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Links to my favourite photo-related sites
- Derbyshire Photographers, by Brett Payne
- Alfred Seaman and the PCUK
- The Victorian Picture Library, by Ron Cosens
- George Eastman House Photography Collections
- Forensic Genealogy, by Colleen Fitzpatrick
- The Rootschat Collection, by Prue McKay
- Real Photo Postcard Stamp Boxes, by Ron Playle
- Directory of London Photographers 1841-1908, by Michael Pritchard
- Photographic History & Collecting, by Marcel Safier
- Brighton Photographers 1841-1910, by David Simkin
- Sussex PhotoHistory, by David Simkin
- EdinPhoto, by Peter Stubbs
- Photo Detective Blog, by Maureen Taylor
- Victorian & Edwardian Photographs, by Roger Vaughan
- Date an Old Photograph, by Roger Vaughan
- Ephemera Blog, by Marty Weil
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