Name/Title
ScarboroughEntry/Object ID
p-26865Description
Scarborough, England;
Francis Frith, Quaker minister, 1897
Francis Frith was born in 1822 and started his photographic publishing company in 1860. By the 1870's, Frith & Co. was producing photographs and postcards for toursits all over England. Eventually in the 1880's, his sons took over the family business of Frith & Co. Francis Frith died in 1898 at age 76. The company continued to run well into the 1960s.
View of the Grand Scarborough Hotel built in 1867. The building in the foreground, was built in 1880, and used as a spa. The history of the Scarborough Spa dates back to the 1700's when the natural spring water there was dfiscovered and thought to hold medicinal properties. It is stilol used as a spa today.Collection
Nancy Dubois Photograph CollectionLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Print, PhotographicNomenclature Primary Object Term
PhotographNomenclature Sub-Class
Graphic DocumentsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication Objects