Can you help identify the photographer of any of these postcards of Brislington?
All the postcards on this page were published by companies in Bristol.
The photographer usually owns the copyright (licencing the publisher to reproduce them) and although that artist may no longer be alive, copyright continues to protect their pictures for a further seventy years. So, knowing who the photographer was and/or who inherited rights to the pictures, helps us celebrate their work and may also set us on track to publish these unique views of Brislington from more than a century ago.
Please share the link (www.brislington.org/gallery/postcards/2_bristol2.html) to this page with anyone who could help (please don't copy the pictures themselves though), or email us with information - or even clues - about any of these pictures.
Incidentally, if you have a copy of any of these - or another postcard of Brislington & St Anne's - please get in touch (each one we can include in our survey helps us understand and promote this wealth of visual heritage).
Postcards immediately below were published by A G Shortman & Co, who published hundreds of real photograph postcards of Bristol, and at least a dozen of Brislington. Most pictures appear to date from the early 1920s.
With thanks to Andrew Palmer for the above image.
With thanks to Andrew Palmer for the above image.
With thanks to Andrew Palmer for the above image.
Postcards immediately below were published by Harvey Barton & Sons Ltd, who published hundreds of real photograph postcards of Bristol and many elsewhere over many decades, and more than a dozen of Brislington. Most pictures appear to date from the late 1900s but were extensively reprinted in the 1910s.
With thanks to Andrew Palmer for the above image.
The postcard immediately below was published under the banner "Beaufort Series, Bristol", and is the only instance known of a Brislington postcard in this series. It appears to date from the late 1900s to early 1910s.
Postcards immediately below were published by C S & Co B, who appear to have begun producing postcards of Brislington in 1905, with many pictures reprinted multiple times.
With thanks to Andrew Palmer for the above image.
With thanks to Andrew Palmer for the above image.
Postcards immediately below were published by Hardings, who appear to have begun publishing postcards of Brislington in 1905, with many pictures reprinted multiple times.
With thanks to Andrew Palmer for the above image.
With thanks to Andrew Palmer for the above image.
Postcards immediately below were published by J B & S C (believed to be James Baker & Son), whose Avonvale series of colour postcards first included Brislington scenes in 1904.
The postcard immediately below was published by A W Nicholas of Livingstone, Wells Road, Bristol, probably in 1905.
Postcards immediately below were published in a series called "Ozograph". Most pictures appear to date from 1905 and 1906 (the Ozograph Company went into liquidation in 1907).
Postcards immediately below were published by Senior & Co, Cotham Hill, Bristol, who published postcards of other parts of Bristol and elsewhere in the region, and also India. Most of Brislington's pictures appear to date from the mid-1900s to early 1910s.
With thanks to Andrew Palmer for the above image.
With thanks to Andrew Palmer for the above image.
With thanks to Andrew Palmer for the above image.
Postcards immediately below were published by W H Smith & Son, Bristol, who published (although some are identified only by their 'Grosvenor Series' brand). Most pictures appear to date from the late 1900s to early 1910s.
With thanks to Andrew Palmer for the above image.
Postcards immediately below were published by Westfield, and these pictures appear to date from the 1930s.
With thanks to Andrew Palmer for the above image.
With thanks to Andrew Palmer for the above image.