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Miscellaneous documents

Reference: D/X 1584 Catalogue Title: Miscellaneous documents Area: Catalogue Category: Other Records Description: Dyer family of West Hartlepool

Covering Dates: c.1880-1942

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    • Photographs relating to the Dyer family of West Hartlepool (Ref: D/X 1584/1-40)

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Records given:

27 March 2007 Acc: 3351(D)

Catalogue Contents

Photographs relating to the Dyer family of West Hartlepool (Ref: D/X 1584/1-40)Ref: D/X 1584/1

Three-quarter length cabinet print portrait of Enoch Dyer, by John Hawke, photographer, 8 George Street, Plymouth, n.d. [ c.1880]
(1 photograph, 9.5 cm. x 14 cm., black and white, mounted on board)

Ref: D/X 1584/2

Three-quarter length cabinet print vignette of Betsy Simmons Dyer, née Brown, wife of Enoch Dyer, by Yeoman, photographer [5 Lynn Street] West Hartlepool, n.d. [ c.1900]
(1 photograph, 9.5 cm. x 13.5 cm., black and white, mounted on board)

Ref: D/X 1584/3

Cabinet print vignette of John Charles Dyer, grocer and wine and spirit merchant, 1, Alice Street, West Hartlepool, councillor representing the South East Ward on West Hartlepool Corporation, taken by Braybrook, photographer, Church Square, West Hartlepool, n.d. [ c.1902]
(1 photograph, 9.5 cm. x 14 cm., black and white, mounted on board)

Ref: D/X 1584/4

Postcard head and shoulders portrait of Jessie Dyer, n.d. [1902 - 1905]
(1 photograph, 7 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)

Ref: D/X 1584/5

Cabinet print vignette of Mr. Kirby, father of Mary Ann Dyer, by Thirlwell & Co., [21 Bridge Street] Stockton-on-Tees, photographer, n.d. [ c.1905]
(1 photograph, 10 cm. x 14 cm., black and white, mounted on board)

Ref: D/X 1584/6

Cabinet print vignette of the wife of Mr. Kirby, depicted in D/X 1584/5, by Thirlwell & Co., photographer [21 Bridge Street] Stockton-on-Tees, n.d. [ c.1905]
(1 photograph, 10 cm. x 14 cm., black and white, mounted on board)

Ref: D/X 1584/7

Full length portrait of Mary Ann Dyer, nee Kirby, standing outside a terraced house, knitting, n.d. [ c.1905]
(1 photograph, 5 cm. x 7.5 cm., black and white, mounted on card)

Ref: D/X 1584/8

Cabinet print portrait of Mary Ann Dyer, and her daughters, Jessie and Amy, by H.W. Thompson, photographer, 'electric studio', West Hartlepool, n.d. [ c.1905]
(1 photograph, 9.5 cm. x 14 cm., black and white, mounted on board)

Ref: D/X 1584/9

Cabinet print three-quarter length portrait of Amy Dyer, taken on the same occasion as D/X 1584/8, by H.W. Thompson, photographer, West Hartlepool, n.d. [ c.1905]
(1 photograph, 9.5 cm. x 14 cm., black and white, mounted on board)

Ref: D/X 1584/10

Full-length portrait of Jessie Dyer, taken on the same occasion as D/X 1584/8 by [H.W. Thompson], n.d. [ c.1905]
(1 photograph, 10.5 cm. x 15 cm., black and white)

Ref: D/X 1584/11

Group portrait of the Dyer brothers comprising, Bert, Harry and 'Gillie'; Norman, Charlie and Wilf, probably taken on the same occasion as D/X 1584/8 by [H.W. Thompson], n.d. [ c.1905]
(1 photograph, 19 cm. x 12.5 cm., black and white)

Ref: D/X 1584/12

Cabinet print vignette of Harry Dyer, by W.H. Sykes, photographer, Wellington House Studio, York Road, West Hartlepool, n.d. [ c.1905]
(1 photograph, 9.5 cm. x 14 cm., black and white, mounted on board)

Ref: D/X 1584/13

Photograph of a shooting party comprising five men (John Charles Dyer, centre), posing with their 'bag' of game birds and rabbit near the Red Lion [Dalton Piercy], n.d. [ c.1905]
(1 photograph, 19.5 cm. x 14 cm., black and white, mounted on board)

Ref: D/X 1584/14

Cabinet print vignette of [Alderman] John Charles Dyer, by J.W. Dale, photographer, 21 Bell Street, West Hartlepool, n.d. [ c.1906]
(1 photograph, 10 cm. x 14.5 cm., black and white, mounted on board)

Ref: D/X 1584/15

Incomplete postcard portrait of Mary Ann Dyer, used as a Christmas card, n.d. [1907 - 1908]
(1 photograph, 6.5 cm. x 10.5 cm., black and white)

Ref: D/X 1584/16

Cabinet print full-length portrait of Jessie Dyer, by W.H. Sykes, photographer, West Hartlepool and Middlesbrough, n.d. [ c.1909]
(1 photograph, 9.5 cm. x 13.5 cm., black and white, mounted on board)

Ref: D/X 1584/17

Postcard three-quarter length portrait of Beattie Bratten, wife of Bert Dyer, n.d. [ c.1910]
(1 photograph, 8.5 cm. x 13.5 cm., black and white)

Ref: D/X 1584/18

Incomplete postcard depicting a head and shoulders portrait of Agnes Clarkson Miller, wife of Harry Dyer, n.d. [ c.1910]
(1 photograph, 7 cm. x 11 cm., black and white)

Ref: D/X 1584/19

Vignette of Agnes Miller, wife of Harry Dyer, n.d. [c.1910]
(1 photograph, 9 cm. x 13 cm., black and white, mounted on board)

Ref: D/X 1584/20

Vignette of the wife of H.K. Dyer, taken by Alfred Price, photographer, 91 Durham Street, Hartlepool, n.d. [ c.1912]
(1 photograph, 5.5 cm. x 11 cm., black and white)

Ref: D/X 1584/21

Head and shoulders portrait of 'Gillie' Dyer, in the uniform of the 18th Battalion (Durham Pals) of the Durham Light Infantry, mounted as a greetings card, n.d. [1914 - 1918]
(1 photograph, 9 cm. x 13 cm., black and white, mounted on board)

Ref: D/X 1584/22

Oval head and shoulders portrait of the wife of H.K. Dyer, n.d. [c. 1915]
(1 photograph, 10 cm. x 14 cm., black and white)

Ref: D/X 1584/23

Group portrait of Mary Ann Dyer with her grandchildren, (left to right): J.C. Dyer, Marjorie Dyer, Reni Wilson, Mary Dyer and Brian Wilson, by Thirlwell & Co., photographers, Church Square, West Hartlepool, n.d. [ c.1915]
(1 photograph, 13.5 cm. x 10 cm., black and white)

Ref: D/X 1584/24

Vignette of the wife and baby son [Alan Dyer] of H.K. Dyer, by Yeomans, photographer, West Hartlepool, n.d. [ c.1915]
(1 photograph, 13 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)

Ref: D/X 1584/25

Full-length portrait of a toddler [Alan Dyer] standing by a chair with a teddy bear on it, by Yeomans, photographer, West Hartlepool, n.d. [ c.1918]
(1 photograph, 10 cm. x 14.5 cm., black and white)

Ref: D/X 1584/26

Dyer family group photograph taken outdoors in the garden, comprising (left to right) Jack, Mona and Harry; Mary Ann, Tom and Emily; Jessie, William and Sally, and seated at the front, Mary Anne Dyer's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Kirby, photographed by W.G. Hill, 40 High Street, Stockton-on-Tees, n.d. [ c.1918]
(1 photograph, 20 cm. x 15 cm., black and white, mounted on board)

Ref: D/X 1584/27

Postcard vignette of Jessie Dyer, wife of T.K. Wilson, timber merchant, Greatham Street, West Hartlepool, n.d. [ c.1920]
(1 photograph, 9 cm. x 13.5 cm., black and white)

Ref: D/X 1584/28

Postcard depicting Mrs. H.K. Dyer and her son [Alan], n.d. [c.1920]
(1 photograph, 13 cm. x 8.5 cm., black and white)

Ref: D/X 1584/29

Vignette of Mary Anne Dyer, by Thirlwell Ltd., n.d. [c.1920]
(1 photograph, 11 cm. x 15.5. cm., black and white)

Ref: D/X 1584/30

Full-length portrait of [Peter Brown] as a young boy, n.d. [c.1925]
(1 photograph, 16.5 cm. x 23 cm., black and white)

Ref: D/X 1584/31

Photograph of four young children standing in [Elwick Road] Hartlepool, with Elwick Road School in the background, n.d. [ c.1925] Includes: (left to right) Peter Brown, Alex Brown, Alan Dyer and Barbara Brown; the Browns lived at 21 Eamont Gardens, Hartlepool and the Dyers at 34 Burn Valley Road, Hartlepool
(1 photograph, 12 cm. x 12 cm., black and white)

Ref: D/X 1584/32

Photograph of an older boy with a baby in a pram (possibly Harry McCallum Dyer), with Elwick Road School, Hartlepool, visible in the background, n.d. [ c.1925]
(1 photograph, 11 cm. x 16.5 cm., black and white)

Ref: D/X 1584/33

Postcard depicting two women (one possibly Mrs. H.K. Dyer) and three children (two also appear in D/X 1584/32) on the beach at a resort with a cliff lift, possibly Scarborough or Margate, n.d. [late 1920s]
(1 photograph, 13.5 cm. x 8.5 cm., black and white)

Ref: D/X 1584/34

Portrait of [Harry McCallum Dyer], as a young boy, by Yeoman's, West Hartlepool, n.d. [ c.1930]
(1 photograph, 15 cm. x 10 cm., mounted on board)

Ref: D/X 1584/35

Postcard depicting a young boy, Harry McCallum Dyer, playing in the sand on the beach at [Margate, Kent], n.d. [ c.1930]
(1 photograph, 8.5 cm. x 13.5 cm., black and white)

Ref: D/X 1584/36

Photograph of Alan Dyer, as a boy, with two girls, one possibly Barbara Brown, n.d. [ c.1930]
(1 photograph, 16 cm. x 21.5 cm., black and white)

Ref: D/X 1584/37

Postcard depicting a cub scout troop, n.d. [early 1930s] Includes: Alan Dyer (back row, 4th from the left) and Harry Dyer (back row, 3rd from the right)
(1 photograph, 14 cm. x 8.5 cm., black and white)

Ref: D/X 1584/38

Portrait of [Peter Brown] riding a rocking horse in his back garden, n.d. [early 1930s]
(1 photograph, 16 cm. x 21.5 cm., black and white)

Ref: D/X 1584/39

Photograph of two children, a girl and a boy (possibly Peter and Barbara Brown), she with a teddy bear and he with a toy tank, n.d. [early 1930s]
(1 photograph, 16.5 cm. x 21.5 cm., black and white)

Ref: D/X 1584/40

Portrait of Alan [Dyer] in military uniform, taken at Cairo, Egypt, whilst serving in North Africa during the Second World War, December 1942
(1 photograph, 15 cm. x 20 cm., black and white)



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