Object Number: TC3331

Collection: Social History

Object Name: photograph

Description: Photograph of May Evelyn Whitcombe (nee Roach) taken in around 1916 at Seamans' Studios photography studio at 10 Castle St, Bristol. It is probably a proof photograph, sent to the client for approval before the full sized photograph was developed. It pictures May in a standing pose. May Roach was born 03/06/1892 and died 24/02/1984. When she was young, she lived at Oslands farms, Codrington, Gloucestershire. She married Edgar George Whitcombe of Barley Close Farm, Codrington, Glos, in February 1916, at Wapley near Westerley, Glos. See record for TB3328 for more detail. Related items: TB3328 May's wedding dress; TB3329 box and newspaper in which dress was stored; TB3330 photograph of Edgar George Whitcombe c.1916; TB3332 photograph of May Whitcombe c.1916.