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If you’re keen on looking at images of Victorian life, chances are that you’ve encountered Francis Frith pictures and postcards at some point. The name is synonymous with Victorian photography. That’s down to the tireless work of Frith documenting Britain in everyday life, not just landmarks and gentry. Frith worked on his massive project from the founding of his company in 1860 until death in 1898 when his two sons and then later a grandson continued his legacy. They also sent out independent photographers to increase the content and financed it by selling copies of the images to the public. Just four years after Frith’s death in 1902 legislation surrounding postcards gave them the look we know today and Frith’s […]
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