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Title: Postcard of Middlesbrough in 1836 i am trying to date it & find company
Post by: PaulBol on Monday 08 December 14 22:16 GMT (UK)
Hi All,

I have a postcard of Middlesbrough in 1836 ( its a landscape painting ),  i am trying to date it, its unposted & no stamp?


Does anyone have any idea. on the back it say's Standard Series Wilson, Corporation road Middlesbrough. is Wilson the company name ?

any help would be great.

Paul

Title: Re: Postcard of Middlesbrough in 1836 i am trying to date it & find company
Post by: annaS on Monday 08 December 14 22:26 GMT (UK)
Do you mean 1936?   :)
Title: Re: Postcard of Middlesbrough in 1836 i am trying to date it & find company
Post by: PaulBol on Monday 08 December 14 22:31 GMT (UK)
No 1836
Title: Re: Postcard of Middlesbrough in 1836 i am trying to date it & find company
Post by: Treetotal on Monday 08 December 14 22:35 GMT (UK)
The image may be of Middlesbrough 1836 but the first known printed postcard with an image on one side was created in France in 1870.
Carol
Title: Re: Postcard of Middlesbrough in 1836 i am trying to date it & find company
Post by: annaS on Monday 08 December 14 22:35 GMT (UK)
Sorry, as soon as I sent it I realised my mistake.
Title: Re: Postcard of Middlesbrough in 1836 i am trying to date it & find company
Post by: PaulBol on Monday 08 December 14 22:42 GMT (UK)
Hi

Yes it was painted in 1836 probably an oil painting of the town,

the postcard could be made around  1910s - 1960s or even a copy printed much later .

I was just wonder if anyone could date it or had info on the company.

Paul
Title: Re: Postcard of Middlesbrough in 1836 i am trying to date it & find company
Post by: macintosh on Tuesday 09 December 14 16:25 GMT (UK)
That's the Ship Inn with the lettering on the gable end it was burned down a few years ago situated at the end of Stockton Street close to Depot Road.

I think the same image is in Lillie's book "The History of Middlesbrough"

James