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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

 

EPS COUNCIL MEMBERS:      1861-1900          1901-40           1941-80          from 1981       
EPS MEMBERS:                      Founding 1861         Honorary  1862        Photograph 1903

EPS Office Bearers

1861-1900

From AGM President Secretary Treasurer

20 Feb 1861

James D Marwick

J T Taylor then

Alexander T Niven

Alex Auchie Jun

4 Dec 1861

James D Marwick

J T Taylor and

Alexander T Niven

Alex Auchie Jun

3 Dec 1862

James D Marwick

J T Taylor

Alexander T Niven

2 Dec 1863

James D Marwick

George H Slight

Alexander T Niven

7 Dec 1864

James D Marwick

George H Slight

Alexander T Niven

6 Dec 1865

James D Marwick

George H Slight

George Barrie

5 Dec 1866

James D Marwick

George H Slight

George Barrie

4 Dec 1867

Frederick Hallard FRSE

Edwin Musgrave

George Barrie

4 Nov 1868

Frederick Hallard

William A Davies

John Hurry

17 Nov 1869

Frederick Hallard

William A Davies

John Hurry

16 Nov 1870

John Macnair

G A Panton

John Hurry

15 Nov 1871

John Macnair

Colin Sinclair

John Hurry

6 Nov 1872

Richard G Muir

Colin Sinclair

Thomas Pringle

5 Nov 1873

Richard G Muir

Colin Sinclair

Thomas Pringle

4 Nov 1874

John Thomson

Edward R Yerbury

Thomas Pringle

3 Nov 1875

John Thomson

Edward R Yerbury

Thomas Pringle

1 Nov 1876

John Lessels

Alex Matheson

Colin Sinclair

7 Nov 1877

John Lessels

Hugh H Pillans

Alex Mathison 

6 Nov 1878

John Lessels

M G Dobbie

Alex Mathison

5 Nov 1879

John Lessels

M G Dobbie

Hugh H Pillans

3 Nov 1880

John Lessels

M G Dobbie

Hugh H Pillans

2 Nov 1881

John Lessels

M G Dobbie

Hugh H Pillans

1 Nov 1882

John Lessels

W T Bashford

Hugh H Pillans

7 Nov 1883

William Neilson

W T Bashford

Hugh H Pillans

5 Nov 1884

Norman Macbeth

W T Bashford

A M Forbes

4 Nov 1885

William Forgan

George G Mitchell

A M Forbes

3 Nov 1886

William Forgan

George G Mitchell

Thomas Wardale

2 Nov 1887

William Forgan

George G Mitchell

Thomas Wardale

7 Nov 1888

Hippolyte Jean Blanc

Hugh Brebner

James McGlashan

6 Nov 1889

Hippolyte Jean Blanc

T Barclay

James McGlashan

5 Nov 1890

Hippolyte Jean Blanc

T Barclay

James McGlashan

4 Nov 1891

Hippolyte Jean Blanc

T Barclay

James McGlashan

2 Nov 1892

John Moffat

T Barclay

James McGlashan

7 Jun 1893

Thos W Drinkwater

T Barclay

James McGlashan

6 Jun 1894

Alex Ayton Jun. then

J S McCulloch

George Cleland

John C Oliphant

5 Jun 1895

John C Oliphant

J S McCulloch

George Cleland

3 Jun 1895

Frank P Moffat

J S McCulloch

George Cleland

2 Jun 1897

James Patrick

J S McCulloch

George Cleland

1 Jun 1898

Alex Eddington

J S McCulloch

George Cleland

7 Jun 1899

Alex Eddington

J S McCulloch

George Cleland

6 Jun 1900

Joseph C Lennie

J S McCulloch

George Cleland

 

Professional Photographers

Professional photographers who played a prominent part in the running the Edinburgh Photographic Society during the 19th century included:

President:   

Secretary:  

Treasurer:   

EPS COUNCIL MEMBERS:      1861-1900          1901-40           1941-80          from 1981       
EPS MEMBERS:                      Founding 1861         Honorary  1862        Photograph 1903

 

 

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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