Jean Bowes (d.1938)
Jean Bowes (Miss) had a studio above the Central Tramway on Marine Parade in Scarborough in the early part of the 20th Century. She first appears in a local directory in 1912 and is in the Kelly’s Directory for 1921. She still occupied the studio in Marine Parade in 1931.
Jean Bowes, full name was Jane Elizabeth Bowes, she lived at 11 The Crescent in Scarborough. In 1925 she advertised two modern flats in the Crescent for rent. Adverts appeared again in 1927 and 1931. When she died on 7 June 1938 she left £2216 (gross) - £533 (net), her funeral was at St Martin’s Church and she was buried in Dean Road Cemetery. She shared a grave with Helen (Nellie) Wright who had died in 1919.
Portrait of an unknown man and woman, the man is in World War I style army uniform,
Postcard
Portrait of two unknown girls
Postcard
Portrait of an unknown man
Studio Portrait
From a Private collection
Photographic Practice
Portraits
Postcards
Studios
The Watkyn Studio, Marine Parade, Scarborough - 1912-1921
References
Leeds Mercury, 9 June 1938 (British Newspaper Archive)
Sheffield Daily Telegraph, 17 August 1927 (British Newspaper Archive)
Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer, 7 May 1931 (British Newspaper Archive)