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Advertisement A H Baird |
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1891-92 Advert
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1893 Advert
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1894 Advert
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1898 Advert
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A H Baird |
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1891, 1892 The top advert is the earliest that I have seen for A H Baird's business. It comes from the December 1891 and 1892 editions of Transactions of the Edinburgh Photographic Society. |
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1893 The second advert above shows a rather more elaborate logo, then described as a Trade Mark. This first appeared in the January 1893 edition of Transactions of Edinburgh Photographic Society, followed by other adverts using the same trade mark in later months, advertising A H Baird's own products which he sold under the Lothian banner. His business was in Lothian Street, Edinburgh. |
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1894 The third advert includes an illustration of the Todd Forret magnesium flash lamp, an item that A H Baird had been promoting for some time. |
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1895 A H Baird's advert in May 1895 announced that his business was moving in May from 37 & 39 Lothian Street to 2 & 4 Brighton Street. However he still appeared to continue to use both addresses, as in this advert from 1903: |
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1896 AH Baird continued to advertise in the Transactions of the Edinburgh Photographic Society. In March, April and May 1896, he advertised:
- the STANDARD LANTERN for making enlargements from quarter-plates.
- the PARLOUR INCANDESCENT GAS LANTERN for home use. Always ready - very clean - no smell - minimum heat - pleasing light. 45/- (=£2.25) Call in and see it in use. In the June edition of Transactions, A H Baird advertised 'the best value in cheap sets' - TH Lothian Half-Plate Economic Set - a camera, dark slide, rectilinear lens, shutter, stand and case for £4 15s (£4.75). |
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1898 AH Baird's advertisement in the May 1898 edition of Transactions of the Edinburgh Photographic Society took the form of advice to photographers. The advice given in his top-right box is curious. |
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1899 AH Baird continued to advertise in 1899. Materials offered from his Photo Materials Depot at 39 Lothian Road in March 1899 were: - Wellington Photographic Papers - Optical Lanterns in great variety - Enlargers Koresco. oil, incandescent light (DAY AND ARTIFICIAL LIGHT - Lantern Plates by the most popular Makers - Bromide Papers Eastman, Ilford, Wellington & Ward - Xmas Mounts A choice selection of Slip-in and Paste-down - Developers Ortol, Metol, Amidol, Rodinal, Glycin, Eikonogen, &c. - Velox (the new paper) in all sizes and qualities |
