Postcard Studio Portraits taken at George Austin's Seaside Studio
[PHOTO: Courtesy of Joyce and Ray Hooker]
[PHOTO: Courtesy of Brian Partridge]
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Postcard Portraits by George Austin of Seaside, Eastbourne
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Postcard Studio Portraits taken at George Austin's Seaside Studio |
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[ABOVE] A postcard portrait of Charles
Boardman by
George Austin of 70 Seaside, Eastbourne. (c1918). Charles Boardman, the
son of Ellen Walker and George Herbert Boardman was born in Hailsham in
1916.
[PHOTO: Courtesy of Joyce and Ray Hooker] |
[ABOVE] A postcard portrait of two women by George Austin of 70 Seaside, Eastbourne. (c1916) |
[ABOVE] A postcard portrait of a girl
with a tennis racquet by
George Austin of 70 Seaside, Eastbourne. (c1918) [PHOTO: Courtesy of Brian Partridge] |
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| [ABOVE] A postcard portrait of a teenage girl and her younger sister by George Austin of 70 Seaside, Eastbourne. (c1918) | [ABOVE] A postcard portrait of a young woman in patriotic sailor's uniform by George Austin of 70 Seaside, Eastbourne. (c1916) | [ABOVE] A postcard portrait of an unknown woman by George Austin of 70 Seaside, Eastbourne. (c1917) |
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Boarding House Postcards by George Austin of Eastbourne |
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[ABOVE] A postcard format photograph of
staff and holidaymakers at The Glastonbury, a boarding house located at
5,6 & 7 Royal Parade, Eastbourne, photographed by George Austin of 70
Seaside, Eastbourne on 28th September 1909. Card post-marked Eastbourne, 9th
Oct. 1909. Mabel, the young lady who sent the card, stands at the extreme
right on the balcony above. [PHOTO: Courtesy of Brian Partridge] |
[ABOVE] Another picture postcard of staff
and holidaymakers at The Glastonbury Boarding House in Royal Parade,
Eastbourne, photographed by George Austin of 70 Seaside,
Eastbourne. Card sent to Miss Hockaday of Brentwood, Essex, post-marked
Eastbourne, 15th Sept. 1909. Mabel, the young lady who sent this card
and the postcard on the left, can
be seen in the ground-floor window on the left-hand side of the photograph. [PHOTO: Courtesy of Brian Partridge] |
[ABOVE] A postcard format photograph of
the staff and boarders of the Kynance boarding house at 67 Royal
Parade, Eastbourne,
photographed by George Austin of 70 Seaside, Eastbourne on 16th August 1910.
Unused postcard. The young woman wearing the striped tie and standing in
front of the wall on the left also appears in the picture postcard below. [PHOTO: Courtesy of Brian Partridge] |
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[ABOVE] A postcard format photograph of
holidaymakers outside an Eastbourne boarding house numbered 39 and 40,
photographed by
George Austin of 70 Seaside, Eastbourne on 9th September 1913. Card
post-marked Brighton, 11th Oct. 1913. This picture postcard probably shows
the boarding house at 39 & 40 Royal Parade, Eastbourne. Between 1911 and
1915, the proprietors of the boarding house at 39 & 40 Royal Parade were
listed as Misses Alice & Kate Dale. [PHOTO: Courtesy of Brian Partridge] |
[ABOVE] A postcard format photograph of
holidaymakers outside an unidentified Eastbourne Boarding House,
photographed by
George Austin of 70 Seaside, Eastbourne on 23rd August 1910. Unused
postcard. The young woman wearing the striped tie featured in the picture
postcard dated 16th August 1910 poses in the ground floor window of the
boarding house. [PHOTO: Courtesy of Brian Partridge] |
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[ABOVE] A postcard format photograph of holidaymakers outside an unidentified Eastbourne boarding house, photographed by George Austin of 70 Seaside, Eastbourne on 12th September 1913. [RIGHT] A detail showing a close-up view of some of the holidaymakers. [PHOTO: Courtesy of Brian Partridge] |
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[ABOVE] A postcard format photograph of holidaymakers outside York House, a boarding establishment in Royal Parade, Eastbourne, photographed by George Austin of 70 Seaside, Eastbourne during Christmas 1913. Card post-marked 27th December 1913. [LEFT] A detail of the postcard pictured above, showing a close-up view of some of the holidaymakers assembled at the entrance to York House in Royal Parade, Eastbourne. York House was a boarding establishment that spanned 15-19 Royal Parade, Eastbourne. In 1911, the proprietor of the boarding house at 15 to 19 Royal Parade was Mrs S. C. Williams. The buildings that formed York House are now part of the Best Western hotel chain. Today (2009) the Best Western York House Hotel occupies 14 to 22 Royal Parade, Eastbourne. [PHOTO: Courtesy of Brian Partridge] |
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[ABOVE] A postcard format photograph of holidaymakers outside the Ranelagh, an Eastbourne boarding house, photographed by George Austin of 70 Seaside, Eastbourne on 19th August 1910. This postcard was posted on the same day to an address in Huddersfield. [RIGHT] A detail of the postcard above showing a close-up view of the group of men on the left of the picture. As Brian Partridge has observed, these men in flat-caps were possibly a party of Yorkshiremen on holiday in Eastbourne. [PHOTO: Courtesy of Brian Partridge] |
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The E. B. & W. Club by George Austin of Eastbourne |
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[ABOVE] A postcard format group
photograph showing members of the " E. B. & W. Club" (possibly the Eastbourne
Boxing and Wrestling Club), photographed by
George Austin of 70 Seaside, Eastbourne. Undated and unused postcard.
[RIGHT] A detail showing the identifying caption " E. B. & W. Club"
in front of the club's trophies. [PHOTO: Courtesy of Brian Partridge] |
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Acknowledgements |
| Thanks to Brian Partridge for providing picture postcards by George Austin taken from his own personal picture postcard collection. Thanks to Joyce Hooker and Ray Hooker for providing the studio portrait of young Charles Boardman by George Austin of 70 Seaside, Eastbourne. |
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Click on the link below to read notes on the photographic career of George Austin of Eastbourne : |
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