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A
Mann & Co
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13 St James Square
Alexander M
ann
had a studio
at 13 St James Square in 1900. This is the only record that I have
found of him in the
Photographer
listings in the Edinburgh and
Leith Trade Directories.
However, he appears to have been a
photographer at nearby 7 Leith Street a few years earlier, though not
trading under his own name.
Perhaps he worked for Star Photo Co. They were at based at 7 Leith
Street, but I have not yet discovered when they were based there.
[More research needed here.]
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7 Leith
Street
The book,
Thomas Vernon Begbie - Photographer
,
reports that between 1874 and
1896, No 7 Leith Street was occupied consecutively by Thomas Begbie, James
Murray, Alexander Milne, John Whyte and Alexander Mann, all photographers.
John Whyte appeared in the Edinburgh Trade Directories, based at 7
Leith Street 1886-89. This suggests that Alexander Mann was based
there for some or all of the period 1890-96
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Lecture to EPS
In 1892, A
Mann
gave a
lecture to Edinburgh Photographic Society entitled:
"Te
lescopic
Photography"
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Question
Was A Mann
(Edinburgh)
the same person
as Arthur Mann who had a studio in Leeds (1892-98)?
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Answer
I believe "No". Since asking this question, I have found the
reference to Alexander Mann of 7 Leith Street.
I now believe that A Mann
(Edinburgh)
was
Alexander Mann
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Photographers
at
7
Leith Street
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Photographer
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Dates
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Sources
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Begbie,
Thomas Vernon
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1874 - 81
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Trade
Directories +
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TVBE
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Murray,
James
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1883
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Trade
Directories +
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TVBE
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Alexander
Milne
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?
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TVBE
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Whyte,
John
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1886-89
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Trade
Directories +
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TVBE
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Alexander
Mann
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?
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TVBE
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Star Photo Co
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?
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B Pho
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TVBE = Thomas Vernon Begbie's Edinburgh
B
Pho = details on the back of a photograph
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