Glass Plates

Alex Ayton

Steamer at Leith Docks

Alex Ayton Glass Plate  -  Leith  -  Ships at the Shore

©  Reproduced with acknowledgement to Paul Mottram, Montrose, Angus, Scotland

 

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    Alex Ayton Glass Plate  -  Leith  -  Ships at the Shore ©

 

Steamer at Leith Docks

Steamer

The photograph above shows a steamer in Leith Docks.  I don't know her name.  Perhaps somebody else might recognise what steamer this is.

Swing Bridge and Buildings

This view looks upstream towards the swing bridge over the Water of Leith.  The building behind the swing bridge is the Seamen's Home, now the Malmaison Hotel.

 

 

Collection of Glass Plates

Alexander Ayton

Thank you to Paul Mottram for allowing me to reproduce this image from his collection of glass plates by Alex Ayton.

This collection of Ayton glass plates includes many photos taken on the East Coast between Buckie on the Moray Firth in Scotland and Scarborough in Yorkshire, England.

Alex Ayton had studios in Edinburgh from 1875,  He was member of  of EPS (Edinburgh Photographic Society) from 1883 onwards, and was elected President of the society in 1894 but died, suddenly, later that year.

Acknowledgement:  Paul Mottram, Montrose, Angus, Scotland:  December 8+10+12, 2010

 

 

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