- Collection:
- Ellen Payne Odom Genealogy Library Postcard Collection
- Title:
- MacGregor
- Creator:
- Valentine & Son's Ltd. (Dundee, Scotland and London, England)
- Publisher:
- Dundee, Scotland and London, England: Valentine & Son's Ltd.
- Date of Original:
- 1919
- Subject:
- Clans--Scotland
MacGregor family
Tartans--Scotland
Postcards--Scotland - Location:
- United Kingdom, Scotland, Edinburgh, 55.95206, -3.19648
- Medium:
- postcards
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jp2
- Description:
- Postcard (color, divided back, 3 ½ x 5 ½ inches) titled MacGregor - The card features the clan crest and an inset depicting Edinburgh Castle and Old Town, surrounded by the clan tartan border. The Old Town is the name popularly given to the oldest part of Scotland's capital city of Edinburgh. The area has preserved much of its medieval street plan and many Reformation-era buildings. At its heart, perched on an extinct volcano, Edinburgh Castle, one of the oldest fortified places in Europe. It has a long rich history as a royal residence, military garrison, prison and fortress. No descriptive text on reverse. Postage affixed: one penny . Postmarked 7 January, 1919, Fifeshire, Scotland. *Note: The Valentine Company, a lithographic printing firm, was founded in 1825 in Dundee, Scotland by John Valentine. His son James became an early pioneer of photography and by the 1860’s his work was being reproduced by the Valentine Company as prints and stereo-views. In 1880 Valentine began producing Christmas cards and by 1896 they began printing postcards. Up until 1882 they had only published views of Scotland. Colourtone cards were issued in the 1930’s and printed at tinted halftones. They continue using lithographic dots of fawn rather than yellow, and their blues and reds tend to be distinct. They are distinguished by thick Tartan patterned borders with symbolic elements added.
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/zgz_epogpc_mccls-pstcrd-436
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/zgz_epogpc_mccls-pstcrd-436#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/zgz_epogpc_mccls-pstcrd-436/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:
-
