E W Parken

Post Card

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The post card above is from EW Parken.  The address on the back is given as:

-  22 Dalry Road Edinburgh, and

-  The Studio, Victoria Road, North Berwick.

This photo, at first sight, looks asif it may be a photograph of a painting.  But I believe it was, in fact, a carefully composed group, taken in EW Parken's studio. The pillar on the left and the window can also be found in other post cards by Parken

Address  -   2 or 22 Dalry Road?

I know of another photograph by EW Parken, on the back of which there is a printed note that clearly reads:

Where there are discrepancies between the addresses given by photographers on the backs of their photos and the addresses given in trade directories, I would normally believe the former, but in this case I believe that no 22 is probably the correct address. 

-  No 22 appeared in Slater's Directory, MacDonald's Directory and nine different editions of the Edinburgh & Leith Post Office Directory.

-  No 22 is also an address that was home to many different photographers over the years, but I have no record of any being based at No 2

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:  The photograph that I refer to above with the suspect address on the back is owned by Phil Wilson, showing one of his family, Mary Wilson, dressed in   'girls' brigade' costume, taken probably about 1916-17.