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Kyles & Moir

Professional Photographer

Studios

William Kyles, after working for many years as a photographer, set up a photographic partnership with WS Moir in 1877. Their studio addresses were:

Studio Addresses
Kyles & Moir	106 High Street, Portobello	1877-82
Kyles & Moir	34 Bath Street, Portobello	1877-82
Kyles & Moir	33 Bath Street, Portobello	?

Cartes de Visite

Kyles and Moir individually, and later Kyles & Moir together, produced cartes de visite of women dressed in Newhaven fishwives’ costume. Kyles also produced carted de visite of men dressed in uniform. In 1868, he advertised:

“THE NEW CABINET PORTRAITS for Albums and Frames. Beautiful ENAMEL CARTES, Full Length or Vignette. Copies taken from Oil Paintings, Engravings, Drawings, Photographs, Marble, Bronze &c. Busts and Models enlarged or diminished.

Parties in the district visited for Landscape and Portrait Groups. CHILDREN’S PORTRAITS receive Special Attention, and are so arranged as to produce Pretty Pictures as well as Pleasing Likenesses. All orders executed with the greatest promptitude and care.

Observe the Address

- POPLAR COTTAGE, 36 REGENT STREET - A few seconds’ walk from the Post-Office, and nearly opposite the Free Church.”