Thomas Smith Volkes (1862-1953)

Thomas Smith Volkes is listed with a studio in Valley Bridge Parade in the 1913 Kelly’s Directory and in the 1921 edition in Prospect Road.

Born in Scarborough in 1862 Volkes, parents were James Volkes and Anne Keay. He was married to Edith (b.1866, Swyncombe, Oxfordshire). They had two sons, Fred R. (b.1895) and Lawrence (b.1903).

Photographic Practice

  • Portraiture

Studios

4a Valley Bridge Parade, Scarborough, 1913

84 Prospect Road, Scarborough, 1921

References

Kelly’s Directory, 1913

Kelly’s Directory, 1921