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Postcard Princes Street West End |
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Postcard 3 - Black & White glossy
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Princes Street - West End |
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Three Postcards Here is an interesting mix of traffic. This view looks to the east, along Princes Street from its junction with Lothian Road beside the Caledonian Hotel, possibly photographed in the early 1920s. This same photograph has been used on three different postcards above. I find the first of these to be the most attractive. It is also the one that retains the most detail in the picture. (See the detail in St John's Church on the right of the picture and the car in the centre.) |
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1. Sinclair Fountain |
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Thank you to Barbara Hiddleston for telling me: 1859 to1926 "In the middle of this photo, used as a tramway island, is the Sinclair Fountain, erected in 1859 by Catherine Sinclair for the use of the horses that pulled the cabs, the working men and dogs. Its fate was decided at a Tramway Sub-committee Meeting, held around 17th December, 1925. The fountain was demolished in early 1926." Barbara L Hiddleston, Dunnet, Caithness, Scotland: March 27, 2008 |
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Catherine Sinclair was a novelist and philanthropist. Here, we zoom-in to get a better view of the Sinclair Fountain. Please click on the thumbnail image below to enlarge it. |
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2. Sinclair Fountain |
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Thank you to Alan Wilson who wrote: Today "Just to let you know that the Sinclair Fountain is still in existence. It now resides at the corner of North Charlotte Street and St. Colme Street. ** " Alan Wilson, Trinity, Edinburgh, March 27, 2008 |
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** No
that's not the fountain. Peter Stubbs: Edinburgh: January 6, 2014 |