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the Suter house. The microscope shown is not that
which has survived as a family heirloom, which means
little - Suter advertised microscopes, acting as selling
agent for at least eight makers, including R&J Beck
(the instrument in the photograph may be an R&J Beck
travelling microscope.) His younger brother Thomas
ran a shop selling photographic accessories, and may
have made the posed study, as an early essay in
photography.

A postcard featured a shop at The Parade, Bruce
Grove, Tottenham. The man in the doorway seems to
bear a family resemblance to Richard Suter, and is
probably Thomas Suter.

Much Bruce Grove streetscape remains today, in a
somewhat dilapidated state. Premises have been re-
numbered since the days of the Suters: there is more
than one possibility, but the illustration below (R)
shows what was probably once the shop.