Ethnographic Postcards in Scotland

1

Early History

From 1870s

2

Postcard Use

Messages on Postcards

Postcard Portraits

3

Postcard Publishers

George Stewart

Valentine & Sons

Others

4

Views of Scotland

Wells and Fountains

The Scottish Highlands

Edinburgh

5

Scottish
Life and Character

Raphael Tuck

Other talks:    Ethnographic Photography in Scotland

Other talks:    History of Photography

 

The links above are to pages that I prepared  as basis for my lecture to:

Edinburgh University, School of Literature, Language and Cultures, Celtic and Scottish Studies

2nd Year Lecture:  February 23, 2010  -  Ethnographic Postcards

I intend to use them for:

-   a lecture to be given on February 22, 2011  to Edinburgh University School of Literature, Language, ... (as in 2010)

 

Ethnographic Postcards

 

 

Ethnographic Postcards in Scotland

Today's Topics

 

 

www.edinphoto.org.uk

  • There is no need to write everything down from the screen during the lecture.

  • The pages that you see on the screen today will remain on the internet.

You will be advised where to find these pages on the internet.

 

 

Scope

Today, we look at:

-  postcards of Scotland and some of the companies that published them.

-  the influence that postcards had on the people who wrote them and viewed them.

-  whether the postcards gave a true view, or an idealised view, of the Scottish Highlands and other parts of Scotland.

Page 1.

Early History

-  Photos, before Postcards

-  Sizes of Postcards

-  Divided Backs

-  Cost of Postage

Postcard  -  Castle Series  -  Princes Street, looking west ©

Page 2.

Postcard Use

-  Messages on Postcards

-  Postcard Portraits:  Jerome, Yerbury

Postcard portrait with a studio car and backdrop by Claude Low ©

Page 3.

Postcard Publishers

-  George Stewart

-  Valentine & Sons

-  Others

©

Page 4.

Views of Scotland

-  Wells and Fountains

-  The Scottish Highlands

-  Edinburgh

©

Page 5.

Scottish Life and Character

-  Raphael Tuck

©

 

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Ethnographic Postcards in Scotland

1

Early History

From 1870s

2

Postcard Use

Messages on Postcards

Postcard Portraits

3

Postcard Publishers

George Stewart

Valentine & Sons

Others

4

Views of Scotland

Wells and Fountains

The Scottish Highlands

Edinburgh

5

Scottish
Life and Character

Raphael Tuck

Other talks:    Ethnographic Photography in Scotland

Other talks:    History of Photography

 

 

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