'Mother and Child'
Henry Essenhigh Corke (1883-1919); Autochrome
Collection of National Media Museum
This is an autochrome - an early colour process which used a glass plate covered in microscopic, red, green and blue grains of potato starch.
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Ambrotype of a baby with cuttings of hair under the glass
Photographer Unknown; Ambrotype
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'Portrait of a baby girl'
Photographer Unknown; Gelatin Silver
Collection of National Media Museum
Polyfoto originated in Denmark with the first British studio opening in Selfridges, London in 1933. Polyfoto literally means ‘many photographs’ – and the distinctive photographs showing 48 different poses found their way into millions of wallets and handbags. After receiving the proof sheet customers were invited to select the pose they would like enlarged. The company slogan was ‘One of them must be good!’
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Woman reads as baby sleeps
Photographic Advertising Limited
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Photographic Advertising Limited (1929-1977) created stock advertising images with the potential for selling a range of products. Idyllic household and family scenes were very popular.
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'The Awakening'
Emma Barton (1872-1938); Carbon
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