Twenty Pounds Reward - A notice from the Enoch Wood Scrapbook
Goldenhill colliery owner Robert Williamson, writing from Longport, here finds himself at the centre of an industrial dispute.
Combination
Miners at his pit have formed a 'combination' in an effort ...
Two girls at Froghall
Two girls at Froghall, during the mid-1940s.
This image is featured by kind permission of the Churnet Valley Railway.
Two women in woods
Outdoor portrait of two ladies in formal dress posing amongst blossom. The woman on the left is named Jeannie but the one on the right remains unidentified. Jeannie is Jane Leach (nee Merriman) who died ...
Typical Old Staffordshire Decoration. Photographed by William Blake c. 1900-1940
Lantern slide of a vase decorated in an old style associated with Staffordshire.
This lantern slide appears to be one of a group used for a presentation or slide show by Blake entitled “Staffordshire ...
Ubberley Hall, Stoke-on-Trent
A photograph of a pencil sketch of Ubberley Hall dated 28 September 1861. This old stone house stood on the east side of Ubberley Road and was demolished in 1958.
Photographed by William Blake of Longton....
United Methodist Church, Rough Close. Photographed by William Blake.
Church exterior with a view of the United Methodist Church, Rough Close, Nr. Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
The church is now a private residence.
Unknown Group and Location. Photographed by William Blake.
Lantern slide showing a market in a foreign location. It would appear to be one of a series of images captured whilst touring Egypt and Israel.
Unknown Group Near Tiberias. Photographed by William Blake.
Lantern slide showing a group of women on the "way to Tiberias". Tiberias is situated in the area we now know as Israel.
Unknown Group. Photographed by William Blake.
Photograph of a group of young men in uniform. The identity of the group and the location is unknown.
Unknown Landscape. Photographed by William Blake.
Unknown landscape.
Unknown Landscape. Photographed by William Blake.
Stereoscope slide with a woodland scene. Unknown location.
Unknown Landscape. Photographed by William Blake.
Lantern slide containing a lake view. The location is unknown.
Unknown Landscape. Photographed by William Blake.
Lantern slide containing a landscape with a country lane, gate and a man.
Unknown location.
Unknown Location and Group. Photographed by William Blake.
Lantern slide showing a group of men in a foreign location. The location is unknown but the slide seems to belong to a set of images taken whilst touring Egypt and parts of the Middle East.
Unknown Location. Photographed by William Blake.
Lantern slide showing workers cutting cane in a foreign location.
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, but is thought to be a self-portrait by the photographer, William John Bailey Blake (1874-1957) of Longton.
William Blake was born in ...
Unknown Portrait. Photographed by William Blake.
Portrait of a gentleman. The identity of the subject is unknown.