Negative, glass, showing Raymond Harman Remington (1914-1941), son of the photographer, taken by A H Remington (1886-1965), England, ca. 1920.

Glass negative showing one of the photographer's children, Raymond Harman Remington (1914-1941), taken by A H Remington (1886-1965) ca. 1920. Raymond is posed in the studio against a woodland backdrop. He is wearing cream shorts and a shirt and is holding a wooden wheelbarrow with two teddy bears inside.

Given by Jill Vanessa Downs

A.H. Remington, father of the donor, was a studio / portrait photographer initially based on the South East coast of England. He set up a photographic business, Remington's photo service, around the 1920s.

He trained as a mechanical engineer. After WWI he took up photography, initially working with glass plate cameras. Later he moved on to use a Leica 'reporter' 35mm. His first business was thought to have been in Greenwich area and he worked as a photographer at the Royal Naval college at Greenwich. The National Maritime museum also hold some of his photographs in their collection.

After this he began to take seaside photographs in Margate, Broadstairs and Brighton areas where these photographs are all thought to have been taken. Later in his career he moved to South Devon and continued his business, Remington's photo service (later a limited company) in Torquay and Paignton until the late 1950s.

Arthur Herbert Remington initially trained as an engineer but after WWI he took up photography, using heavy glass plate cameras. This glass plate negative captures the photographer's son, Raymond, posed in his studio holding a wheel barrow containing two teddy bears.
Remington's first business was thought to have been in the Greenwich area and he worked as a photographer at the Royal Naval College at Greenwich. The National Maritime Museum also hold some of his photographs in their collection.
After this he moved his studio to the south coast working around the areas of Margate, Broadstairs and Brighton where this photograph, part of a series, is thought to have been taken.
Later in his career he moved to South Devon and continued his business, Remington's Photo Service (later a limited company) in Torquay and Paignton until the late 1950s.

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