StickyBacks or Sticky Backs

In Peterborough during the early years of the 20th Century there were at least two different "Stickyback" photographer's studios. The operators of these studios are currently unknown. In trying to discover more about these two studios we have researched the whole "Stickyback" genre in the hope that some of the information here may eventually help with identifying the two mystery Peterborough studios. We hope this information will also be useful to local and family historians who come across examples of the work of the stickyback photographer.

Stickybacks were a type of portraiture appearing from around 1900 to 1920, positioned at the cheapest end of the photographic trade. (Stickyback photographs could be had for between 6d and a shilling a dozen) These were products for a wider mass market - those who had perhaps never been photographed before - a kind of "stack 'em tall and sell 'em cheap" mentality which was all about higher volume sales, reduced use of materials, small novelty products at affordable prices. We have also documented a wider genre of smaller less expensive portraiture products, which we have called "Sub Carte De Visite Size Portraits", within which the Stickyback photograph fits.

WE HAVE NOW MOVED ALL OUR INFORMATION ON STICKYBACKS TO A NEW SITE: WWW.STICKYBACKS.UK