Valentine's Old Scottish Postcards of the Trossachs

Old Scottish Postcards of the Trossachs

Collector's photos from Valentines and other postcards

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From the early days of rail travel, the Trossachs was a favourite holiday location for visitors of all classes, very few of whom had the resources to take theit own photographs of the beautiful scenery of the are.A few did own cameras, some were artistic enough to do their own sketches or paintings of the many beauty spots. Most had to do what many still do - and buy photographs which were taken professionally (and sometimes not so professionally) specifically for the holiday postcard industry.

Probably the best known of the 'Holiday Postcard' companies was Valentines who produced neat little packs of small picture cards which are often found on offer on the likes of Ebay.The photos on this page were taken from old postcards donated by visitors who have used this website to plan their holidays and these danations are credited where appropriate.

Please enjoy the images for their nostalgia and historic value.
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Set 1-  Three  photos below courtesy of CG of Balfron

Set 2 'Valentine's Snapshots'. Donated by Kathie Wycoff of Springfield - USA They were posted to a relative during the Great war and were donated to this website for the benefit of the people of, and visitors to, the Trossachs area Notice the price of the postcards:-   1/- (one shilling or 5 pence) for 12 photos!

Set 3 - These photos donated by Liz & Royce Pritchett of Langley Mill, Nottingham who have many fond memories of times spent in the Trossachs
Set 4 Photos of Aberfoyle area donated by Gordon Bell of Aberfoyle Published by the R.A.P Co. Ltd. London
If you have any old postcards from the Loch Lomond / Trossachs or Breadalbane area, and would like to share them, please let me know and I'll arrange to collect, scan and return them to you