Can you help identify the photographer of any of these postcards of Brislington?
All the postcards on this page were published by companies outside 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/3_elsewhere2.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 Aerofilms, the first UK company founded to provide aerial photography, and they photographed a vast array of sites in England, Wales and Scotland. Many large organisations commissioned them to photograph their premises, but they also took photographs speculatively and subsequently offered prints to properties featured in the pictures. Which method was responsible for the postcards below isn't currently known.
With thanks to Andrew Palmer for the above image.
The postcard immediately below was published in the Harvey Series (believed to be unconnected with the well-known Harvey Barton brand). The eariest known date for this postcard is 1907.
With thanks to Andrew Palmer for the above image.
Postcards immediately below were published by Lilywhite, a firm apparently based in Halifax, who appear to have begun producing postcards of Brislington in or around 1932.
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.
With thanks to Andrew Palmer for the above image.
Postcards immediately below were published by Surrey Flying Services, who were based at Croydon aerodrome, and appear to have been most active in producing postcards in the 1920s and 1930s.
With thanks to Andrew Palmer for the above image.
The postcard immediately below was published by the Photographic Tourists Association, who enabled photographers around the country to pool knowledge, centralise resources, and readily produce works in a variety of formats. The earliest known date of their only known Brislington postcard is 1906.
