12 stereo views of Scotland, 1891, B. W. Kilburn, Littleton NH
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1554
Scope and Contents
The views are of:
- 6322 Oban, its harbour, and Mull, Scotland
- 6310 Loch Katrine Boat Landing, Highlands, Scotland
- 6303 Birthplace of Robert Burns, Ayr, Scotland
- 6297 The Bonnie Doon, Burns' Lullaby, Ayr, Scotland
- 6292 Melrose Abbey, Scotland
- 6280 Sir William Wallace's Prison, Dumbarton Castle, Scotland
- 6238 John Knox's House, Edinburgh, Scotland
- 6217 Princes Street from Nelson Monument, Edinburgh, Scotland
- 6252 The Great Forth Bridge near Edinburgh, Scotland
- 6239 The Palm House, Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, Scotland
- 6229 Calton Hill from old Town, Edinburgh, Scotland
- 6219 Scott's Monument from Princes Street Garden, Edinburgh Scotland
Dates
- 1880-1910
Creator
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Access
Open to bona fide researchers, but please contact repository for details in advance of visit.
Biographical / Historical
The American photographer and stereoscopic view publisher Benjamin West Kilburn was born in Littleton, New Hampshire, USA on 10 December 1827. After his education he became a partner with his father in the Josiah Kilburn and Son foundry, producers of stoves.
Kilburn was a mountaineer, and he had climbed on Mount Washington in New Hampshire, in Colorado, and in the Sierra Nevada of California, and in Yosemite. Meanwhile, his brother, Edward Kilburn (1830-1884), was learning photography from a local daguerreotypist. The stereoviews taken by the Kilburn Brothers date from about 1865 and they became famous for landscape images of early North American state, provincial, and national parks and for the visual record of the great migrations at the end of the 19th century.
Edward Kilburn retired from the partnership in about 1877 and the new B. W. Kilburn and Company brought many changes in stereoscopic technology and in the audience for the views.
He was the world's most extensive manufacturer of stereoscopic views from 1890 - 1910. He also developed early fire-fighting apparatus, and was involved in search and rescue on Mount Washington.
Benjamin West Kilburn died on 15 January 1909 in Littleton
Kilburn was a mountaineer, and he had climbed on Mount Washington in New Hampshire, in Colorado, and in the Sierra Nevada of California, and in Yosemite. Meanwhile, his brother, Edward Kilburn (1830-1884), was learning photography from a local daguerreotypist. The stereoviews taken by the Kilburn Brothers date from about 1865 and they became famous for landscape images of early North American state, provincial, and national parks and for the visual record of the great migrations at the end of the 19th century.
Edward Kilburn retired from the partnership in about 1877 and the new B. W. Kilburn and Company brought many changes in stereoscopic technology and in the audience for the views.
He was the world's most extensive manufacturer of stereoscopic views from 1890 - 1910. He also developed early fire-fighting apparatus, and was involved in search and rescue on Mount Washington.
Benjamin West Kilburn died on 15 January 1909 in Littleton
Extent
12 stereo photographic
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Material acquired by purchase. Accession no: E2014.43.
Processing Information
Catalogued by Graeme D. Eddie 6 June 2014
- Title
- 12 stereoscopic views of Scotland, photographed and published by B. W. Kilburn (1827-1909), Littleton NH
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository
Contact:
Centre for Research Collections
University of Edinburgh Main Library
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Edinburgh EH8 9LJ Scotland
+44(0)131 650 8379
heritagecollections@ed.ac.uk
Centre for Research Collections
University of Edinburgh Main Library
George Square
Edinburgh EH8 9LJ Scotland
+44(0)131 650 8379
heritagecollections@ed.ac.uk