- Collection:
- Ellen Payne Odom Genealogy Library Postcard Collection
- Title:
- Edinburgh Castle from the Esplanade, Cameron Highlanders on Parade
- Creator:
- Valentine's Co. Ltd (Dundee, Scotland)
- Publisher:
- Dundee, Scotland : Valentine's Co. Ltd
- Date of Original:
- 1904/1924
- Subject:
- Edinburgh Castle (Edinburgh, Scotland)
Castles--Scotland - Location:
- United Kingdom, Scotland, Edinburgh, 55.95206, -3.19648
- Medium:
- postcards
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jp2
- Description:
- Postcard (color, divided back, 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches) titled: Edinburgh Castle from the Esplanade, Cameron Highlanders on Parade. Text on reverse: Edinburgh Castle – The Castle, which stands at a height of 443 feet above sea level, has an area on top of about 7 acres. The records show that the Picts took possession of it in the 7th century, and in the year 1004 Malcom Cameron occupied it as a Royal Residence. In 1174, the Castle was taken by the English, but was restored after twelve years. In 1296 the English again took possession, but William Wallace subsequently regained it until his death, when it again fell into the hands of the English. The Scots regained it until 1312, after having again fallen into the hands of the English. It was fortified by Edward III., but eventually it was taken in a daring strategy of the Scots, and became a favorite residence of James III. In 1573, Kirkcaldy of Grange held the castle for Queen Mary when it was assailed by the Regent Morton and partially destroyed, who restored it to its present form. *Postcard from the Valentine Series. Printed in Great Britain. British Manufacture.
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/zgz_epogpc_mccls-pstcrd-324
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/zgz_epogpc_mccls-pstcrd-324#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/zgz_epogpc_mccls-pstcrd-324/presentation/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 postcard : col. ill.
- Original Collection:
- Ellen Payne Odom Genealogy Library Postcard Collection
- Holding Institution:
- Moultrie-Colquitt County Library System
- Rights:
-
