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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

 

 

What's New?  -  All Pages

 

What's New?

Sep 21-30,  2007

 

The Ross Fountain in Princes Street Gardens and Edinburgh Castle  -  September 2007 ©

The Ross Fountain in Princes Street Gardens   -  September 2007 ©    The Ross Fountain in Princes Street Gardens   -  September 2007 ©

The Ross Fountain in Princes Street Gardens   -  September 2007 ©    The Ross Fountain in Princes Street Gardens   -  September 2007 ©

Sep 20, 2007

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Ross Fountain and Edinburgh Castle                              2  new pages

Sep 20, 2007

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Ross Fountain  near top:  short exposure                                    2  new pages

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Ross Fountain  near top:  long exposure                                      2  new pages

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Ross Fountain  base:  short exposure                                          2  new pages

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Ross Fountain  base:  long exposure                                            2  new pages

 

Walter Scott Bicentenary Edinburgh Secondary Schools Concert at the Usher Hall  -  1971 ©    Walter Scott Bicentenary Edinburgh Secondary Schools Concert at the Usher Hall  -  1971 ©

Sep 19, 2007

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Usher Hall Secondary School Concert  1971               2  new pages

Sep 19, 2007

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Usher Hall Secondary School Concert  zoom-in              new page

Sep 19, 2007

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Granton  from 1940s: recollections 18                                             page updated

 

Sep 18, 2007

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Portobello Bathing Pool  question                                           page updated

Sep 18, 2007

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Castle Street   Northern Rock queue:  photo 1                            page updated

Sep 18, 2007

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Castle Street   Northern Rock queue:  photo 2                            page updated

Sep 18, 2007

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Castle Street   Northern Rock queue:  photo 3                            page updated

 

Investors queue outside the Castle Street office of Northern Rock  -  September 2007 ©  Investors queue outside the Castle Street office of Northern Rock  -  September 2007 ©    Investors queue outside the Castle Street office of Northern Rock  -  September 2007 ©

Andy Warhol Exhibition at the National Gallery of Scotland, The Mound, Edinburgh  -  September 2007 ©    Andy Warhol Exhibition at the National Gallery of Scotland, The Mound, Edinburgh  -  September 2007 ©

Andy Warhol Exhibition at the National Gallery of Scotland, The Mound, Edinburgh  -  September 2007 ©    Andy Warhol Exhibition at the National Gallery of Scotland, The Mound, Edinburgh  -  September 2007 ©

Sep 17, 2007

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Castle Street   Northern Rock queue:  photo 1                             2 new pages

Sep 17, 2007

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Castle Street   Northern Rock queue:  photo 2                             2 new pages

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Castle Street   Northern Rock queue:  photo 3                             2 new pages

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Royal Scottish Academy  Warhol Exhibition:  photo 1      2 new pages

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Royal Scottish Academy  Warhol Exhibition:  photo 2      2 new pages

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Royal Scottish Academy  Warhol Exhibition:  photo 3      2 new pages

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Royal Scottish Academy  Warhol Exhibition:  photo 4      2 new pages

 

Looking up at the entrance to Scottish Widows Head Office, 69 Morrison Street, Edinburgh ©    New Development at Edinburgh Quay, Fountainbridge  -  at the end of the Union Canal ©    Edinburgh Quay, Fountainbridge  -  at the end of the Union Canal ©

New Housing at Ocean Way  -  close to the Constitution Street entrance to Leith Docks  -  September 2007 ©    New Housing at Ocean Way  -  close to the Constitution Street entrance to Leith Docks  -  September 2007 ©

Sep 16, 2007

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Scottish Widows  Entrance to Head Office                                  2 new pages

Sep 16, 2007

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Edinburgh Quay  new development                                                2 new pages

Sep 16, 2007

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Edinburgh Quay  barges and swans                                              2 new pages

Sep 16, 2007

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Edinburgh Quay  barges and swans                                              2 new pages

Sep 16, 2007

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Edinburgh Waterfront  Ocean Way: photo 1                          2 new pages

Sep 16, 2007

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Edinburgh Waterfront  Ocean Way: photo 2                          2 new pages

Sep 16, 2007

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Hislop & Day  answer 2                                                                        2 new pages

 

The western wall of the former GPO, facing onto North Bridge  -  August 2007 ©      Bathing in the pools outside the Scottish Parliament  -  August 2007 ©

Standard Life House - 30 Lothian Road, at the corner of Lothan Road and the Western Approach Road ©    Standard Life House - 30 Lothian Road, at the corner of Lothan Road and the Western Approach Road ©

Standard Life House - 30 Lothian Road, at the corner of Lothan Road and the Western Approach Road ©    Standard Life House - 30 Lothian Road, at the corner of Lothan Road and the Western Approach Road ©

Sep 15, 2007

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The former GPO                                                                                  page updated

Sep 15, 2007

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The Scottish Parliament                                                              page updated

Sep 15, 2007

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Standard Life House  photo 1                                                       2 new pages

Sep 15, 2007

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Standard Life House  photo 2                                                            new page

Sep 15, 2007

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Standard Life House  photo 3                                                            new page

Sep 15, 2007

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Standard Life House  photo 4                                                            new page

Sep 15, 2007

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Brunswick Street Cafe  recollections 2                                   page updated

Sep 15, 2007

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East Thomas Street  recollections 9                                          page updated

Sep 15, 2007

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St Mary's Street - Jeweller's  recollections                          page updated

Sep 15, 2007

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Dr Bell's  looking for old school photos                                            page updated

Sep 15, 2007

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Robert 'Smiggy' Smith  update                                                  page updated

 

An engraving tool in use ©    An engraving tool in use ©

VIew of part of Dean Cemetery  from the grounds of Dean Gallery ©    Looking down on King's Stables Road from King's Bridge  -  August 2007 ©

View across Waverley Valley from Regent Road to Salisbury Crags in Holyrood Park  -  August 2007 ©

Sep 14, 2007

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Sellers' engraving tool  answer 4                                              page updated

Sep 14, 2007

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Dean Cemetery                                                                                     2 new pages

Sep 14, 2007

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King's Stables Road                                                                        2 new pages

Sep 14, 2007

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Salisbury Crags from Regent Road                                     2 new pages

Sep 14, 2007

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Brunswick Street Cafe  recollections                                       page updated

Sep 14, 2007

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Edwards' Bakery, Granton  16, answer 2                            page updated

Sep 14, 2007

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Robert 'Smiggy' Smith  Dumbiedykes 10                               page updated

 

Looking up Candlemaker Row to the SE from Merchant Street ©    Portsburgh Square on the north side of West Port close to the Grasssmarket ©    ©

School or former school at Abbeyhill  -  between Easter Road and Montrose Terrace ©    Roadworks at Shrubhill, in preparation for Edinburgh's trams due to operate from around 2010 ©

Sep 13, 2007

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Candlemaker Row                                                                              2 new pages

Sep 13, 2007

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Portsburgh Square  West Port                                                      2 new pages

Sep 13, 2007

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Oddfellows' Hall  Forrest Road                                                        3 new pages

Sep 13, 2007

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Abbeyhill School  or former school                                                2 new pages

Sep 13, 2007

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Pilrig  Preparing for 2010 trams                                                              2 new pages