Unknown Portrait. Photographed by William Blake.
Portrait of a gentleman. The identity of the subject is unknown.
Unknown Portrait. Photographed by William Blake.
Portrait of a gentleman. The identity of the subject is unknown.
Unknown Portrait. Photographed by William Blake.
Full length portrait of a gentleman. The identity of the subject is unknown.
Unknown Portrait. Photographed by William Blake.
Portrait of a gentleman. The identity of the subject is unknown.
Unknown Portrait. Photographed by William Blake.
Portrait of a gentleman. The identity of the subject is unknown.
Uttoxeter Road, Draycott-in-the-Moors
Village scene taken at Draycott-in-the-Moors looking east along Uttoxeter Road. The tearrace of cottaghes on the left has been demolished. The building on the right was the Post Office and still stands.
Photograph ...
Uttoxeter Road, Draycott-in-the-Moors
Looking east along Uttoxeter Road in Draycott-in-the Moors close to the junction with Cheadle Road. On the right is the Post Office and furtjher on to the left is the Draycott Arms public house which ...
Villiers Street, Dresden. Photographed by William Blake.
Villiers Street, Dresden, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
The street was named after the politician Charles Pelham Villiers who was the longest serving MP in Parliamentary history. For sixty three years ...
W.S. Leach, Wife & Dog at Knutton
Outdoor portrait of a man, a woman and a Staffordshire Bull Terrier taken at Knutton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
Chimney stacks, railway signals and a church can be seen in the background.
The ...
Warehouse. Photographed by William Blake.
Lantern slide image taken in a pottery manufacturing warehouse with pottery workers packing ware.
This lantern slide appears to be one of a group used for a presentation or slide show by Blake entitled ...
Wharf Street, Longton. Photographed by William Blake.
Street scene taken at Wharf Street, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
This is possibly the best known image from the collection. Blake, in a library entry for the North Staffs Field Club, describes ...
Whist Drive Invitation, Longton
Souvenir ticket for a "Whist Drive & Social" evening taking place at Longton Library on December 17th 1908. The whist drive was either for Longton Labour Church or the Social Democratic Foundation, organisations ...
William Blake, photographer, Longton
Portrait of a man and woman. The man is believed to be the photographer, William John Bailey Blake (1874-1957) of Longton, photographed at the back of a house on Chaplin Road in about 1906.
William ...
William George Brindley
This well presented gentleman is William George Brindley. He was a fire officer in the early 1900's. He died in 1933. Notice how different his uniform is in comparison to today's fire brigade.
Wiping Glaze. Photographed by William Blake.
Lantern slide of a pottery worker wiping glaze.
This lantern slide appears to be one of a group used for a presentation or slide show by Blake entitled “Staffordshire Pottery.”
A small folder containing ...
Woman in woods
Outdoor portrait of a woman in formal dress. No name is given but it appears to be a woman named Jeannie who features elsewhere in the collection. Jeannie is Jane Leach (nee Merriman) who died 2 September ...
Women at Darlaston, Stone
Outdoor portrait of a woman and girl in formal dress. Their names are Jeannie and Dot respectively and the picture was taken in Darlaston, near Stone, Staffordshire. Jeannie is Jane Leach (nee Merriman) ...
Women Biscuit Brushing.
Pottery factory interior with a view of women sorting biscuit ware outside a kiln.
Biscuit is a term used for ware that has been fired but has not yet been glazed.
They are brushing and inspecting ...