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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

 

 

Leith Street

Leith Street is the southern part of the road from Leith to Edinburgh

 

Postcards

Early 1900s

   Victoria Hall - 83 Leith Street ©

Victoria Hall
83 Leith Street

Victoria Hall - 83 Leith Street ©

Victoria Hall
83 Leith Street

Valentine Postcard  -  Calton Hill and Leith Street ©

1904

Valentine

 

Photos

Cockburn & Co Restaurant, Leith Street, Edinburgh  -  Around 1914-18 ©

c.1914-18

Cockburn & Co - Restaurant

Leith Street  -  before the building of the King James Hotel and the St James Shopping Centre ©

1950s

Looking down Leith Street

Leith Street - Traffic in the snow, 1956 ©

1956

Traffic in the Snow

Miners' Gala Day - March up Leith Street, 1960 ©

1960

Miners' Gala Day March

Leith Street - Fire at Neville Reed, 1966 ©

1966

Fire at Neville Reed

Looking down Leith Street, 1973 ©

1973

Looking down Leith Street

Looking to the north down Leith Street from the pedestrian bridge over the street ©

1975

View from Old Pedestrian Bridge

Looking to the north down Leith Street from the pedestrian bridge over the street ©

2011

View from Old Pedestrian Bridge

 

Fire Engines

1975

Fire engines facing north in Princes Street.  Register House is in the background. ©

Fire Engines facing north
Background:  Register House

Fire engines facing south in Leith Street.  @The Bridge to Nowhere' is in the background. ©

Fire Engines facing south
Background:  'The Bridge to Nowhere

 

New Bridge

November 2003

  Installing the new bridge over Leith Street on 23 November 2003 ©

Leith Street Bridge

  Installing the new bridge over Leith Street on 23 November 2003 ©

Leith Street Bridge

 

More photos:  Around Edinburgh

 

 

 

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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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