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'''Vernon & Co''' Photographic Studios operated from various addresses in Esplanade Row [[Bombay]] from early 1900s <ref> [https://indianculture.gov.in/other-collections/thackers-indian-directory-1904-embracing-whole-british-india-and-native-states Thackers Annual Directory 1904 P1324] </ref> until at least the 1920s. By 1920 the studios had also embraced the world of film - a similar progression to the celebrated [[Clifton & Co, Photographers (Bombay)| Clifton & Co studios]] - which also operated at that time in the Bombay area. <ref> [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.97229/page/n2151/mode/2up?view=theater Thackers Annual Directory 1920] </ref>
The studio produced many photographs and photographic albums which record portraits and events relating to the local Indian Royal families. For an example see [https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/The_Indian_Portrait_VI/_iVQCgAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22vernon+%26+co%22+album&pg=PT71&printsec=frontcover Album depicting Coronation of Maharana Shri Vijayasinhji 1915 - Googlebooks]
In 1911 Vernon & Co were one of the photographers commissioned to take photographs of the Delhi Durbar. In addition albums were also produced by the studio entitled "Souvenir , the Imperial Visit to Delhi" - in which composition of images vary slightly to accommodate the interests of the collection owner. <ref>. [http://ekaresources.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/udaipur-1.pdf P118 eka resources.com] </ref>
By 1914 the studios had also embraced the world of film - a similar progression to the celebrated [[Clifton & Co, Photographers (Bombay)| Clifton & Co studios]] - which also operated at that time in the Bombay area. Documentaries were made (see image). During WW1 some work was also undertaken with the Red Cross
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