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Stereoscopic
Cards
List of Photographers/Publishers
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Yellow
background denotes an Edinburgh photographer or
publisher.
Green
background denotes photographer or publisher from elsewhere
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- Albemable Series
I have seen just one view from this
series. The quality of the print is fairly poor and it has
been mounted a little squint. The back of the card is blank
and no publisher's address is given on the card.
Edinburgh, Holyrood Palace
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- American & International Stereoscopic View Co
See Edinburgh City
Library Collection in Edinburgh Room
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- Begbie, Thomas
Vernon
See Edinburgh City
Library Collection in Edinburgh Room, and City Art Centre
Collection, with copies held at the Royal Commission for Ancient &
Historic Monuments in Scotland.
Many views of old
Edinburgh and Leith - c.1857-60
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- Berry, Kelley & Chadwick
The first view below was published
in 1906. I don't know the dates of the others.
Edinburg (sic) Castle
Greyfriars' Churchyard and Edinburg (sic) Castle
The Great Forth Bridge |
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The "Best" Series
Nelson's
Monument |
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- Bierstadt
Publisher Niagara Falls,
NY, USA
These views were sold only by
Underwood & Underwood
Princes Street
Edinburgh Castle from the
Grassmarket |
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- Burns, Archibald
Edinburgh
- Views of Edinburgh and Its Neighbourhood Series
and other views
These cards have two different
styles of back. I believe that those with the vertical white
back and elaborate logo were probably published earlier, and that
those with the blue/mauve horizontal back were probably published
later.
Edinburgh Castle
Esplanade
Edinburgh Castle
from Calton Hill
Edinburgh Castle
from the Grassmarket
Edinburgh Castle
from the Johnston
Terrace
Edinburgh Castle
from Princes Street Gardens
Edinburgh from the
Castle
Holyrood Abbey
Holyrood Palace
Holyrood
Palace fountain
Holyrood Palace,
Queen Mary's Bedroom
John Knox House
(2)
Moray House in
Canongate
St Giles'
Cathedral? (interior)
St Mary's Cathedra
Scott Monument
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- Collection SL
France
How many stereo cards did this
company produce? The one below is part of their 'England &
Scotland' series. It is numbered 2208 in ink on the back
Dugald Stewart Monument, Calton
Hill
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- Douglas Photo
Edinburgh
- Views of Edinburgh series
Full description on the back of two.
Rail Jail and
Calton Hill
Donaldson's
Hospital
Castle from
Johnston Terrace
Edinburgh Castle
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- Duthie, Andrew
Glasgow
Full description on
the back
Donaldson's
Hospital
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- John Donaldson
Edward
Edinburgh
John Donaldson Edward had
studios in Edinburgh from 1885 until 1911. I have seen
copies of three of his stereo views. All are of Stow in the
Scottish Borders.
Stow - A group, including John
Donaldson Edward and his daughter
Stow - View from the hill
Stow - Wooden bridge
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- Excelsior Stereoscopic Tours
(c) 1897 ME Wright
Forth Bridge
Edinburgh Castle
Holyrood Palace (same view on both light-yellow and
grey mounts))
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- Fine Art Photographers' Publishing Co
London
Princes Street Gardens |
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Keystone View Company USA
(c) Underwood & Underwood
The Keystone View
Co became the largest publisher of stereo views in the world, They
provided full descriptions of their views on
the back of the cards.
Edinburgh from
Edinburgh Castle
Forth Bridge and
Pipers
Holyrood Palace
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- Kilburn Bros Littleton,
NH, USA
Founded 1865: became BW Kilburn 1876
Princes Street (2)
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- Kilburn, BW
Littleton, NH, USA
Formerly Kilburn Bros, until 1876
All the BW Kilburn cards below
are (c) 1891 (except for the first which gives no copyright date.)
Bank of Scotland
Forth Bridge
Forth Bridge and
Ferry
Princes Street
Gardens and Scott Monument
Royal Botanic
Gardens
Waverley Bridge
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- Lennie
Edinburgh
Lennie (below)
appear to have sold cards produced by others. They have
applied their blind stamp 'Lennie, 46 Princes Street, Edinburgh'
to the borders of many cards. For a few of these the
photographer is named. For most, the photogrpaher remains
anonymous.
1. Full
description on back
Arthur's Seat from
Duddingston Loch
Edinburgh from
Calton Hill
Holyrood Palace
John Knox House
Mary of Guise's House
Old Town from
Princes Street
St. Bernard's Well
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2. Title but no
description on back
Arthur's Seat from Old Dalkeith
Road
St Paul's Chapel, York Place
Martyr's Tomb
Royal Academy and Castle from
Princes Street Gardens
Scott Monument
Canongate Tolbooth |
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3. No description
on back
British Linen
Company Bank at St Andrew Square
Castle from
Grassmarket
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4. Square
photos with arched tops
Portrait of The Rev
Glove
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5.
Both the views below are printed on translucent tissue
paper, with many very small cut-outs to simulate lights in
the windows
Edinburgh Castle
from Grassmarket
Holyrood Palace &
Chapel |
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- L L Paris
- England & Scotland Series
Brief
description on front in French
Holyrood Palace
interior
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McGlashon Edinburgh
- McGlashon's Scottish Stereotypes
Description on back
Edinburgh Castle
Edinburgh Old Town
from Burns' Monument
Mary of Guise's
House
Holyrood Abbey and
Palace
Holyrood Abbey
North Side of Abbey
of Holyrood
East Window of
Abbey of Holyrood
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- Moffat, J 19
Princes Street, Edinburgh
See Edinburgh City
Library Collection in Edinburgh Room
Scott Monument
Heriot's Hospital]
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- NPG The
NPG monogram appears in a small
circle on the corner of the photo.
The description on
front of this view is 'Edinburgh Castle Scotts-Monument Prinzess-Street'
(odd spelling, and there is no sign of any castle in the
pictures!) The description on back, in English, Italian and
French is: 'England - Edinburgh - Scotts Monument' !
Princes Street -
looking east towards the Scott Monument
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Patterson, Walter Greenoak
Edinburgh
In addition to the
stereo views of Edinburgh by W G Patterson, I have one of his
stereo views of Abbotsford from the river Tweed.
Assembly Hall from
the Castle Esplanade
Canongate Tolbooth
Holyrood Palace and
Chapel from Calton Hill
Royal Academy from
Princes Street Gardens
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- Rotary Photo
EC
I have seen only
one stereo view from this publisher. It is a view of
Princes Street, taken probably in the early-1900s.
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- Scott, Henry
Henry Scott were
Plain & Fancy Stationers. Their name appears on the back of
several cards. Henry Scott appears to have been a seller,
rather than a photographer or publisher, of stereoscopic cards.
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Strohmeyer & Wyman
Forth Rail Bridge (2)
Princes Street
St Giles Church - inside
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Sutherland & Faithful
Edinburgh
I have seen just one stereo view
by this publisher - published in their series, 'Ideal
Stereoscopic Tours'. It was of shipping, but I don't
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Underwood & Underwood New
York, London, Toronto - Canada, Ottawa - Kansas
Underwood &
Underwood were, at one time, the largest publishers of stereo
views in the world.
1. These
views have a brief
description on the front:
Castle from
Grassmarket
Dean Bridge
Edinburgh Castle
and Gordon Highlanders
Holyrood Palace
Fountain
John Knox House
National Gallery -
from The Mound
Princes Street
Princes Street -
from Scott Monument
Princes Street -
from the Royal Institution, looking east
Princes Street -
from North British Hotel
North British Hotel
- from Scott Monument
2. All (c)
1896, Strohmeyer & Wyman Publishers, New York
Princes Street
'Looking through
the Great Forth Bridge'
'Scotland's Pride -
The Great Forth Bridge and Highland Kilt'
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- United Photographic Co
New York
- The "Eureka" Stereograph series
Edinburgh Castle
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Universal Stereoscopic View Co
- Stereoscopic Gems of American and Foreign Scenery
National Monument
John Knox House
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Valentine, James Dundee
- Scottish Scenery series
Edinburgh Castle -
from Esplanade
Princes Street-
looking west to the National Galleries
Royal Institution
and Scott Monument
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Waverley Series
John Knox House
St Mary's Cathedral - Altar
Statue Gallery
Wellington Statue
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- Wilson, George
Washington
Aberdeen
Assembly Hall -
from Princes Street - No. 112
Calton Hill from
North Bridge- No. 109 (two different
views)
Edinburgh - from
Calton Hill- No. 107
Edinburgh Castle -
from the Grassmarket - No. 616
Edinburgh Castle -
from Princes Street - No. 111
Edinburgh Old Town
- from Calton Hill - No. 108
Edinburgh Old Town
- from Princes Street
Holyrood Palace
- No number
Holyrood Palace
- No. 90
Holyrood Chapel
Interior- No. 87
Holyrood Chapel
Interior - No. 88
Holyrood Palace
from Queen's Park
- No. 91
Holyrood Palace
statue
Princes Street from Calton Hill
- No. 107
Queen's Park - St
Anthony's Chapel - No. 527
Scott Monument
- No number
Scott Monument
- No. 114A (two different views)
Waverley Bridge and Old Town
from Princes Street
Wilson's Statue
- No. 602
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Unidentified Photographers
- Alhambra Series
Holyrood Palace
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Edinburgh and its Environs in the Stereoscope Series
Descriptions on backs
(2) / fronts (2) , Lennie stamp (1), domed top (2)
All are mounted on similar card - brown ( back) / brown ( front)
Arthur's Seat
- from Old Dalkeith Road
Castle
- from Nelson Monument
Donaldson's Hospital
Edinburgh
Castle
George
Street
Holyrood Palace entrance
St Paul's
Chapel in York Place |
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- The Waverly Series
St
Mary's Cathedral altar |
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- [Un-named Series]
Several
different un-named series mounted on a variety of cards, yellow, orange, green, blue,
beige, white and grey; the backs containing full
descriptions, brief descriptions or no descriptions.
Burns
Monument (2)
Canongate
Tolbooth
Donaldson's
Hospital
Edinburgh Castle from the Vennel
Fountain at Abbey of
Holyrood
Greyfriars'
Churchyard -
Martyr's Tomb (2)
Heriot's Hospital and
Grassmarket from Castle
High School
Holyrood Abbey (2)
Holyrood
Abbey - West Entrance
Holyrood Abbey and Palace
- from
Calton Hill (2)
Holyrood Abbey and Palace
- from Regent Road
Holyrood Chapel (2)
Holyrood Palace
- Queen Mary's Bedroom
Holyrood Palace
- Sundial
John Knox House
National
Gallery
National Galleries and Free Church of
Scotland
Nelson Monument
Portobello
Castle
Portobello Castle
Sundial
Princes Street
- from Calton Hill (incorrectly
labelled as Edinburgh from the Castle)
Register Office in Princes
Street
Royal Bank of Scotland in
St Andrew Square - statue
Royal
Institution
Royal Observatory
St Bernard's
Well
St Giles
Cathedral
St Giles
Cathedral Tower
Scott
Monument |