106 High
Street & 34 Bath Street,
PortobelloEstablished 1862
Private
Grounds for Groups and Machines
NB:.Costumes are kept
on the premises for taking Ladies and Misses as Newhaven
Fishwomen and Highland
Dresses for Gentlemen.
SPECIAL ATTENTION
GIVEN TO CHILDREN”
I have not yet found
evidence to substantiate the claim of establishment in 1862.
1895-96
The advert for Muir & Halkett in the Portobello & District Directory,
1895-96 was similar to the above, except it only gave one address: 106
High Street.
Copyright
The Practical Photographer
In the 1890s, Messrs Percy Lund & Co, publishers of the journal,
The Practical Photographer,
offered to undertake the registration of any photograph or drawing for a fee of
1/6d.
They offered to reproduce in miniature any photographs that they
believed to be of exceptional interest and suitable for publication.
Each edition of The Photographic Journal
included a list of photographs registered during the past month.
The 1 April 1891 edition [p. 112] included:
Moir & Haskett: 106 High Street Portobello
1. One Photograph of the Heart of Midlothian Football
Team, winners of the Scottish Cup 1890-1
2. One Photograph of Committee and team of winners of the
Scottish Cup 1890-1