Henry Joseph Whitlock established a studio at 11 New Street Birmingham. assisted by his two sons Arthur ( born 1865 Birmingham) Henry junior, aka Harry ( born c1871 Birmingham ).
Henry Joseph Whitlock founded the firm of H. J. Whitlock & Sons of Birmingham and Wolverhampton. A studio named Whitlock Brothers was operating in Wolverhampton at 63 Darlington Street in the early 1900s. Firm of Whitlock continued as a photographic business in Birmingham until the mid-1960s.
Smashing photo Maris. I hope someone knows where it was taken. Which one was your grandma?
Judy
Well there are several chefs and chambermaids in the pic so it looks like a staff pic from a hotel and there weren't many hotels in brum at that time with a staff as big as that so how about the Midland?
The flooring looks like coconut matting
.......(although otherwise my own gut feeling would have been for a little later, perhaps the early to mid-1930s).
Chris
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As for your grandmother, far be it from me to try to assess the age of a lady. But (if I have identified her correctly) I do feel that she could fall within quite a wide age range and I suppose that the only way of establishing it is for you to compare the image with photographs of her from a known date.
How nice it would be to establish when, where and why.
Chris