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A multi-story yellow brick building housing Cuckoo clothing store with mannequins in the window and a passerby in the foreground.

4 St Mary’s Passage, Albany Cafe, Cambridge

History of 4 Sty Mary's Passage

1861

William Nichols, photographer

Edward William Nichols

A printed oval logo with a belt-and-buckle design featuring the text W. Nichols, Cambridge, St Mary's Passage.

W Nichols. St Mary’s Passage – subject unknown (MoCUN000.4)

Studio portrait of a woman in a dark, full-skirted Victorian dress, seated in a chair beside an ornate carved side table.

W Nichols. St Mary’s Passage – subject unknown (MoCUN000.4)

A woman in a long, dark-patterned dress stands leaning on the back of an ornate wooden chair beside a small table with books.

W Nichols & Sons, St Mary’s Passage, subject unknown (MoC12271)

A printed document showing a purple business stamp for W. Nichols & Sons, photographers and frame makers in Cambridge.

W Nichols & Sons, St Mary’s Passage, subject unknown (MoC12271)

A man with a short beard sits on a chair next to a small table in this Victorian-era studio portrait by Nichols and Sons.

Nichols & Sons- subject unknown (MoCPB298.85)

Two young children in matching white dresses stand side-by-side holding hands before a wooden cabinet and an ornate clock.

W Nichols and Sons, St Mary’s Passage, subject unknown (MoC)

A blue ink stamp on paper featuring a decorative ribbon and crest for W. Nichols and Sons, photographers in Cambridge.

W Nichols and Sons, St Mary’s Passage, subject unknown (MoC)

1891

George J Hewish, 49, tailor, b Cambridge

Oil painting showing men in suits and hats gathered around tables and a service counter inside a dimly lit interior.

Albany Cafe, Mary C Greene (MoC)

1913

John Henry Simpson, proprietor of Albany Cafe

Mrs Silk

1962

Howorths, shoe retailer

(4/5) Dominic J Miller, guest house

2018

Cuckoo

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