Post Office and bank, Vicar Street, Falkirk

Maker
1. Reliable Series
2. Johnstone, M & W
Production date
Circa 1902
 Description
Postcard to Mrs. M. Russell showing two-storey post office building in gothic style with lacy balustrades and shallow projecting bay under a central gable. Next to it is the three-storey British Linen Bank with ranks of windows and decorative panels. The corner of Weir Street is on the left.
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Department
Photo
Maker
Production date
Circa 1902
Subject person
Subject place
Falkirk Post Office/Vicar St/Falkirk town centre/Falkirk area
British Linen Bank/Vicar St/Falkirk town centre/Falkirk area
Falkirk Cycle Depot/Vicar St/Falkirk town centre/Falkirk area
Weir St/Falkirk town centre/Falkirk area
Subject notes
This photograph can be compared with the colour-tinted version, in which the pedestrians on the pavement have been replaced by more expensively dressed figures drawn by an artist. The Post Office was built in 1893 and the British Linen Bank in 1899.
Accession number
P14083

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