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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

 

 

 George Street

 

Trade Directory Advert

1864

Detail from an advert in the Edinburgh & Leith Post Office Directory - 1864 - Royal Insurance Company, 13 George Street ©

13 George Street

 

Engravings

1890

Engraving from 'Old & New Edinburgh - George Street - looking to the west towards St George's Church ©

OLD & NEW EDINBURGH 1890

View towards Charlotte Square

 Engraving from 'Old & New Edinburgh ©

OLD & NEW EDINBURGH 1890

The Physicians' Hall

 

Postcards

Early 1900s

Postcard by an unidentified publisher - George Street, Edinburgh ©

The back of a postcard by an unidentified publisher - George Street, Edinburgh ©

George Street - looking east

Castle Series - Offset Postcards - George Street ©

George Street - looking west
Hartmann Real Glossy Tartan Series Postcard  -  Sepia with Edinburgh Coat of Arms - George Street ©

George Street - looking east

 

Photos

1920s or 1930s

George Street in the 1920s - Marion Fishmonger Lorry and other vehicles ©

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Small

Medium

Large

George Street in the 1920s - S2342 and other vehicles ©

2.

Small

Medium

Large

George Street in the 1920s - SG7720 and other vehicles ©

3.

Small

Medium

Large

 

Photographs

mid-C20

   Photograph by Norward Inglis - George Street from the roof of St George's Church in Charlotte Square ©

Norward Inglis

George Street - looking east

   Fire Engine parked outside the former Waterstons Stationers, George Street, Edinburgh New Town ©

Ian Scott Hazlemere

Waterstons Stationers
35 George Street

   George Street - Fluorescent Lights - Around 1958? ©

Edinburgh City Archive

George Street - looking west

Cars parked in the centre of George Street, around 1958 ©

Edinburgh City Archive

Cars in George Street  -  c.1958  -  zoom-in

George Street - Fluorescent Lights - Early Sunday Morning, around 1958? ©

Danny Callaghan

George Street, West End - 1958

 

Christmas Lights

2003

Looking west along George Street towards West Register House ©

Christmas Lights - 1

Looking along George Street from outside the Assembly Rooms towards West Register House on the west side of Charlotte Square ©

Christmas Lights - 2

Looking east along George Street towards St Andrew Square

Christmas Lights 3

Image derived from a photograph looking to the east along George Street towards West Register House on the west side of Charlotte Square ©

Christmas Lights - 4

Image derived from a photograph looking to the east along George Street towards the Melville Monument in the centre of St Andrew Square ©

Christmas Lights 5

 

Road Signs

2005

Road sign introduced into Edinburgh New Town in 2005 as part of the Central Edinburgh Traffic Management Scheme - George Street - Looking west towards Charlotte Square ©

Charlotte Square
from George Street

Road sign introduced into Edinburgh New Town in 2005 as part of the Central Edinburgh Traffic Management Scheme - Castle Street, looking south towards George Street ©

George Street
from Castle Street

Road sigs in introduced into Edinburgh New Town in 2005 as part of the Central Edinburgh Traffic Management Scheme - George Street - looking east towards the junction with Frederick Street ©

George Street
approaching
Frederick Street

Road markings introduced into Edinburgh New Town in 2005 as part of the Central Edinburgh Traffic Management Scheme - Hanover Street, looking north at the junction with George Street ©

George Street and
Hanover Street

Cones around the statue at the junction of George Street and Hanover Street ©

George Street and
Hanover Street

Car Parking in George Street - Photograph taken November 2005 ©

Parking

 

New Year Celebrations

'The Night Afore'

December 30, 2006

Scottish Ceilidh  -  Music and Dancing

Edinburgh's Hogmanay - Night Afore International - Ceilidh in George Street - 30 December 2006 ©

Edinburgh's Hogmanay - Night Afore International - Ceilidh in George Street - 30 December 2006 ©

Edinburgh's Hogmanay - Night Afore International - Ceilidh in George Street - 30 December 2006 ©

Street Theatre

Edinburgh's Hogmanay - 'The Night Afore' - Street Theatre in George Street ©

Edinburgh's Hogmanay - 'The Night Afore' - Street Theatre in George Street ©

Edinburgh's Hogmanay - 'The Night Afore' - Street Theatre in George Street ©

Edinburgh's Hogmanay - 'The Night Afore' - Street Theatre in George Street ©

Edinburgh's Hogmanay - 'The Night Afore' - Street Theatre in George Street ©

Edinburgh's Hogmanay - 'The Night Afore' - Street Theatre in George Street ©

Edinburgh's Hogmanay - 'The Night Afore' - Street Theatre in George Street ©

Edinburgh's Hogmanay - 'The Night Afore' - Street Theatre in George Street ©

Edinburgh's Hogmanay - 'The Night Afore' - Street Theatre in George Street ©

 

George Street Shops

2009

   80 George Street - Cruise - November 2009 ©

80 George Street

Christmas Lights

2011

George Street - Christmas Decorations at The Dome, December 2011 ©

14 George Street

The Dome - 3.10 pm

George Street - Christmas Decorations at The Dome, December 2011 ©

14 George Street

The Dome - 4.45 pm

George Street - Christmas Decorations at The Dome, December 2011 ©

14 George Street

The Dome + Traffic (zoom-in)

George Street - Christmas Decorations at The Dome, December 2011 ©

14 George Street

The Dome + Traffic (zoom-out)

George Street - Christmas Decorations at Le Monde, December 2011 ©

16 George Street

Le Monde  (zoom-in)

George Street - Christmas Decorations at Le Monde, December 2011 ©

16 George Street

Le Monde + Traffic (zoom-out)

L:ooking along George Street from St Andrew Square - December 2011 ©

Looking along George Street
from St Andrew Square - 1

L:ooking along George Street from St Andrew Square - December 2011 ©

Looking along George Street
 from St Andrew Square - 2

   

George Street  -  Background

 

 

Full Index

Views of Edinburgh

Princes Street views:
 Looking E         Looking W         Looking N + NE        Looking S

from Calton Hill        Preparing for the Trams        Princes Street Gardens

Other street views:
 Grassmarket         George Street          High Street        High Street closes        Leith Street
Lothian Road       North Bridge       Saint James Sq        Waverley Bridge       More Streets

 

 

Links to Other Pages

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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