Contains: account books of W. H. Pool 1854-1859; account books daily sales from Miss Pool's grocery shop 1872-1909; bill for groceries on engineering department bill head 1901; photographic negatives and prints featuring portraits of people, transport, animals, street scenes, machinery, rural scenes, farms, churches and buildings n.d. [c1880-1930]; notice of flower show committee meeting n.d.[c.1900]; will of S Surridge, blacksmith 1861
ALFRED POOL COLLECTION
This material is held atMuseum of English Rural Life
- Reference
- GB 7 P POOL
- Dates of Creation
- 1854-c1909
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- English.
- Physical Description
- 288 documents
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
Alfred J Pool (1865-1956), was the photographer and 'photographic artist' at Chipstable, Somerset from about 1880-1900. He was a member of the firm of W H Pool and Sons, makers of threshing machines, wagons and agricultural implements. The firm had been founded by William Henry Pool (1821-1907), who set up in business as a wheelwright and passed the firm on to his sons, William Henry (1853-1933) and Alfred. Alfred had a practical and inventive mind, who designed internal combustion engines that became one of the firm's main products between the 1890's and the early 1920's. His family were also shopkeepers in Chipstable, a grocer's and draper's shop having been established by Alfred's grandfather. The shop traded as W.H.Pool, although its arrangement was in the hands of the women of the family. The shop was kept up until the death of Alfred's sister, Maria, 1944.
Arrangement
AC Accounts
PH Internal Photographic Records
PH1 Photographic Negatives
PH3 Photographic Prints
SP Social and Personal Records
Access Information
Open for consultation
Acquisition Information
Accession numbers DX339, D62/31-39
Note
Compiled by Caroline Gould, 19 December 2002
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