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Thomas J Walls

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Walls & Fraser

Instrument Makers

Thomas J Walls and his company have a history of over 100 years as instrument makers and opticians.

They were listed in the trade directories as photographers for just three years, 1895-97.

At the Photographic Convention of the United Kingdom, held in Edinburgh in 1892, they exhibited:

"several novelties and a hand-camera with dark slides of simple and efficient make."    [Amateur Photographer:  22 Jul 1892]

Businesses

Thomas J Walls, instrument maker subsequently became Walls & Fraser.  The businesses of these companies, as reported in the Edinburgh Trade Directories were:

Thomas J Walls

1891          :  Scientific Instrument Maker

1892-1894:  Scientific Instrument Maker Dealer in Photographic Apparatus and Chemicals

1895          :  Photographers

Walls & Fraser

1896-1897:  Scientific Instrument Makers, Optical Lanternists,   Photographic Dealers, Photographers

1898-1920:  Scientific Instrument Makers

1921-2003+:Ophthalmic Optician.