unknown male by John Adamson & Son [carte de visite]

Photo details:

Title unknown male by John Adamson & Son Date 1872-73 Collection Georgina Auld nee Muir photo album Digital ID apc-000024 Photo Type Carte de visite Mount Size 64 x 105 mm Mount Thickness 0.670 mm Mount Colour Cream Mount Edges Straight Mount Corners Round Mount Border None Image Size 60 x 95 mm Technology Albumen Features Front Imprint Small text Back Imprint Medium sized, text and script

Front face Rear face

Front face:

unknown male by John Adamson & Son (front face) [Auld Photograph Collection apc-000024-s1]

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Photographers imprint on the front face reads:

ADAMSON & SON GLASGOW & ROTHESAY

Rear face:

unknown male by John Adamson & Son (front face) [Auld Photograph Collection apc-000024-s2]

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Imprint on rear face is medium sized and includes both text and script. Inscription of the text reads as:

JA&S [logo]
PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTISTS
126 SAUCHIEHALL ST.
GLASGOW
John Adamson & Son [script on 45 degree angle]
AND
VICTORIA STREET
ROTHESAY.

See John Adamson & Son, Glasgow, SCT [Photographers] for more information on when John Adamson & Son operated their photographic studio in Glasgow, As discussed in that post, the documentary evidence based solely on the information provided on the back imprint dates the photo between the two year period 1872-73.

unknown female by John Adamson & Son [carte de visite]

Photo details:

Title unknown female by John Adamson & Son Date 1872-73 Collection Georgina Auld nee Muir photo album Digital ID apc-000023 Photo Type Carte de visite Mount Size 64 x 105 mm Mount Thickness 0.670 mm Mount Colour Cream Mount Edges Straight Mount Corners Round Mount Border None Image Size 60 x 95 mm Technology Albumen Features Front Imprint Small text Back Imprint Medium sized, text and script

Front face Rear face

Front face:

unknown by John Adamson & Son (front face) [Auld Photograph Collection apc-000023-s1]

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Photographers imprint on the front face reads:

ADAMSON & SON GLASGOW & ROTHESAY

Rear face:

unknown by John Adamson & Son (front face) [Auld Photograph Collection apc-000023-s2]

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Imprint on rear face is medium sized and includes both text and script. Inscription of the text reads as:

JA&S [logo]
PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTISTS
126 SAUCHIEHALL ST.
GLASGOW
John Adamson & Son [script on 45 degree angle]
AND
VICTORIA STREET
ROTHESAY.

See John Adamson & Son, Glasgow, SCT [Photographers] for more information on when John Adamson & Son operated their photographic studio in Glasgow, As discussed in that post, the documentary evidence based solely on the information provided on the back imprint dates the photo between the two year period 1872-73.

William Barclay by David Scott [Carte de visite]

Photo details:

Title William Barclay by David Scott Date 20 January 1876 Collection Georgina Auld nee Muir photo album Digital ID apc-000114 Photo Type Carte de visite Mount Size 68 x 107 mm Mount Thickness 0.600 mm Mount Colour Natural Mount Edges Straight Mount Corners Square Mount Border Single red line Image Size 60 x 87 mm Technology Albumen Features Oval picture mask Front Imprint Small lettering and crest Back Imprint Medium sized, text and artwork

Front face Rear face

Front face:

William Barclay by David Scott (front face) [Auld Photograph Collection apc-000114-s1]

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Photographers imprint on the front face reads:

DAVID SCOTT, Successor.
W. BRADLEY, 140, PITT STREET.

The name written in ballpoint pen on the front face is 'Alfred Collingbourne'. This name is fictional and does not correspond to the individual identified. As mentioned in a prior post, the history of the ballpoint pen also needs to be taken into account. With this additional information we can safely say that the name was written well after the date that this photo was taken.

Rear face:

William Barclay by David Scott (rear face) [Auld Photograph Collection apc-000114-s2]

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Imprint on rear face is full sized and includes both text and artwork. Inscription of the text reads as:

BY APPOINTMENT
PHOTOGRAPHER
TO
H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh, K.G.
WILLIAM BRADLEY
Artist Photographer
140, PITT STREET,
SYDNEY,
Opposite Mort's Passage,
Next to Richardson & Wrench's.
CASH ON DELIVERY.

Hand written on the rear face is also an identification and date which reads:

Wm. Barclay
Ship Northampton
20th Jany
1876.

Destination Hong Kong

A search on Trove reveals a Captain William Barclay, commander of the ship Northampton, is set to sail on Saturday 22 January 1876 from Circular Quay.

Source: Advertising. (1876, January 22). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), p. 1.
Retrieved September 3, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13367837

It appears from both newspaper articles and information provided online via the Mariners and ships in Australian Waters website, William Barclay and the ship Northampton were also regularly travelling between London and Sydney.

What is the connection?

Additional research provided by +Paul Cooper has revealed a William Barclay (Shipmaster) in Saltcoates appeared in the same parish register as the Reverend John Auld's birth. So it is possible that the family know of each other from their time spent growing up in Ayrshire.

Additional references

• Mariners and ships in Australian Waters. (1999). Northampton. Retreived September 5, 2013 from http://mariners.records.nsw.gov.au/1873/04/074nor.htm
• Mariners and ships in Australian Waters. (2003). Northampton. Retreived September 5, 2013 from http://mariners.records.nsw.gov.au/1871/06/031nor.htm

John Walker by David Scott [Carte de visite]

Photo details:

Title John Walker by David Scott Date 1876 Collection Georgina Auld nee Muir photo album Digital ID apc-000077 Photo Type Carte de visite Mount Size 63 x 103 mm Mount Thickness 0.675 mm Mount Colour Light Yellow Mount Edges Straight, gold gilt Mount Corners Round Mount Border None Image Size 60 x 96 mm Technology Albumen Features Front Imprint Small lettering Back Imprint Large sized, ornate text and artwork

Front face Rear face

Front face:

John Walker by David Scott (front face) [Auld Photograph Collection apc-000077-s1]

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Photographers imprint on the front face reads:

David Scott, Sydney.

Rear face:

John Walker by David Scott (rear face) [Auld Photograph Collection apc-000077-s2]

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Imprint on rear face is full sized and includes both text and artwork. Inscription of the text reads as:

FROM THE
Photographic
Studio
OF
David Scott
SUCCESSOR TO WILLIAM BRADLEY
SYDNEY

On the rear is also the printers mark which reads:

Marion, Imp. Paris.

Hand written on the rear face is also an identification and date which reads:

John Walker
1876

The identification is also written in the album as:

Rev. J. Walker

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John Hay Goodlet Auld by unknown [Photo]

Photo details:

Title John Hay Goodlet Auld by unknown Date unknown Collection Georgina Auld nee Muir photo album Digital ID apc-000006 Photo Type Photo Stock Size 110 x 160 mm Stock Thickness Stock Colour White Stock Edges Straight Stock Corners Square Image Size 81 x 130 mm Technology Gelatin Silver Features Full bleed Front Imprint None Back Imprint None

Front face

Front face:

John Hay Goodlet Auld by unknown (front face)
[Auld Photograph Collection apc-000006]

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Photo appears to have originally been framed. Slight silvering / mirroring around the edges of the photo. There is no photographers imprint on the front face.

Written on the page in the album where this photograph was placed is the following identification text:

John Hay Goodlet Auld (born 1874 died 1964)
Presbyterian minister

John Hay Goodlet Auld was the eldest child of Reverend John Auld and Georgina Muir.

Rear face:

Although the photo has been stuck into the album, there is no imprint on the rear face, hence there is no dateable evidence provided.