W S Moir

Cabinet Print and Carte de Visite

Cabinet Print and Carte de Visite  -   Newhaven Fishwives' costumes  -  Photographer:  WS Moir

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Other photos of  fisherwomen

WS Moir, like Philip E Low of Bath Street in Portobello, also produced cabinet prints in his studio, each showing a donkey, cart and child

He was described on the back of his cartes de visite as Artist & Photographer and as Portrait & Landscape Photographer .

WS Moir

1881 Census

William S Moir was listed in the 1881 census as:

Aged:  38

Born:  Berwick, Berwickshire

Wife:  Charlotte C M

Children

1.  William:    aged 9    (born:  Edinburgh)

2.  Jessie:      aged 7    (born:  Edinburgh)

3.  Annie:       aged 6    (born:  Edinburgh)

4.  James:      aged 2    (born:  Portobello)

5.  Charles:    aged 7 months   (born:  Portobello)

[DR Torrance]

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