Glass Plate Negatives

The lantern slides listed here had been held by the Schools Library and Museum Service for some years, and their provenance was not recorded. Those listed in series R/L 39/1, 39/2 and 39/4, formerly held in a wooden box, were previously scanned at East Sussex Record Office in June 2009, and returned to the Schools Museum Service. The scanning was done randomly and the images were held as a temporary accession (T 518). They were used in a WRVS Heritage Plus project concerning the lives of travellers, and some were published in 'Hidden Photographs of a Hidden People; in and around the south country hop gardens' (2010). The lantern slides were subsequently transferred to ESRO on 29 September 2016 (ACC 12662). DR EDWIN PERCY HABBERTON LULHAM (1865-1940) R/L 39/1, 39/2 39/3 and 39/4 seem to be by, or had some connection with, Dr Edwin Percy Habberton Lulham, who is known to have been interested in photography and gypsy and rural life, although there are at least two other photographers represented here. Lantern slides were available commercially, and presumably Lulham was the owner of the box in which the lantern slides were formerly housed, and supplemented his own work with ones purchased.The slides have been sorted into series as far as possible. R/L 39/2/1-2 are labelled 'Dr Habberton Lulham of Hurstpierpoint' in a modern hand, and show him tending to traveller patients. Lulham was born in Norwich 7 April 1865, and was initially a professional cricketer; he was in the Sussex team, and played for England in 1894. He became a doctor, graduating from Guy's Hospital in 1896. He worked at the Sussex County Hospital in Brighton as a 'dresser' for the Senior Surgeon, Dr Blaker; he wrote the foreword and contributed photographs to Blaker's reminscences 'Sussex in Bygone Days, (1919). Lulham also wrote poetry inspired by the Sussex countryside, which included 'Songs from the Downs and Dunes' (1908). He practised as a doctor in Ditchling and Brighton. In 1911 he was enumerated at at 38 Sweyn Road, Margate, the home of Dr Thompson, but lived in Ditchling. He lived at 11 Prince Albert Street, Brighton, from at least 1915-1923. Lulham became interested in rural life and customs and is known to have given talks illustrated with lantern slides. He was an authority on gipsy life and was an honorary member of the Gipsy Lore Society. It is thought that he stopped practising as a doctor during the 1920s due to sciatica and high blood pressure, and concentrated on photography and public lectures. He committed suicide on 27 June 1940; he was then living at Haven, Hurstpierpoint. OTHER PHOTOGRAPHERS The archive includes images likely to be by at least two other photographers. Francis Robert 'Frank' Hinkins (14 October 1852 – 6 August 1934) was a lantern slide maker and photographer, who published 'Romany Life' under the pen name Frank Cuttriss in 1915. In 1901 he was living at 77 Stanford Road, Preston with his wife Eliza (47) and son Ralph Cuttriss (19), who is thought to have married a Romany girl from the New Forest. The family were living at Lyndhurst in the New Forest in 1911. 'Hidden Photographs of a Hidden People' (ESRO R/L/39/5/1) suggests that two images among the lantern slides held by Dr Lulham may have been by Hinkins; one was R/L 39/4/1 but the other is not identified, and might be R/L 39/4/2 or 3, which are portraits in a style typical of Hinkins. There are other images labelled 'Colonel Gale'. Joseph Gale (16 Oct 1830 - 6 Aug 1906), was an architect and photographer who spent most of his working life in Bermondsey. His work was frequently exhibited at The Royal Photographic Society. Some of his work is held by the University of Reading Museum of Rural Life.

The slides were formerly held in a separate box to those listed as R/L 39/1-4, but it is possible that they too had formerly been owned by Dr Edwin Percy Habberton Lulham. A number are labelled 'SGM'; some are by G Old