Zone d'identification
Cote
Titre
Date(s)
- 1892-[c.1940] (Création/Production)
Niveau de description
Étendue matérielle et support
1449 negatives; 13 monochrome photographic and reprographic prints; 2 lantern slides; 1 bound volume
Zone du contexte
Nom du producteur
Histoire administrative
In 1892 Albert Smith opened a photographic studio in Saint Helier, Jersey; having purchased the studio of E. Baudoux & Son Ltd from John Stroud.
Albert Smith died in 1914, his son David Smith continued to operate the business under the name Albert Smith Ltd.
It is unclear if the business was operating and if so in what format between 1931 and 1940.
Dépôt
Histoire archivistique
Albert Smith, born in England, arrived in Jersey with his family in 1892, purchasing the studio of photographer Ernest Baudoux from John Stroud.
His son, David Smith, took over the business following Albert’s death on 22 April 1914.
Source immédiate d'acquisition ou de transfert
David Smith donated the negatives and registers held by the business to the Société Jersiaise in 1940.
Other items listed in the collection have been received independently.
Zone du contenu et de la structure
Portée et contenu
This collection contains commercial photographic products and records of Albert Smith Ltd (1892-c.1940). The collection is predominantly made up gelatin glass plate negatives and albumen prints in various card mounted formats and bound volumes. As was common for commercial studios at the time they produced individual and group portraits, views of the built and natural environment and social events.
Évaluation, élimination et calendrier de conservation
Accroissements
Mode de classement
The collection is arranged in five series.
Zone des conditions d'accès et d'utilisation
Conditions d'accès
No restrictions
Conditions de reproduction
No restrictions
Langue des documents
anglais
Écriture des documents
Notes de langue et graphie
Caractéristiques matérielle et contraintes techniques
Instruments de recherche
Zone des sources complémentaires
Existence et lieu de conservation des originaux
Existence et lieu de conservation des copies
Unités de description associées
Zone des notes
Identifiant(s) alternatif(s)
Mots-clés
Mots-clés - Sujets
Mots-clés - Lieux
Mots-clés - Noms
Mots-clés - Genre
Zone du contrôle de la description
Identifiant de la description
Identifiant du service d'archives
Règles et/ou conventions utilisées
Manual of Archival Description, Third Edition (MAD3) and Getty Art and Architecture Thesaurus (AAT)
Statut
Niveau de détail
Dates de production, de révision, de suppression
Created 22 May 2024
Revised 11 November 2025
Langue(s)
anglais
Écriture(s)
Sources
Note de l'archiviste
Described by Orlando Echeverri
Revised by Patrick Cahill