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Postcard - WR&S Reliable Series Musselburgh High Street |
Musselburgh High Street - Card posted 1905
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Musselburgh High Street |
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Location Musselburgh lies beside the Firth of Forth, to the east of Portobello, and about 5 miles to the east of the centre of Edinburgh. |
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Postcard This postcard was published by WR&S, a company that published many postcards of Edinburgh and a few books of views of Edinburgh in the early 1900s. The two ladies in the pastel-coloured dresses are unlikely to have been in the original photograph. WR&S added figures such as these 'in the darkroom' to many of their photos of local scenes, in order to produce more glamorous postcards. |
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The card was posted from Musselburgh to Edinburgh on 25 July 1905 by Nellie, who appeared to have confidence in the postal service. The card read:
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