Documents

Ephemera

Toys etc.

including Cards, Tickets, Notices, Catalogues, Ephemera, Toys, ...

 

Acme Farmers Dairy

Acme Farmers Dairy, Toronto, Canada  -  Milk Bottle Top ©

Milk Bottle Top

 

Art Certificate

Brooke Bond Certificate of Merit for Junior Art, 1968 ©

Brooke Bond Certificate of Merit
Junior Art, 1968

Boys' Brigade Calendars

   Boys' Brigade Calendar  -  1935 ©

1935 Calendar

   Boys' Brigade Calendar  -  1936 ©

1936 Calendar

 

Boxing Programme

   Boxing Programme (1951) with a Betting Advert on the back ©

1951 Boxing Programme

with betting advert on the back

 

Broughton Secondary School

Broughton School Song ©

Words for the School Song

Rehearsal Sheet  c.1956

 

Buttercup Dairy Pen

      Buttercup |Dairy  -  Free Pen with every Book ©

Free Pen with every Book

Buttercup Dairy Co. - 5 lb pot and lid ©

5 lb Crock Pot and Lid

Buttercup Dairy Co. - Markings on a 5 lb pot ©

5 lb Crock Pot (detail)

 

Catalogues

      RB Laird & Sons Seed Catalogue, 1871  -  with illustration of Royal Winter Garden Glasshouses, Haymarkey ©

RB Laird & Son - Seed Catalogue

Cover  -  Illustration of Royal Winter Garden, Haymarket

Church Certificates
and other documents

Greyfriars' Church  -  Pew Rental Document  -  1859 ©

Greyfriars' Church -  Pew Rental - 1859

Temperence Pledge, dated 1837 ©

Temperence Pledge  -  1837

Church of Scotland abbath School  -  Certificate of Reular Attendance, 1918-19 ©

Church of Scotland Sabbath School

Certificate of Regular Attendance  1918-19

Book Label  -  St Leonard's PSA Brotherhood  -  St Paul's United Free Church First Class Prize ©

St Leonard's PSA Brotherhood

First Class Prize

   Church of Scotland - Sunday School Birthday Card © 

Church of Scotland
Sunday School
Birthday Card

 

Cinema Programme

Gaumont British Cinema Program, 1935 - Cover ©

1935

Gaumont British
Cinema Programme Cover

   British Gaumont Cinemas - Programmes for Leith Capitol and for Regent cinemas, 1935 ©

1935

Capitol Cinema and Regent Cinema

James A Rafferty, November 30, 2011

Clubs and Discos

Late-1960s and Early 1970s

   Edinburgh Clubs and Discos  -  Membership Cards ©

Membership Cards

    Membership Cards and Flyers from Edinburgh clubs and discos in the 1960s and 1970s ©

Membership Cards + Flyers

   Membership Cards and Flyers from Edinburgh clubs and discos in the 1960s and 1970s ©

More Membership Cards + Flyers

    Programme from the 1960s  -  The Gonk Club ©

Gonk Club

Programme from the 1960s  -  Kirknewton Airmans Club ©

Kirknewton Airmans Club

 

Crawford's Biscuits

Metal Pencil Holder marked with the name of Crawford's Biscuits ©

Pencil Holder

 

Early Postcard

The front of a Post Card giving details of a Viewfinders Club Meeting ©

Viewfinders' Club - front

The back of a Post Card giving details of a Viewfinders Club Meeting ©

Viewfinders Club - back

 

Edinburgh & Dumfries Dairy

©

1951

Wedding Cake Receipt

 

Edinburgh Tram + Bus Tickets

Tram + Bus Tickets

   ©

1928:  Trams - Services 1,2,3,..

©

1928:  Trams - Services 1,2,3,..

A selection of Edinburegh Bus + Tram Tickets - 1928  to 1990s ©

1928-1990s  A Selection of Bus + Tram Tickets

A selection of Edinburgh Setright + Autofare Bus Tickets  -  1950s to 1990s ©

1950s-1990s:Setright + Autofare Bus Tickets

A Selection of Edinburgh Bus Tickets with adverts on the backs of some of these tickets  -  1970s to 2012 ©

1970-2012: 
Bus Tickets + Adverts

A Selection of EdinburghWayfarer Bus Ticketsand adverts on the backs of Wayfarer Tickets  -  1980s-2000s ©

1980s-2000s

Wayfarer Bus Tickets + Adverts:

A Selection of adverts on the backs of Edinburghh Wayfarer Tickets  -  1980s-2000s ©

1980s-2000s

Wayfarer  Adverts:

A selection of Season Tickets for Edinburgh's LRT Buses, 1972-87  +  a ticket for Edinburgh Trams, 2014 ©

1972-85  Season Tickets
+ 2014  Tram Ticket

A selection of Season Tickets for Edinburgh's LRT Buses  -  1987-2002 ©

1987-2002:   Season Tickets

   ©

1957-58  Scholar's Ticket

   ©

1957-58  Scholar's Ticket (back)

 

Edinburgh Tramways Bowling Club

   Edinburgh Tramways Bowling Club - 1902.  Embroidered badge ©

1902

Embroidered Badge

 

Electric Lighting

   Edinburgh Electric Lighting  -  1895 ©

1895

 

Envelopes

   Envelope from the studio of WJ McLeland & Sons, posted 1928 ©

1928

WJ McLeland & Sons

 

First Holy Communion -  Holy Picture

   First Holy Communion, Holy Picture  -  Churech of the Sacred Heart, 1947 ©

1947

Church of the Sacred Heart

 

Food and Drink Items

Stopper from a stoneware bottle produced by Dunbar & Co, Pleasance, Edinburgh ©

Bottle Stopper
Dunbar Works, Pleasance

A new penny and an old squaddie's can opener ©

Can Opener
used on National Service

Bottles from Leith ©

Bottle

Auld Town Whisky, Leith

©

Bottle

Boundary House, Leith Walk

 

Granton Harbour Testimonials

   Testimonials to John Watt for his work at Granton Harbour - presented 1878 ©

1878

Testimonials to John Watt

 

Hibernian Football Club

   Hibernian Football Club  -  Fixture Card, 1921-22 ©

1921-22

Fixture Card (outside)

Hibernian Football Club  -  Fixture Card, 1921-22 ©

1921-22

Fixture Card (inside)

 

Holyrood Park

   License to PHotograph Landscape Views in Holyrood Park  -  1922 ©

1922

Holyrood Park - Photography License

 

Hospitals

   Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh  -  Visiting Card, 1967 ©

1967

Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh

Visiting Card

   Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh  -  Visiting Card, 1967 ©

1967

Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh

Visiting Card (back)

 

Household Bills and Notices

   The Front of a Gas Meter Reading Card  -  1950s ©

1950s

Gas Bill  -  Front

   Detail on a Gas Meter Reading Card  -  1950s ©

1950s

Gas Bill  -  Detail

   The Front of an Electric Meter Reading Card  -  1950s ©

1950s

Electric Bill  -  Front

   Detail on an Electric Meter Reading Card  -  1950s ©

1950s

Electric Bill  -  Detail

   'It's Your Turn to Sweep and Wash the Common Stair' card  -  front of the card ©

2000s

Common Stair Notice  -  Front

   'It's Your Turn to Sweep and Wash the Common Stair' card  -  bye-laws on the back of the card ©

2000s

Common Stair Notice  -  Front

 

'Ice Cream Parlour'

2 Leith Street

Selotape used by Ice Cream Parlour, 2 Leith Street, Edinburgh ©

 

Invoices

Invoice from John Young's business  -  Hazeldene Stables, Gilmerton, Edinburgh ©

1930s to 1953

Hazeldene Stables, Gilmerton

Invoice from John Young's business  -  FE Young & Sons, Gilmerton, Edinburgh ©

From 1953

FE Young, Contractors, Gilmerton

 

Letterheads and Billheads

     ©

JF Duthie, Photographic Dealer

    Receipt with letterhead from Jon Player, Coach Hirer, 1870 ©

John Player, Coaches

     Morrison & Gibbs letterhead, incorporating logo of Royal Scots Greys statue in West Princes Street Gardens ©

Morrison  & Gibb

 

Leith Docks  -  Permit to Enter  -  1915

Permit to Enter Leith Docks, 1915 - Outside of the Permit ©

William Tyrell

Outside of Permit

Permit to Enter Leith Docks, 1915 - Inside of the Permit ©

William Tyrell

Inside of Permit

 

Letters

Letter from Baden-Powell to William Tyrell, Leith ©

Letter 1, Page 1

Baden-Powell to
William Tyrell, Leith 1st Scouts

Letter from Baden-Powell to William Tyrell, Leith ©

Letter 1, Page 2

Baden-Powell to
William Tyrell, Leith 1st Scouts

Letter from Baden-Powell to William Tyrell, Leith ©

Letter 2

Baden-Powell to
William Tyrell, Leith 1st Scouts

Letter from 'Lamb, late Devine'  -   written 1884 ©

1884

John Lamb

Letter from H P Robinson to Edinburgh Photographic Society, thanking EPS for the Medal awarded to him at the 1876 Exhibition. ©

1877

H P Robinson

Letter of 5 October 1862 from D O Hill to P Allen Fraser  -  Pages 1 and 4 ©

5 October 1862  -  pp1,4

D O Hill

Letter of 5 October 1862 from D O Hill to P Allen Fraser  -  Pages 2 and 3 ©

5 October 1862  -  pp2,3

D O Hill

Letter of 6 April 1868 from D O Hill to P Allen Fraser  -  Page 1 ©

6 April 1868  -  p.1

D O Hill

Letter of 6 April 1868 from D O Hill to P Allen Fraser  -  Page 2 ©

6 April 1868  -  p.2

D O Hill

Medals

Daniel Stewart's College  -  Medal ©

Sports Medal - 1945

Daniel Stewart's College

Membership Cards

   Membership Card  -  Top Rank Dancing  -  1963 ©

1963

Top Rank Dancing

Bungy's Beat Club Membvership Card, 1964 ©

1964

Bungy's Beat Club

The back of a Bungy's Beat Club Membvership Card, 1964  -  with Gene Vincent autograph ©

1964

Back of Card
Bungy's Beat Club

©

Membership Card - 1965

Royal Navy & Royal Marine
Association and Club - Edinburgh

©

Subscriptions - 1965-68

Royal Navy & Royal Marine
Association and Club - Edinburgh

MS Gullfoss

MS Gullfoss  -  Sailing Instructions and Luggage Label, 1967 ©

1967

Embarkation Document + Luggage Label

MS Gullfoss  -  Sailing Schedule, 1967 ©

1967

Sailing Instructions + Luggage Label

 

Model Trawler

Model trawler, 'BONNIE JEAN', built by Dave Ferguson who has written several poems about Granton including ©

 

National Registration Identity Cards

and other World War II documents

©

National Registration Identity Card - 1940

   The Front of a Gas Meter Reading Card  -  1950s ©

1950s

Gas Bill  -  Front

   Detail on a Gas Meter Reading Card  -  1950s ©

1950s

Gas Bill  -  Detail

  

Firre Guard Permit  -  1942 ©

Travel Permit (cover)

  

©

Travel Permit (inner pages)

 

Patronages

Louis Saul Langfier  -  List of Patronages ©

Louis Saul Langfier

 

 

Photography

Dark-room Poison Notice  -  Published in The Practical Photographer - 1892 ©

Darkroom Poison Notice

Plaque

Plaque  -  Coronation Meeting, Powderhall, 1953.  What is known about this plaque? ©

1953

Powderhall Meeting

 

Play

   The Cover of a Programme for a Play performed by Members of North London Branch of the Professional Photographers' Association at the Annual Congress, London, 1930 ©

Programme Cover

Photographic Congress - 1930

   The Cover of a Programme for a Play performed by Members of North London Branch of the Professional Photographers' Association at the Annual Congress, London, 1930 ©

Cast for the Play

Photographic Congress - 1930

 

Postcard Envelopes

An envelope that originally contained six Picture Post Cards of Leith - W & A K Johnston's Edina Series 231 ©

Early-1900s

W & AK Johnston

 

Powderhall Sprint

Powderhall Sprint, 1900  -  Vases © 

1900

Vases

 

Prisoner of War Camp

Dalmahoy, Edinburgh

   Mario Tozzi's Identity Document  -  Used at Prisoner of War Camp, Dalmahoy, Edinburgh  -  Pages 1+4 ©

   Mario Tozzi's Identity Document  -  Used at Prisoner of War Camp, Dalmahoy, Edinburgh  -  Pages 2 + 3 ©

Identity Document belonging to
one of the Prisoners

    Letter  -  Sent in 1946 to Italy from Prisoner of War Camp, Dalmahoy, Edinburgh  -  Page 1 ©      ©

    ©      ©

Letter sent from the PoW Camp

 

Railway Station Bell

    Bell from South Leith Railway Station ©

From South Leith Station

 

Receipt

Maitland Radio  -  1954 receipt for Ekco A160 radio ©

1954

Miller's Radio

 

Record Shops
 
and
Record Sleeves

    Record Sleeves  -  Edinburgh Record Shops  -  Backtrack, 17 Backtrack, Brougham Street ©

Backtrack

17 Brougham Street

    Record Sleeves  -  Edinburgh Record Shops  -  Bartholemew, 21 Leith Walk ©

Bartholemew

21 Elm Row

    Record Sleeves  -  Edinburgh Record Shops  -   Nicolson, 1 Haddington Place ©

Nicolson

1 Haddington Place

Record Sleeve and Record  -  Clifton Music Specialists, 109 Princes Street ©

Clifton's

109 Princes Street

Record Sleeve and Record  -  Clifton Music Specialists, 109 Princes Street ©

Clifton's

109 Princes Street

 

The Ruberoid Company

Letter from The Ruberoid Co Ltd, 1946 ©

1946

Letter

 

Retirement Scroll

   St Cuthbert's Co-operative Association Ltd  -  Retirement Scroll, 1973 ©

1973

St Cuthbert's Cooperative Association Ltd

 

School Certificate

Certificate of Merit, Stenhouse School - 1967-68 ©

Certificate of Merit
Stenhouse School - 1967-68

 

School Report Card

Report Card  - Roseburn School, 1928-29  -  Winnie Forsyth ©

Winnie Forsyth
Roseburn School  -  1928-29

 

Scott Monument Certificate

   Greyfriars' Church  -  Pew Rental Document  -  1859 ©

Certificate for climbing the Scott Monument - 1969

 

Scottish Youth Hostel Association

 Scottish Youth Hostel Association -  Membership Card  -  Ian Thomson ©

SYHA Membership Card

 

Shampoo Advert

 Shampoo Powders Adverrt - Otto Goll, Hairdresser, Stockbridge, Edinburgh ©

Otto Goll, Stockbridge, Edinburgh

 

Ship's Wheel

Brown Bros., Rosebank, Edinburgh

   Ship's Wheel built by Brown Bros., possibly in the 1950s  -  zoom-out ©

zoom-out

Brown Bros., Rosebank, Edinburgh

   Ship's Wheel built by Brown Bros., possibly in the 1950s  -  zoom-out ©

zoom-in

Brown Bros., Rosebank, Edinburgh

 

Streamer

Last Tram Week  -  Streamer, November 1956 ©

Last Tram Week  -  1956

 

Swimming Certificates

and Life Saving Certificate

   Edinburgh Corporation Education Department Swimming Certificate, awarded to Richard Martin, 1947-48 ©

Elementary 1947-48

   Edinburgh Corporation Education Department Swimming Certificate, awarded to Richard Martin, 1948-49 ©

Intermediate 1948-49

   Edinburgh Corporation Education Department Swimming Certificate, awarded to Richard Martin, 1948-49 ©

Advanced 1948-49

   Edinburgh Corporation Education Department Swimming Certificate, awarded to Richard Martin, 1949-50 ©

Life Saving 1949-50

   Edinburgh Corporation Education Department Swimming Certificate, awarded to Richard Martin, 1948-49 ©

Elementary 1961-62

   Edinburgh Corporation Education Department Swimming Certificate, awarded to Alan Fentiman, 1966-67 ©

Elementary - 1966-67

 

Tea and Sugar Tin

  Buttercup |Dairy  -  Free Pen with every Book ©

As used by the workers at Brown Bros. and at Granton Harbour

 

Tickets and Vouchers

©

Front

John Knox House

©

Back

John Knox House

Ticket for a Cine Film by E R Yerbury ©

1940

Yerbury Cine Film

    Tram Ticket  -  The Last Tram, 1956 ©

1956

The Last Tram

 

Toys

Sold by The Albert Bazaar,
 10 Shandwick Place, Edinburgh

Toy building set sold around 1890s by The Albet Bazaar, 10 ShandwickPlace, Edinburgh ©   Toy building set sold around 1890s by The Albet Bazaar, 10 ShandwickPlace, Edinburgh ©   Toy building set sold around 1890s by The Albet Bazaar, 10 ShandwickPlace, Edinburgh ©

The Water Tower
Toy Building set sold around the 1890s

©    ©    ©

The Light House
Toy Building set sold around the 1890s

 

Usher Hall

  ©

Grand Concert Programme Cover

1933

©

Grand Concert Programme

1933

 

World War 2

 Firre Guard Permit  -  1942 ©

Firre Guard Permit  -  1942 ©

Fire Guard Permit

1942

Permit to enter Port of Leith, 1939 ©

Permit to enter Port of Leith, 1939 ©

Port of Leith Permit

1939

©

Identity Card

1940

 

National Registration Identity Card, 1943 ©

National Registration Identity Card, 1943 ©

Identity Card

1943

 

Evacuation Document  -  Edinburgh to Hawick, 1939 ©    Evacuation Document  -  Edinburgh to Hawick, 1939 ©

Evacuation Document

1939

Edinburgh Civil Defence Messenger Service gift card ©

Edinburgh Civil Defence
 Messenger Service

World War II  -  Travel Permit Card -  Cover ©

World War II  -  Travel Permit Card -  Pages ©

Travel Permit Card

 

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