Christina Broom was a Scottish photographer, credited as "the UK's first female press photographer".
15 Facts About Christina Broom
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Christina Broom's father was Alexander Livingston, a master bootmaker and her mother Margaret Fair.
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Christina Broom set up a stall in the Royal Mews at Buckingham Palace, selling postcards of photographs that she had taken.
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Christina Broom was assisted by Winifred, her daughter, who had left school to assist her; Albert wrote the captions for the postcards in his neat script.
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Christina Broom was appointed official photographer to the Household Division from 1904 to 1939 and had a darkroom in the Chelsea Barracks; she took many photographs of local scenes, including those at the Palace, as well as The Boat Race and Suffragette marches.
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Christina Broom took images of the local Church pageant in Fulham in 1909 and the Army pageant in Fulham Palace grounds in 1910.
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Albert died in 1912 and Christina Broom and Winifred moved to Munster Road, Fulham.
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Christina Broom and Winifred continued to photograph notable buildings, and people in informal and formal scenes, outdoors, a rare sight given the amount of equipment needed.
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Christina Broom's health was affected by severe backpain and Winnie had to sometimes push her in a wheelchair to the Barracks to do her work.
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Christina Broom took pictures of royal horses and of events and everyday life along with Army and official royal reportage.
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Christina Broom and Winifred were themselves photographed at the Mayor's reception, Fulham Town Hall in 1934, and at The Boat Race in 1936.
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Christina Broom was last pictured relaxing, fishing in Margate shortly before her death.
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Christina Broom died on 5 June 1939, she was buried in Fulham old cemetery.
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In 36 years of work Christina Broom took 40,000 images altogether.
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Christina Broom was subject of the BBC Four documentary Britain in Focus: A Photographic History episode 2.