Order #11440.
Price $22.
 


'No 11. Avenue leading to the Church'.
Condition 8.
Order #11441.
Price $35.
 


Not numbered but this is a variant No 11. 'Avenue leading to the Church'.
Condition 8.
Order #11442.
Price $35.
 


'No 12. View in the Park'.
Condition 8.
Order #11443.
Price $30.
 


'No 13. Sandringham Church'.
Condition 8.
Order #11444.
Price $35.
 


'No 14. Interior, Sandringham Church'.
Condition 8/9.
Order #11445.
Price $30.
 

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