Photographers in the High
The High was a magnet for photographers, attracting both town and gown. Many of them produced their own picture postcards. The list below may help people in the dating of old pictures. Gillman & Soame are still going strong today.
Bracher, Edward
- 1852–1863: 26 High Street
- 1863: sold the business to Wheeler & Day
Day, George P.
- 1875–1876+: 95 High Street (presumably breaking away from Wheeler & Day)
Gillman & Soame (incorporating Hill & Saunders):
- 1939–1970: 56 High Street
Guggenheim, J.W.
- 1866–1883: 56 High Street
Leslie, George (incorporating Gillman)
- 1934–1941: 55 High Street
Miller, John G.
- 1866–1875: 94 High Street
Penrose & Palmer
- 1921–1941: 50 High Street
Rose, William R.
- 1916–1964: 133 High Street
Soame, James (junior)
- 1889–1894: 56a High Street
- 1895–1909: 101 High Street
- 1909: shop demolished to make way for the Rhodes Building
Studio Edmark
- 1970–1976+: 130 High Street
Taunt, Henry
- 1854: Started at the age of 14 with Edward Bracher at 26 High Street
- 1863: Took over as manager when Bracher’s business was sold to Wheeler & Day
- 1866: Took over a shop in Cornmarket, moving to 9–10 Broad Street in 1874
- 1894/5: 41 High Street
- 1896–1906: 34 High Street
Taylor, Norman
- 1918–1947: 107A High Street
Wheeler & Day
- 1866–1871: 106 High Street (bought Edward Bracher’s business)
- 1872: Appears to have split into two separate businesses, with Wheeler remaining here and Day moving into 95 High Street
Wheeler, William Henry
- 1872–1918: 106 High Street