Post Card Views

Arthur Seat

and

Salisbury Crags

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Three  Postcards

Hartmann appear to have produced at least three versions of this postcard in 1903:

SEPIA  -  [The top card above]  This card has not been sent through the post, but has a comment in ink on the back  "Bought in Princes Street, Edinburgh, 4 August 1903.

BLACK & WHITE -  [The lower card above]  This card was posted from Edinburgh to Bedford on 2 July 2003.  I like the message on the front of the card!

COLOUR  This card was also produced in colour.  Please click on the image below to see a card that was posted on 13 July 1903.

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The View

This postcard by Hartmann looks down from Calton Hill, over Calton Jail (now demolished to make way for the Government offices, St Andrew's House, in Regent Road.

FOREGROUND:          The slopes of Calton Hill, and St Andrew's House

MIDDLE DISTANCE:    Holyrood Palace and the Old Town of Edinburgh near the foot of the Royal Mile.

BACKGROUND:           Arthur Seat and Salisbury Crags in Holyrood Park.

Holyrood Park