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72 Bridge Street, Stearn the photographers
History of Stearn the photographers, 72 Bridge Street
1861
Thomas Stearn, 36, tailor, b Middlesex
1911
Walter James Stearn, 47, photographer, b Cambridge
Stearns, Bridge Street, unknown subject (MoC)
A collection of Stearn’s photos is kept by the Cambridgeshire Collection. Their guide to the collection can be found here:
Empire Day photo by Stearns (MoC198/75)
Reverse of Empire Day photo
1962
Stearn & Sons, photographers
Photowork Ltd
In 2016 Joan Robertson recounted how her husband, Stan, had come to Cambridge in the 1940s and joined Stearn’s as a photographer:
Stan became one of the leading university photographers and a fellow and president of the Master Photographers Association:
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