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ISAAC LEWIS, BARNET LEWIS AND SAMUEL MARKS PHOTOGRAPH AND OTHERS

Callum Fairbairn By Callum Fairbairn
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ISAAC LEWIS, BARNET LEWIS AND SAMUEL MARKS PHOTOGRAPH AND OTHERS
The main photograph on this page was, I believe, taken around about 1875. It captures the partners of Lewis & Marks when they were young. From left to right Samuel Marks, Barnet Lewis, Isaac Lewis.
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Isaac Lewis 1849 – 1927

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Sarah Ann Tickton (1857-1919 wife of Isaac Lewis. Daughter of a rabbi in Sheffield. Married Isaac in 1873.

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Partners in Lewis & Marks
Isaac Lewis (1849 – 1927) right
Barnet Lewis (1854 – 1929) centre
Samuel Marks (1844 – 1920) left

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Callum Fairbairn

Callum Fairbairn spent two decades on regional newspapers in Scotland, mostly in council chambers and at budget statements, before writing about the economy, politics and the day's news for Sterling Times. He likes to read the actual documents before he reads the reaction to them. Away from the desk he walks the Pentland Hills with a flask of tea and a very old waterproof.

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