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Edinburgh Photographer

Claude Low

 

Claude Low

Cabinet Print

3 Generations of the Young Family

Cabinet print by Claude Low: Three generations of the Young family 

©  Reproduced with acknowledgement to Russell Young, Kilbarchan, Renfrewshire, Scotland

Thank you to Russell Young, great grandson of the Edinburgh and Hawick photographer, George Oman, for providing this photograph.

-  The child in this photo is James Young, (b.1901)

    Grandson of the  photographer, George Oman

-  The young man is David Young (b. 1872).

    He married Jemima Oman daughter of George Oman (1900).

-  The older man is James Young (b. 1837), father of David Young

Early 1900s

This cabinet print appears to have been produced around 1903, about the time that Claude Low's studio opened in Aberdour.

Cabinet prints were very popular from the late 1860s until around 1900, but most photographers seem to have moved on to other formats in the very early 1900s.

 

Claude Low

Postcards

Post Card - 1

Post Card Portraits - Claude Low - Post Card 1

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Post Card - 2

Post Card Portraits - Claude Low - Post Card 2

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Post Card - 3

Post Card Portraits - Claude Low - Post Card 3

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Claude Low  -   More Postcards

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Claude Low?

Postcard

Portrait of three in a studio car. Who was the photographer? 

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Here is another post card, with a similar backdrop to post card 1 above.  Was this also taken by Claude Low.  It has no name and address on the back.

 

Claude Low

Comments on the Postcards

Cars and Plane

The first postcard above features a car in front of a backdrop showing a scene looking to the East along Princes Street towards the National Galleries of Scotland, the Scott Monument and the North British Hotel.  The address on the back of this postcard us Claude Low's studio at 72 Princes Street.

The other two postcards above also have Claude Low's address at 72 Princes Street on the back.

I have also seen a cabinet print by Claude Low featuring a group sitting in a studio boat with a backdrop of the Forth Rail Bridge,  on display in Robert D Clapperton's Daylight Photographic Studio, Selkirk.

This cabinet print bore the address: Claude Low,26 Montrose Terrace, Edinburgh.  This is not a studio address that I have found in any of the trade directories.

 

Question

Can anybody tell me where these photos were taken.  My original thought was that they would have been taken at the address on the back of the picture.  i.e. Claude Low's studio at 72 Princes Street.

However, it has now been suggested to me that they may have been taken at the Waverley Market Carnival.

The negative numbers have been  placed on the car radiator.  The car seems to have been well used.  I have postcards with numbers:

-    493:  two men in bowler hats

-  1206:  two young men in flat caps

-  1751:  family

With acknowledgement to Stanley K Hunter for raising this question.

 

Claude Low

Studios in other Cities

Claude (or Claud) Low had studios in Edinburgh between 1896 and 1910.  On the back of his carte de visite from 54 Cockburn Street, he advertised studios in:

- Aberdour

- Portobello

- Roslin

According to the Fife trade directories, Claude Low's studio in Aberdour appears  to have operated from 1903 until 1914.  It was based at Shore Road, Aberdour.

From 1914 onwards, the studio at this address was M Low & Co.  I don't know who M Low was.

Another of Claude Low's adverts also listed branches at:

- London

- Blackpool

- Rothesay

- Dunoon

- Largs

- etc.

 

 

 

 

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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.

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