Portrait of A.E. Ekins, Mayor of St Albans 1901

Social History (Museum of St Albans)

1981.3703

Monochrome photographic print on board. Portrait of A.E. Ekins, Mayor of St Albans in 1901. Arthur Edward Ekins (1852-1912) trained as a chemist and took over a shop at 12 Market Place in 1876, becoming distinguished in his profession. As mayor, he personally supervised arrangements for those infected by smallpox during the outbreak in St Albans in 1901-2. He was also Conservative, a Freemason, a churchwarden at Christ Church, a director of the temperance Coffee Tavern in Market Place, a member of the Workhouse Board of Guardians, a director of the St Albans Building Society and had developed the Beaumont Avenue and Marlborough Road residential areas.

1901

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Amy Cooke

3) MoStA Archive Room

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Photograph Box 20.

04/12/2006