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Around Edinburgh

Portobello Beach

 

Portobello Beach

Engraving

Engraving - Portobello Beach ©

Early Beach Scene

 

Portobello Beach

Photos

    Alex Ayton Glass Plate - Portobello - Rowing Boats and Bathing Machine ©

Around 1890

Rowing Boats and Bathing Machine

©

1945

Family around the Sandcastle
on the beach at foot of Bath Street

A busy Portobello Beach - Trade Holidays 1952 ©

Evening News

A Crowded Portobello Beach
Trade Holidays - 1952

Portobello Beach, Donkeys, Pier and Bathing Machine - 1900 ©

1900

Beach, Pier and Bathing Machine

Portobello - Paddling in the Sea - Jean Dalgleish with mother and cousin ©

Paddling in the sea, late-1940s

 

Portobello Beach

Post Cards

Hartmann Postcard - Miniature Series - Portobello ©

Hartmann

  Postcard with six views of Portobello by Wilberforce Lodge IOGT ©

Wilberforce Lodge

Post Card by Hartmann - Portobello Beach ©

Hartmann

Postcard - M Wane & Co - Portobello Beach ©

Marshall Wane

Post Card - Portobello Beach - William Thyne ©

Thyne

Postcard - The Small Boats, Portobello ©

Publisher not known

Postcard in P W & M Vello Series - Portobello Beach - 17th Lancers 'Laying Horses' exercise ©

Postcard in P W & M Vello Series - Portobello Beach - 17th Lancers 'Laying Horses' exercise ©

PWM

17th Lancers on the Beach

Postcard in P W & M Vello Series - Portobello Beach - 17th Lancers 'Laying Down Horses' exercise  ©

PWM

17th Lancers
Beach and Pier

Post Card - Portobello Beach - James Valentine ©

Valentine

Postcard in P W & M Vello Series - Portobello Beach - 17th Lancers 'Laying Down Horses' exercise ©

PWM

17th Lancers
Beach + Pier + Promenade

 Portobello Portobello from the Pier - A Valentine Postcard, posted 1906 ©

Valentine

Portobello Portobello West Bay - A Valentine Postcard, posted 1904 ©

Portobello Portobello from the Pier - Zoom-in to detail on a Valentine Postcard, posted 1904 ©

Valentine

Portobello West Bay

Portobello Portobello from the Pier - A Valentine Postcard, posted 1902 ©

Portobello Portobello from the Pier - The back of a Valentine Postcard, posted 1902 ©

Valentine

Portobello from the Pier

Portobello Esplanade and Sands - A Valentine Postcard ,1913 ©

zoom-in

Portobello Esplanade and Sands - Zoom-in to detail on a Valentine Postcard ,1913 ©

Valentine

Esplanade and Sands

Post Card - Portobello Beach - by Valentine - coloured ©

Valentine

 Postcard by W &S - The Baths, Portobello - Posted 1905 ©

WR&S

Portobello Baths

'The Skylark' at Portobello Beach ©

'The Skylark'

Valentine Postcard Marlborough Mansions, Portobello ©

Valentine

Marlborough Mansions

Valentine Postcard - Portobello sands and Morrison's Photographic Studio ©

Valentine

The Sands and Morrison's Photographic Studio

Valentine Postcard - Boating, Portobello Beach ©

Valentine

Portobello Beach - Boating

Valentine Postcard - The Call of the Seaside, Portobello ©

Valentine

Bathing - Portobello Beach

Postcard No 110 in J K Hom Crawford's Gravure Series - 'Portobello, A Ground Swell' ©

J K Home Crawford

A Ground Swell

Post Card - The Scott Monument in Princes Street - PPC Philco Series ©

Philco

On the Sands, Portobello

Wrench Series Postcard No 2527 - Portobello Promenade ©

Wrench Series

Portobello Promenade

Postcard from an unidentified publisher - Portobello Parade and Beach ©

Publisher not known

Parade and Beach

Postcard - The Skylark - sailing boat at Portobello ©

Publisher not known

'The Skylark''

Portobello Beach and Promenade - A Valentine Postcard, posted 1903 ©

Valentine

Postcard by unidentified publisher - Portobello - posted 1916 ©

posted 1916

Post Card - Portobello Pier - The Art Publishing Co, Glasgow ©

The Art Publishing Co

The Beach, Portobello

"Two's Company"

 

Photo

1950s

  Portobello - Crowded Beach, 1957 or 1958 ©

1957/58

Crowded Beach

 

Kite-surfing

2009

Surfing with kites on the Firth of Forth at Portobello - June 2009 ©

1.

Surfing with kites on the Firth of Forth at Portobello - June 2009 ©

2.

Surfing with kites on the Firth of Forth at Portobello - June 2009 ©

1. - zoom-in

Surfing with kites on the Firth of Forth at Portobello - June 2009 ©

3.

Surfing with kites on the Firth of Forth at Portobello - June 2009 ©

3.- zoom-in

Surfing with kites on the Firth of Forth at Portobello - June 2009 ©

4.

Surfing with kites on the Firth of Forth at Portobello - June 2009 ©

5.

 

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EdinPhoto - Home Page      Please send me an e-mail ... with your questions, comments, suggestions or news.      At any time, you can search for a word - perhaps a photographer's name or a photographic topic. The search will produce a list of pages on the EdinPhoto web site where this word appears.            At any time, you can search for a word - perhaps a photographer's name or a photographic topic. The search will produce a list of pages on the EdinPhoto web site where this word appears.

Photographs and Other Images - These include portraits of photographers - photographic outings - Princes Street views - Newhaven Fishwives - etc.  Early Photography in Edinburgh - Talbot, Brewster, Hill & Adamson, Early Professional Photographers in Princes Street, etc.  Professional Photographers in Edinburgh - 1840 to 1940 - Their names, dates of business and studio addresses.  The Photographic Society of Scotland - 1856 to 1873 - Lectures, Exhibitions, Outings, etc.  The History of Edinburgh Photographic Society - 1861 to date - Lectures, Exhibitions, Outings, Poems, etc.  EPS Publications - EPS Handwritten Records - Photographic Journals - Trade Directories - Books - etc.  Thanks to all who have encouraged and supported me in creating the EdinPhoto web site - including descendants of photogrpahers - researchers - providers of photographs and other material  Background notes on the research thal led up to the creation of this site - together with lists of new material added to the site since its launch.  Brief comments on how this site might be used - Just browsing? - Seeking specific information?  Please add your questions, suggestions or other comments to the Guest Book.  Links to other web sites - Photographic Societies - Photographic History - Family History - etc.  Click here to find the link to the Edinburgh Photogrpahic Society web site.  Details of who owns the copyright of photographs and other mateiral on this web site.

A selection of my photographs, many from Edinburgh throughout the year. Also photos from Scotland, London, Iceland, Italy, Hong Kong and elsewhere    Many old maps of Edinburgh (Old Town, New Town, while City), Leith and Newhaven. Includes several old transport maps and a comparison of old maps with recent aerial photos.   Old engravings, mailly of Edinburgh scenes. Some from the 1820s, some from the 1890s, some others - includes many hand-coloured examples from the 1820s.   News from Edinburgh today - Events, Collections, Buildings and Gardens, Transport   This site includes 1. Post card portraits taken in studios in Edinburgh: 2. Post card views either takeen/published by Ediburgh photographers or views of Edinburgh, or both.y Edinburgh    Views of Edinburgh, grouped into three sections: 1. Street views: 2. Buildings: 3. Around Edinburgh   Views of transport around Edinburgh - Horse drawn trams and buses, cable cars, electric trams, buses and a few railway photos. Also several maps of Edinburgh's bus and tram routes.   Summary of the updates added to this site each month since the site was launched   Frequently Asked Questions

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