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Pictures and Postcards
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Pictures and
Postcards
Many pictures, particularly postcards, exist of the town. These
are generally from the 1900-1920 period. If anybody can help date
these postcards please let me know. I have
gathered a selection from postcard fairs but John Stone's books contain
a fantastic range.
Samuel Middiman was an etcher and copperplate engraver living in the
late 18th and early 19th centuries. He produced an engraving of
Malton viewed from the river in 1784:
Francis
Frith Archive
Francis Frith owned a grocery business in
Liverpool, which he sold in the mid-1850s. This money, coupled
with the growing railway system enabled him to travel and set an
objective of photographing every town and village in Britain.
Frith & Co. took full advantage of the late 19th century change in Post
Office rules which allowed privately produced postcards to be posted.
On Thomas' death, his sons continued the business.
Today the Frith archive has over 365,000 photographs of around 7,000
towns and villages.
The archive contains photographs of Malton from the 1950s and can be
searched here.
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| Bridge - c1950 |
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Postmarked 1952 Bridge over the Derwent, carrying the A64. On the otherside of the bridge, the first building on the left was the fire engine station. The queue of traffic is because of the railway level crossing. |
Wheelgate |
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Looking up Wheelgate with horse and cart and early motor car in street |
| Butcher Corner |
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The policeman is
looking up Wheelgate - not too much traffic to direct! The National Provincial Bank is on the corner of Wheelgate and Yorkersgate. Snows is behind the policeman. |
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| Butcher Corner |
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A good picture of Snows outfitters and drapers on the corner of Castlegate and Yorkersgate. | Wheelgate - c1910 |
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Looking down Wheelgate from opposite the Cross Keys. Bowers butcher's shop and Meadows clearly visible on the left. Handcart and early motor vehicles in the street. |
| Greengate |
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Postmarked 1908 Street scene with woman filling pail from street water pump and children playing in street. |
Wheelgate - c1907 |
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A very early motor
vehicle is in the centre of the street suggesting to me this is
probably dated pre 1910. Note the Fentress Ironmongery, Glass and China Stores, Yorkshire Penny Bank, Robinson Pawnbroker |
| Market Place |
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Wheelgate - c1912 |
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Postmarked 1919 Shows Post Office building on left which we know was built c1912 |
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| Market Place - c1906 |
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Postmarked 1906 The East side of the Market Place |
Wheelgate - late 1940s |
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Postmarked 1949,
looking away from Butcher Corner Shows Humphrey & Son, Grocers; Yorkshire Penny Bank and Longster Seed Merchants |
| Market Place - c1910 |
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Postmarked 1913 High side of the Market Place |
Wheelgate - 1950s |
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View from Butcher Corner looking up Wheelgate. Note the National Provincial Bank and the lack of traffic. |
| Market Place |
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The West side of the Market Place | Wheelgate - 1902 |
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Postmarked 1902 |
| Newbiggin |
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Looking down towards Wheelgate and St. Leonard's Church. | Wheelgate |
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| Old Maltongate |
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Yorkersgate - 1960s |
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Postmarked 1960s | |
| Railway Crossing - c1905 |
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Postmarked 1906 Technically in Norton! |
Yorkersgate - c1930s |
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| St. Michael's Church |
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Yorkersgate |
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| St. Michael's Church - c1905 |
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Postmarked 1905 | Yorkersgate - c1910 |
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Postmarked 1913 Many people in this street scene looking away from Butcher Corner Shows shops of Leefe, Scotts, Smithson, and Davison's George Hotel |
| Talbot Hotel - c1904 |
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Postmarked Christmas Eve 1904 | Yorkersgate - c 1905 |
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Looking down towards St. Leonard's Church. |
| Talbot Hotel |
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Yorkersgate |
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