I have taken the information below from the Imagine York website where there are some beautiful pictures of York in bygone days and also some photographs of William Hayes, some of which I have cheekily posted in this blog.
Hayes was born in Newbiggin in the city in 1871. He was interested in art from an early age and attended the York School of Art. Initially his interest in photography was as an amateur but he later channelled his considerable ability into creating a business as a full time professional photographer.
He undertook both studio and outside work and was employed many times by Rowntrees. His street scenes are particularly evocative.
He married Margaret Harland in 1904 and, after concerns for his wife's health, they moved to Hutton-Le-Hole in 1911 - two years after the birth of their son.
Hayes continued to be an active photographer, walking and cycling many miles to fulfil his varied commissions.
Hayes died in October 1940. His studio can still be visited at the Ryedale Folk Museum in Hutton Le Hole.
This of course does not help identify the little girl in the picture but for me the photographer has become more interesting than his subject.His studio was a corregated iron building at the bottom of his garden at 76 Monkgate, York. There was a huge gasworks and incinerater chimney overlooking his garden and it was for this reason that he eventually moved for the sake of his wife's health.
His house in Monkgate is still there and I have put an interactive Streetview picture below. His house was the one with the red door. There is now an industrial site and a huge Sainsburys super store where the gasworks once stood.
The image below shows William Hayes and his new wife on their wedding day outside of his studio.
This next image shows the wedding breakfast actually in his studio.
This final image shows his wife by the studio looking up at the huge chimney and gas works
If you go to the Imagine York website and type in Monkgate in the photo search box you will get a large selection of photos of the roard and area where William Hayes lived. Some are taken by him.
I have discovered the following book - William Hayes 1871-1940 : York photographic artist by Terry Buchanan 1986 and have managed to get a copy from Amazon and if you click the link it will take you to these books.
I am really pleased that with such little information to go on we have discovered so much about this talented photograher.
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