Professional Photographers
and
Photographic Dealers
This site began with a list of professional photographers.
I
have now begun to extend this site to include
photographic dealers and manufacturers of photographic equipment,
beginning with a few of the more prominent companies in the 19th
century.
Early
Days
Possibly
Edinburgh's first manufacturer of photographic equipment was Thomas
Davidson, born in 1798.
1892
Three
Edinburgh companies exhibited equipment at the Photographic Convention
of the United Kingdom held in Edinburgh in 1892. All were based in
Lothian Road. They were: