Edwin Dale

Edwin Dale was born on 3rd January 1882. When he entered the Jersey Eistedfodd photographic competition for the first time in 1913 he won four first prizes and two second prizes. He remained an amateur photographer, making his living running his father’s boot, shoe and leather shop at 63 New Street. In 1947, after fifty-three years, the business was transferred due to Edwin’s ill health. As well as being a very talented photographer, Edwin Dale was a keen racer of model boats and known for his love of motorcycles. Many of his early images include the motorised bike on which he would travel around the island taking photographs. Most of his work dates from 1910 to the 1920s and one of his favourite subjects was the railway. He died on 27th January 1956.

Other Photographers Featured in the Collection

Read more about the people behind the lenses of the Société Jersiaise Photographic Archive : 

• Ernest Baudoux
• Edwin Dale
• Francis Foot
• Emile Guiton
• Philip Morel-Laurens
• Henry Mullins

• Clarence Philip Ouless
• Phyllis Gertrude Ross
• Albert Smith
• Frederick William Spinner
• Thomas Sutton
• Richard Whinnerah