Malvern Ladies
by Richovery
I bought this large (13 x 7″) cabinet type card from a car boot sale several years ago, it had suffered some damage with a crack running vertically through the middle of the image and a corner missing from the card. The photographer’s name is printed on the card Norman May & Co Ltd Malvern. According to Angus and Rosemary’s blog Norman May died 19th June 1889 (aged only 37) which helps to date the image. Although it is a formal photograph I liked that it was taken outside and a few of the girls have moved during the exposure causing a little blur. Perhaps it was a summer fair? Sadly no information on the reverse.
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Lovely find; might be a pageant or something. As it’s all girls perhaps a school event.
What a large group of people.Looks like a production of some sort because of the outfits or a summer pageant.Also there is a quite varied age range of people.Perhaps they all lived in the same village or small town.
A nostalgic look at times past!
A really good find Richard.