Post Card Views of Edinburgh

List of Photographers/Publishers

Post Card Views of

Edinburgh

Yellow background denotes an Edinburgh photographer or publisher.

Green background denotes photographer or publisher from elsewhere.

- FH London

- Princes Street from Calton Hill

- FWH

- Edinburgh from the Castle looking East

- Edinburgh Castle ( GWW style of post card, in an oval black mount)

Posted 1912

- Fairbairn

I have seen only one view of Edinburgh by this photographer. It is a view of the church in Inverleith Terrace. The card has no title, but has a blind stamp with the name 'Fairbairn Photographer'. This card comes from the collection of Malcolm Cant.

- Church in Inverleith Terrace Not posted

- Fairer, B N A Edinburgh

A postcard from the collection of Malcolm Cant

- Our Lady's Dormitory, St Margaret's Convent Posted 1938

- Science Room, St Margaret's Convent Not posted

- Falcon, A & D Edinburgh

A small black + white map of Central Edinburgh

- Central Edinburgh (map)

- Fitzsimons, H 306 High Street, Portobello

- Flockhart Joppa

- Joppa

Posted 1911

- Forbes, A

A Forbes produced an attractive set of post cards, around 1906, showing scenes of Edinburgh in the snow - some bearing the message: With Season's Greetings.

- Waverley Bridge (snow)

- Princes Street (snow)

- Corstorphine (snow)

- Waverley Bridge (snow)

- Forbes, Allan

Some of Allan Forbes' cards were published by the National Trust for Scotland

On sale 2001

- Frith, Francis Finchampstead, Berkshire

Despite the large number of photographs by Francis Frith that have been produced in recent years, I have seen only one Frith postcard of Edinburgh, and that is a modern reproduction. See below

Please click here for a brief history of the Francis Frith business.

- Princes Street 1897 - Reproduction

Dating Postcards

Thank you to Gordon Howe, Gower, Gower, Wales, for telling me that there is a list of Frith's cards up to 1940 on the web.