Princes Street

Looking west from the East End of Princes Street

1902  -  Coronation Arch

Looking west along Princes Street from the East End  -  1959

© Reproduced with acknowledgement to Graeme Walker, Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland.                          Photographer not known.

 

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     Looking west along Princes Street from the East End  -  1959 ©

 

Coronation Arch

Princes Street

Thank you to Graeme Walker for sending me this photograph of Princes Street, decorated for the Coronation of King Edward VII that was held on August 9, 1902.

Graham wrote:

1902 Glass Plates

"Here are a couple of images which I think you might find curious.  I can't do anything about the state of the glass plates, They had been stored in a shed for decades!

They seem to have been taken the morning after the Coronation of Edward VII (by the debris in the gutter!) and show a couple of the archways erected over some of the main roads in Edinburgh.

There are a number of other tripods in the shots so I assume it must have been a photographic society outing or similar."

Graeme Walker, Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland:  June 5, 2011

Here is the other photo that Graeme sent to me:

Hanover Street

   Hanover Street  -  Coronation Arch to King Edward VII, 1902 ©

 

Coronation Arch

Princes Street

Update

Thank you to Graeme Walker for emailing me again to let me know that the two photos of the Coronation Arches above would have been taken by one of his family.

Douglas wrote:

The Photographer

"The photographer for these plates was either Gideon Walker or his son Thomas A Walker. They both took photos with Thomas taking over the hobby from his father as he got older:

Gideon would have been aged 59 in 1902.

Thomas would have been aged 22 in 1902."

Graeme Walker, Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland:  June 5, 2011

 

Princes Street - Looking West

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