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Cumming
James Cumming, John Cumming,
Walter J H Cumming
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James
Cumming
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James Cumming
was listed in the Edinburgh trade directories with studios at:
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1864-65
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75 Princes Street |
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1864-69
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1 Hanover Street |
In fact, both these addresses refer to
the same studio, on the corner of the street. It had one entrance
facing south at No 75 Princes Street and one facing west at 1 Hanover
Street.
Many different photographers were based
here during the period
1848 to
1946. Some, including Parisian
Photo Co. were listed under both of these addresses in the
trade directories.
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James
Cumming was described in the trade directories as Artist
. He was described in the trade
directories as J Cumming*
Cartes
de visite he used the name Jas Cumming or J Cumming*
* It is possible that J Cumming may have referred
to John rather than James Cumming.
On the back of one of the cartes de visite, the
description was
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Edinburgh Royal Photographic Establishments
75 Princes Street
J Cumming
Artist
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John
Cumming
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Until recently I received the only evidence that I had of John
Cumming being a photographer was this entry found in the New Edinburgh
Leith & County Directory:
Silvermills lies to the south of
Canonmills. It is about half a mile north of Princes Street. |
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However, in March
2006, Ron
Cosens who runs the
Victorian
Image Collection web site sent me this
copy of a carte de visite by John Cumming. Please click on the image
below to enlarge it and read more about it.
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This shows that
John Cumming, like James Cumming was based at 75 Princes Street, though I
don't know in which years he was there or which of these photographers
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Walter J H Cumming |
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Who was Walter JH Cumming? Was he related to John Cumming, James
Cumming or the Cumming Brothers?
He was admitted a Member of Edinburgh Photographic Society
on 4 March 1885, giving his address as
79 Princes Street, an address occupied by a succession of photographers'
studios for about 75 years from 1855.
I have not found Walter J H Cumming's name in any of the trade
directories, so was he, perhaps, a photographer employed by one of the
other Edinburgh's professional photographers?
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