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Edwin
Rechab Nainby was born in Gedney in January 1842 and died in Alford
in July 1908. The youngest son of a Quaker he was first in business
as a photographer in Long Sutton and then in 1873 moved to Alford,
where he initially joined forces with John Starbuck in the already
established photographic business in the town. Later he acquired
full ownership, probably in the early 1880s.
Alford
Manor House is lucky to have over 750 glass plate negatives, which
are original to Nainby's studio. Most of these plates have been
digitised and are now available on this DVD. Selected images from
the plate collection along with relevant text have been used to
create an exhibition about Nainby and the images he captured.
The
Manor House is very fortunate to have the volunteer help of two
enthusiastic people who have done the majority of the work in producing
the raw materials for the exhibition; this totals over 1000 hours
of volunteer labour.
Eileen
Sharpe has been responsible
for cataloguing and storing the plates, along with researching Nainby
(this follows on from work carried out by George and Joan Greenhill
before the renovation of the Manor House).
Warren
Hodgkinson has digitised
the plates and created this
If
you have any information relating to the Victorian Glass plate collection,
the archive team at Alford Manor House would be delighted to hear
from you; please contact us. |
