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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

 

 

Saint Andrew Square

at the eastern end of George Street

Please click on one of the links below, or scroll down this page to see:

-  The East Side of St Andrew Square

-  Transport

-  No 36:  Royal Bank of Scotland

-  No 38:  HBOS (formerly British Linen Bank, then Bank of Scotland)

-  No 42:  Royal Bank of Scotland (formerly National Commercial Bank)

-  Queue for Harry Potter Book Launch

-  St Andrew Square Gardens

 

The East Side of St Andrew Square

Engraving from 'Modern Athens' - East Side of St Andrew Square ©

MODERN ATHENS 1829

Eastern Side of Square

Engraving from 'Modern Ahens' - hand-coloured - St Andrew Square ©

MODERN ATHENS 1829

Eastern Side of Square

View of the Dumbreck Hotels on the east side of St Andrew Square - c.1800 ©

c.1800

Eastern Side of Square

 

Transport

St Andrew Square and the Gladstone Monument - 1953 ©

PHOTOGRAPH  -  1953

The Gladstone Monument

Jim O'Meara and his Lambretta scooter in St Andrew Square, early-1960s ©

PHOTOGRAPH  -  1960s

Jim O'Meara and Lambretta

 

36 St Andrew Square

Royal Bank of Scotland

Dundas House

Once the Head Office of the Royal Bank of Scotland.  Now a Branch Office

 Engraving in 'Modern Athens' - The Royal Bank of Scotland in St Andrew Square ©

ENGRAVING - 1829

Royal Bank of Scotland

Head Office of Royal Bank of Scotland, 36 S Andrew Square - Photographed August 2002 ©

PHOTOGRAPH  -  2002

Royal Bank of Scotland

 

38 St Andrew Square

HBOS

Built for the British Linen Bank which was taken over by Bank of Scotland

Bank of Scotland then merged with Halifax Building Society to create HBOS

Bank of Scotland office, formerly British Linen Bank, 38 St Andrew Square ©

PHOTOGRAPH  -  2006

HBoS

Engraving from 'Old & New Edinburgh' - British Linen Bank on the east side of St Andrew Square ©

ENGRAVING

British Linen Bank, now HBoS

Bank of Scotland - St Andrew Square ©

PHOTOGRAPH

HBOS

Zoom-in to detail on the building at 38 St Andrew Square - The building was built for the British Linen Bank ©

PHOTOGRAPH  -  2006

HBOS

 

42 St Andrew Square

Royal Bank of Scotland

 Formerly National Commercial Bank of Scotland Head Office

This became the Royal Bank of Scotland Head Office

Royal Bank of Scotland, 42 St Andrew Square - formerly the Head Office of National Commercial Bank of Scotland, then Royal Bank of Scotland ©

PHOTOGRAPH  -  2006

Royal Bank of Scotland

 

Queue for Harry Potter Book Launch

July 2007

Queue for Harry Potter book - Waterston's Bookshop at the East End of Princes Street - The end of the queue in Saint Andrew Square ©

  Queue for Harry Potter book - Waterston's Bookshop at the East End of Princes Street - Near the end of the queue, in Saint Andrew Square ©

 

St Andrew Square Gardens

May 2008

St Andrew Square Gardens - open to the public from 2008 - Looking south - zoom-out ©

zoom-out

St Andrew Square Gardens - open to the public from 2008 - Looking south - zoom-in ©

zoom-in

 

 

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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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