Hi. This is William in Montreal. I was just wondering if you could help me. I have an old studio picture taken about <1890 and on it is indicated J.S.Gordon Aberdeen. How do I find out more on this J.S.Gordon. William ----- Original Message ----- From: "Beverly Dennis" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2007 12:27 AM Subject: Re: [MORAY] Fw: Photographers Grantown on Spey Aberdeen and Glasgow > Here are some sites that will give you some photographers..... Not all > Scotland, but... > <http://www.edinphoto.org.uk/0_car/0_cartes_de_visite_0_f.htm> > <http://victorian.fortunecity.com/carroll/642/pixs/carte.htm> > > I really relish the idea that some of the lost and not so famous family > might miraculously appear! > > Beverly > > Helen Ulmann wrote: > >>Thanks again, Bob. I really would like the potted history if you don't >>mind. Of course I'd read of visiting cards, silver platters, butlers etc. >>but hadn't realized that some cartes de visite came with photographs - was >>this the norm? I'd thought of my gggrandfather as a simple crofter (with >>4 >>acres beside the old Spey Bridge at Grantown) who had worked as a grieve >>on >>farms on the Castle Grant estate. Not of the social strata to have >>visiting >>cards produced. But perhaps it was wealthy son Peter who decided that Dad >>should be upgraded! >>Canberra's photographic expo sounds fascinating, the place to be in 2008, >>particularly for a (pre-digital) mad keen photographer... >>Happy New Year, >>Helen >> >> >> >> >>------------------------------- >>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>[email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >>in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message