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Thomas AA Morrison
and
Morrison
& Ednie
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Studios
Edinburgh’s
new North Bridge was opened in 1902. Many
photos of the celebrations for the opening of the bridge can be found, including
one by James CH Balmain of an elephant
parade across the bridge.
Over
the next three years, buildings were erected on the West side of the bridge,
then named North Bridge Street.
No
28 North Bridge Street, 'Scotsman
Galleries',
was
where Thomas AA Morrison set up in business as
'Photographer in
Miniature'
from
1905 until 1930.
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Partnership
The
partnership, Morrison & Ednie that he established with SC Ednie had a
briefer existence. It lasted until
1908. SC Ednie appears never to
have traded as a photographer under his own name.
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Postcards
I now have several post-cards of studio portraits by TA Morrison, dating from
the early 20th century. In my experience, more of his postcard portraits
appear to have survived than almost any other photographer.
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Question
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Is this the same Thomas A Morrison?
There was a
portrait photographer named Thomas A Morrison (1856-1912),
a native of Belfast who moved to Dumfries in 1876.
He had several studios in the Scottish Borders:
- Castle Douglas
- Dumfries
- Lockerbie
- Moffat
- Stranraer.
He left Dumfries in 1901 and moved to London, opening a studio there.
He returned to Dumfries in ill health the year before his death.
He
apparently changed his name to Thomas A Moryson. Was this the
same photographer as Thomas AA Morrison of Edinburgh, or was he, perhaps,
a member of the same family?
[Sources: (1) Lilian Menzies web site for
Epitaph in a local Lockerbie newspaper . (2) Maureen Bartlett]
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Answer |
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Thank you to Maureen Bartlett who
replied:
Not the Same Man!
Just to let you know that Thomas AA Morrison of Edinburgh was not the same
Thomas A Moryson of Dumfries, previously Belfast.
T A
Moryson’s parents were Robert Morrison, Belfast newspaper editor, and
Sarah Ellen Letitia Gowdy. He spelled his name Moryson when he was in his
very early 20s.
T A
A Morrison’s parents, according to the 1901 census for Edinburgh, were
Peter Morrison, wine merchant, born Fortingall, Perthshire (as were his
grandparents) and Elizabeth, born Dull, Perthshire. The son, TAA
Morrison, born c 1878, is shown as a photographer in the same census. |
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Maureen Bartlett: May 18, 2007 |
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