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Studios
Adam
Diston
Professional Photographer in Fife and Medal winner at EPS Exhibitions
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Adam Diston
Adam Diston's studio addresses, taken from old trade
directories, and cartes de visite are given below.
All are in the 'East Neuk of Fife' (- the eastern
part of the Kingdom of Fife, to the north of Edinburgh, across the Firth
of Forth.
| 1855 - 1889 |
Talbot Studio,
Railway Cottage, Station Road, Leven
(named after William Henry Fox
Talbot, 1800-1877) |
| 1862 |
58 High Street,
Leven |
| 1864 |
Bonnygate, Cupar
(opposite Mason Lodge) |
| 1866 -1867 |
75 Bonnygate,
Cupar [73 Bonnygate on back of a carte de visite] |
| 1877 |
Anstruther |
[Photographers in Central Scotland to 1914
(D Richard Torrance)]
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Family
Adam Diston's studio in Leven was continued after
his death by his son, Adam Diston JUN,
and that he, in turn, was succeeded by Mary Diston from 1896 until
1905.
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Adam Diston JUN |
| 1896 - 1905 |
Talbot Studio,
Railway Cottage, Station Road, Leven |
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Mary Diston JUN |
| 1896 - 1905 |
Talbot Studio,
Railway Cottage, Station Road, Leven |
[Fife Family History Society web site -
FFHS]
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NOTE: D Richard Torrance gives
different dates for the above studio:
- Adam Diston JUN
(1885-1905)
- Mary Diston
(1896-1905)
- A Diston & Son
(1900).
These dates have been taken from
old trade directories but do not reconcile well with the dates of death of
Adam and Adam JUN. |
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