Postcards

Unidentified Publishers

Most postcards reproduced on this web site are by publishers whose names appeared on the cards.   However, for those on this page, there was no publisher's name or photographer's name on the card.

 

1a.

Unidentified Publishers

Princes Street

Princes Street  -  Heavy Traffica at the West End  -  A matt sepia postcard by an unnamed publisher ©

Matt
Princes Street - West End

Heavy traffic at the West End of Princes Street  -  A glossy sepia postcard from an unidentified publisher ©

Glossy
Princes Street - West End

Postcard by an unidentified publisher  -    Looking to the south-west, across Princes Street towards the National Galleries and Edinburgh Castle on Castle Hill ©

Princes Street
and National Galleries

Postcard by an unidentified publisher  -   Looking to the east along a busy princes street, possibly in the 1930s ©

 Princes Street
Traffic - 1930s?

Postcard by an unidentified publisher  -    Royal Procession of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra in Princes Street, 1903

Princes Street
Procession - 1903

Postcard by an unidentified publisher  -    Looking to the west along Princes Street, with Best Xmas Wishes ©

Princes Street
with Christmas Greeting

Early postcard by an unidentified publisher  -  Princes Street, West End ©

Princes Street - West End

Postcard by an unidentified publisher  -    Looking to the east along Princes Street with a 'GR' Post Office Mail van on the northern side of the street ©

Princes Street - 'GR' Van

Postcard by an unidentified publisher  -    Looking to the east along Princes Street with horse-drawn vehicles

Princes Street with
horse-drawn vehicles

Postcard by unidentified publisher  -  Princes Street Gardens including the Bandstand and the Ross Fountain ©

Princes Street Gardens

Postcard by an unidentified publisher  -  Princes Street Gardens  -  Bandstand and Audience ©

Princes Street Gardens
Bandstand and Audience

Postcard by an unidentified publisher  -  The Floral Clock in Princes Street Gardens  -  1904 ©

Floral Clock - 1904

Postcard by an unidentified publisher  -  Floral Clock in Princes Street Gardens  -  1904 ©

Floral Clock - 1904

Postcard from an unidentified publisher  -  Floral Clock in Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh  -  Which year? ©

Floral Clock

The Caledonian Railway Hotel and Princes Street Station ©

Caledonian Hotel

The Caledonian Railway Hotel and Princes Street Station ©

Caledonian Hotel and
Princes Street Station

The Caledonian Railway Hotel and Princes Street Station  -  around 1920s ©

Caledonian Hotel and
Princes Street Station

   Postcard by an unidentified publisher  -  Looking to the west along Princes Street at the Royal Scottish Academy ©

Princes Street
and Royal Scottish Academy

I've not seen the back of this card

Postcard by an unidentified publisher  -  Princes Street, East End ©

Princes Street
East End

I've not seen the back of this card

Postcard by an unidentified publisher  -  Princes Street, East End ©

Princes Street
East End

I've not seen the back of this card

Postcard by an unidentified publisher  -  Princes Street, West End ©

Princes Street
West End

I've not seen the back of this card

   Postcard by an unidentified publisher  -  Princes Street, West End ©

Princes Street
West End

I've not seen the back of this card

Postcard by an unidentified publisher  -  Princes Street, West End ©

Princes Street
West End

I've not seen the back of this card

Postcard by an unidentified publisher  -  Princes Street, West End ©

Princes Street
West End

I've not seen the back of this card

Postcard by an unidentified publisher  -  Princes Street, West End ©

Princes Street
West End

I've not seen the back of this card

Postcard by an unidentified publisher  -  Old Waverley Hotel, 43 Princes Street, Edinburgh ©

Old Waverley Hotel

Postcard by an unidentified publisher, featuring a backdrop of Princes Street and a stuffed donkey ©

Princes Street Backdrop

 

1b.

Unidentified Publishers

Central Edinburgh  -  NOT Princes Street

Postcard from an unidentified publisher  -  Refereshments at the top of Arthur's Seat in Holyrood Park, Edinburgh ©

Arthur's Seat

Postcard by unidentified publisher  -  Calton Hill ©

Calton Hill

©

Calton Hill

Postcard by an unidentified publisher  -  Edinburgh from Calton Hill ©

Edinburgh
from Calton Hill

Postcard by unidentified publisher  -  Edinburgh Castle from Greyfriar's Churchyard ©

Edinburgh Castle
from Greyfriars' Church

Postcard from an unidentified publisher  -  The Royal Review in Holyrood Park  -  18 September 1905 ©

Holyrood Park
Royal Review

Postcard by an unidentified publisher  -   View of Edinburgh Castle from MacVitties Guest's Restaurant, 136 Princes Street ©

Edinburgh Castle

Postcard by an unidentified publisher  -  George Street, Edinburgh ©

George Street

Postcard by an unidentified publisher, used as a Christmas Card  -   Holyrood Palace and Arthur's Seat ©

Holyrood Palace and

Arthur's Seat

Postrcard by an unidentified publisher  -  Picturesque and Romantic series  -   John Knox House ©

John Knox House

Postcard by unidentified publisher  -  John Knox House and John Knox ©

John Knox House

Early Postcard  -  Looking from the Scott Monument towards the National Galleries and Edinburgh Castle ©

National Galleries + Castle

St Anthony's Chapel and St Mary's Loch in Holyrood Park, Edinburgh ©

St Anthony's Chapel

Grosvenor Hotel, 5-22 Grosvenor Street, Edinburgh  -  Photograph taken perhaps around 1930 ©

Grosvenor Hotel

Postcard by unidentified publisher, but with an interesting message on the back  -  St Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh ©

St Giles Cathedral

Postcard published by Pelham  -  The ruins of St Anthony's Chapel in Holyrood Park ©

St Anthony's Chapel

St George's Church in Charlotte Square ©

St George's Church

Postcard by unidentified publisher  -  St Giles Cathedral and Mercat Cross ©

St Giles Cathedral
and Mercat Cross

Postcard by an unidentified publisher  -  Interior of St Giles' Cathedral ©

St Giles Cathedral
Interior

Around Edinburgh  -  The Scott Monument and Sir Walter Scott ©

Scott Monument

Postcard from an unidentified publisher  -  Looking up the Mound from Princes Street in the 1920s ©

The Mound

The Caledonian Railway Hotel and Princes Street Station ©

Caledonian Hotel

The Caledonian Railway Hotel and Princes Street Station ©

Caledonian Hotel and
Princes Street Station

The Caledonian Railway Hotel and Princes Street Station  -  around 1920s ©

Caledonian Hotel and
Princes Street Station

Postcard by an unidentified publisher  -  Cockburn Hotel, 1 Cockburn Street, Edinburgh ©

Cockburn Hotel

Postcard by an unidentified publisher  -  Edinburgh Waverley Station  -  The Bookstall ©

Waverley Station
Bookstall

Postcard by an unidentified publisher  -  Old Waverley Hotel, 43 Princes Street, Edinburgh ©

Old Waverley Hotel

   Postcard  used by Wm Taylor & Co, Broughton Soap Works  -  Tolbooth, Canongate, Edinburgh ©

Tolbooth, Canongate

The back of a Postcard  used by Wm Taylor & Co, Broughton Soap Works  -  Tolbooth, Canongate, Edinburgh ©

Back of card
Tolbooth, Canongate

Victoria Hall - 83 Leith Street ©

Victoria Hall
83 Leith Street

Postcard  -  One o' Clock Gun at Edinburgh Castle ©

Edinburgh Castle
One o' Clock Gun

Victoria Hall - 83 Leith Street ©

Victoria Hall
83 Leith Street

Edinburgh Ladies' College, Front Elevation  -  Postcard by an unidentified publisher ©

Edinburgh Ladies' College
78 Queen Street

Multiview Edinburgh Postcard  from an unidentified publisher -  Main picture is a train ©

Views of Edinburgh

I've not seen the back of this card

Postcard by an unidentified publisher  -  'Just arrived in DUNFERMLINE' ©

Views of Dunfermline

I've not seen the back of this card

 

 

1c.

Unidentified Publishers

Around Edinburgh

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Boswall Drive

Postcard by unidentified publisher  -  Colinton Village ©

Colinton Village

Colinton Parish Church  -  Postcard from an unknown publisher ©

Colinton Parish Church

Postcard by an unidentified publisher  -  Commercial Street, Leith ©

Commercial Street

Postcard  -  Publisher unidentified  -  Cramond  -  The Ferry

Cramond

Postcard  -  Publisher unidentified  -  Ferry Road, Tram Crossing ©

Ferry Road

Ferry Road  -  Looking East ©

Ferry Road - Looking east

Postcard by an unidentified publisher  -  Fettes College  -  The Yeo Memorial Pavilion ©

Fettes College
Yeo Memorial Pavilion

Postcard by an unidentified publisher  -  Fettes College Cricket Field ©

Fettes College
The Cricket Field

Postcard by an unidentified publisher  -  The Forth Bridge, with details ©

The Forth Bridge

The Forth Rail Bridge and the ferry boat, Dundee, on the Queensferry Passage at South Queensferry  -  some time between 1920 and 1948 ©

Forth Rail Bridge

Postcard by an unidentified publisher:  The Forth Bridge, 1890 ©

Forth Rail Bridge

Postcard by an unidentified publisher  -  Granton Beach from the west ©

Granton Beach

Postcard  -  Publisher unidentified  -  Granton Castle ©

Granton Castle

Postcard  -  Horses embarking at Granton Harbour for manoeuvres ©

Granton Harbour
horses embarking

Granton Road  -  View from near Ferry Road, looking towards Granton Road Station ©

Granton Road

The Crew of a GrantonTrawler  -  Blue Bell ©

Granton Trawler

Jeanie Dean's Cottage ©

Jeanie Dean's Cottage

Post card of Esplanade and Sands, Joppa  -  publisher not known ©

Joppa

Postcard of Joppa and Portobello  -  Publisher not known ©

Joppa

Around Edinburgh  -  Lasswade  -   Walter Scott's Cottage ©

Lasswade

Postcard  -  Unidentified Publisher  -  Leith, Corn Exchange and Burns Monument ©

Leith

Postcard by an unknown publisher  -  Funeral Procession through the streets of Leith for 100 victims of the Gretna Green Railway Disaster ©

Leith
Funeral Procession
Gretna Green Disaster

Leith Walk  -  'Foot of the Walk' at Leith ©

Foot of Leith Walk

Kirkgate, Liberton  -  Around 1930 ©

Kirkgate, Liberton

Postcard by unidentified publisher  -  Liberton ©

Liberton Village

Postcard by an unidentified publisher  -  Looking to the east along Lower Granton Road ©

Lower Granton Road

Trams in Newhaven Road ©

Newhaven Road

Postcard  -  The Small Boats, Portobello ©

Portobello - Small Boats

Postcard by unidentified publisher  -  Portobello, Bath Street ©

Portobello - Bath Street

Postcard by unidentified publisher  -  Portobello  -  posted 1916 ©

Portobello - Beach

   Postcard by an unidentified publisher  -  Sciennes School,  Edinburgh ©

Sciennes School

Postcard by unidentified publisher  -  South Queensferry Post Office ©

South Queensferry

Postcard  -  The Laird of Dumbiedykes' House ©

The Laird of
Dumbiedykes' House

Postcard of Juniper Green - publisher not known ©

Juniper Green

Postcard by an unidentified publisher  -  Craiglockhart Primary School, Ashley Terrace, North Merchiston  -  Early 1900s ©

Craiglockhart Primary School

Postcard by an unidentified publisher  -  Gilmerton Village ©

Gilmerton

Granton Harbour  -  'Woodcock'  -  Steamer to London ©

Granton Harbour
steamer to London

Postcard from an unidentified publisher  -  Portobello Parade and Beach ©

Portobello
Parade and Beach

Postcard by an unidentified publisher  -  Joppa  -   Looking to the west along Joppa Road  -  Postcard No PN4037 ©

Joppa Road, Joppa

Postcard - The Skylark - sailing boat at Portobello ©

Portobello
'The Skylark''

Looking to the east along Inverleith Terrace - No 35 is the nearest house  -  around 1900 ©

35 Inverleith Terrace

Postcard by an unidentified publisher  -  Gilmerton Convalescent Homes ©

Gilmerton
Convalescent Homes

Postcard by an unidentified publisher  -  Lutton Place ©

Lutton Place

Postcard by an unidentified publisher  -  Cook's Balmoral Hotel, Portobello ©

Cook's Balmoral Hotel
Portobello

The back of a postcard by an unidentified publisher  -  Cook's Balmoral Hotel, Portobello ©

Gilmerton
Convalescent Homes

Postcard by an unidentified publisher  - The Scandinavian Church, North Junction Street, Leith ©

Scandinavian Church
Leith

Mayfield United Free Church ©

Mayfield United Free Church

St Paul's United Free Church, St Leonard's - Interior - around 1900 ©

St Paul's United Free Church

Granton Harbour and Coffee House ©

Granton Middle Pier
and Coffee House

Granton Middle Pier, with a family and cycle at Granton Square ©

Granton Middle Pier
Family and Cycle

Postcard by an unidentified publisher  -  Newington House, Edinburgh ©

The Back of a Postcard by an unidentified publisher  -  Newington House, Edinburgh ©

Newington House

Burns Statue  -  at the corner of Constitution Street and Bernard Street, Leith ©

Leith  -  Burns Statue
I've not seen the back of this card

Bird's Eye View of Leith from Ferry Road ©

Bird's Eye View of Leith
I've not seen the back of this card

Looking to the east along Lower Granton Road  -  East Cottages ©

Lower Granton Road
I've not seen the back of this card

Postcard by an unidentified publisher  -  Looking towards Comiston Road and Braid Road, Morningside ©

Comiston Road + Braid Road
I've not seen the back of this card

Postcard by an unidentified publisher  -  Morningside Road, Morningside ©

Morningside Road
I've not seen the back of this card

Postcard by an unidentified publisher  -  Church Hill ©

Church Hill
I've not seen the back of this card

The Forth Bridge - Post Card ©

Forth Bridge
I've not seen the back of this card

Postcard by an unidentified publisher  -  Niddrie Marischal ©

Niddrie Marischal

Postcard by an unidentified publisher  -  Joppa  -   Looking to the west along Joppa Road  -  Postcard No PN4037 ©

Joppa Road, looking west

Postcard by an unidentified publisher  -  Trinity Crescent, looking to the east towards Newhaven ©

Trinity Crescent
I've not seen the back of this card

Postcard by an unidentified publisher  -  Trinity Crescent, looking to the east towards Newhaven ©

Trinity Crescent
I've not seen the back of this card

Postcard by an unidentified publisher  -  Newhaven West, looking to the east ©

Newhaven West
I've not seen the back of this card

  

1d.

Unidentified Publishers

Around Scotland

Most of the postcards on this site are of Edinburgh, but occasionally I have found cards from elsewhere in Scotland that are of particular interest, or relevant in some way to Edinburgh.  Here are some.

Postcard of Glasgow Exhibition, 1911  -  Daylight fireworks ©

Glasgow Exhibition 1911

Postcard by an unidentified publisher  -  Middleton House ©

Middleton House, Gorebridge

Postcard Publisher now identified.

See Recollections 16

 

1e.

Unidentified Publishers

Backs of Cards

The back of a postcard by an unidentified publisher  -   View of Edinburgh Castle from MacVitties Guest's Restaurant, 136 Princes Street ©

Edinburgh Castle

Around Edinburgh  -  The Forth Bridge  - the back of  postcard 11890 ©

The Forth Bridge

The back of a postcard by an unidentified publisher  -  George Street, Edinburgh ©

George Street

 

The back of a postcard of horses embarking at Granton Harbour for manoeuvres ©

Granton Harbour

horses embarking

Detail from the back of a postrcard by an unidentified publisher  -  Picturesque and Romantic series  -   John Knox House ©

John Knox House

Postcard by an unidentified publisher, but with an interesting message on the back  - St Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh ©

St Giles Cathedral

The back of a postcard by an unidentified publisher  -    Looking to the south-west, across Princes Street towards the National Galleries and Edinburgh Castle on Castle Hill ©

Princes Street
and National Galleries

Postcard by an unidentified publisher  -   Looking to the east along a busy princes street, possibly in the 1930s ©

Princes Street
Traffic - 1930s?

The back of a postcard by an unidentified publisher  -    Looking to the east along Princes Street with a 'GR' Post Office Mail van on the northern side of the street ©

Princes Street - 'GR' Van

When I have finished adding postcards to this page, I will sort the table above into alphabetical order again.

 

2.

Unidentified Publishers

In the style of Oil Paintings

This is an attractive series of cards, printed on heavily textured paper. The pictures have the appearance of oil paintings with brush strokes. 

Do you know who published these cards ?  When?  How many cards in the series?

   Postcard in the style of an oil painting  -  Advocates Close ©

Advocate's Close

   Postcard of John Knox House in the style of an oil painting ©

John Knox House

   Bakehouse Close in the style of an oil painting ©

Bakehouse Close

Postcard of Calton Jail in the style of an oil painting ©

Calton Jail

Postcard of Edinburgh Castle from Castle Street in the style of an oil painting ©

Castle from Castle Street

Postcard of the Ross Fountain in Princes Street Gardens and Edinburgh Castle in the style of an oil painting ©

Castle + Ross Fountain

Postcard of Princes Street, looking east from the Scott Monument towards the Balmoral Hotel, in the style of an oil painting ©

Princes Street - looking E

Postcard of Princes Street, looking to the west from the Balmoral Hotel towards the Scott Monument, in the style of an oil painting ©

Princes Street - looking W

The back of a postcard with a picture in the style of an oil painting ©

Postcard back

 

3.

Unidentified Publishers

Photogravure Post Cards  -  Edinburgh South Side

These cards were distributed in batches of eight (all the same view) in window envelopes as shown below.  The individual card were separated by sheets of tissue paper.  The description was 'Photogravure Post Cards - Edinburgh South Side'.  There is no publisher's name on the cards or on the packaging.

Do you know who published these cards ?  When?  How many cards in the series?

Photogravure postcard of a South Edinburgh street by an unknown publisher  -  Greenhill Place ©

Greenhill Place

Photogravure Postcard by an unidentified publisher  -  Lauderdale Street ©      ack of Photogravure Postcards by an unidentified publisher  -  Lauderdale Street ©

Lauderdale Street

St Margaret's Convent ©

St Margaret's Convent, Edinburgh  -  Pack of eight photogravure postcards ©

St Margaret's Convent

Postcard by an unidentified publisher  -  Lauderdale Street ©

Pack of Postcards by an unidentified publisher  -  Lauderdale Street ©

Thirlstane Road

Postcard by an unidentified publisher  -  Warrender Park Road ©

Pack of Postcards by an unidentified publisher  -  Lauderdale Street ©

Warrender Park Road

 

4.

Unidentified Publishers

Caledonia Series

All other 'Caledonia Series' postcards in my collection  were published by J M & Co and/or by Marshall Wane & Co, Edinburgh.  But the postcards below have no publisher's name on them.

Caledonia Series Postcard  -  Gilmerton Main Street  -  posted 1917 ©

Caledonia Series Postcard by an unidentified publisher  -  North West Circus Place, Stcokbridge, Edinburgh ©

 

5.

Unidentified Publishers

Waverley Series

I have seen 'Waverley Series' postcards  published by J M & Co and/or by Brown & Meikle.  But the postcard below has no publisher's name on it.

'Waverley Series' postcard by an unidentified publisher  Granton Harbour ©

 

 

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Index

FULL INDEX:   Portraits,  History,  Stamps,  Messages on Postcards,  Postcards of Scotland,  etc.

 

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