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- James Valentine
- Jamaica Street, Glasgow
- PGP R 633
- Scottish Art
- James Valentine
- Tolbooth and Canongate, Edinburgh
- PGP R 644
- Scottish Art
- James Valentine
- Staffa. The Clam-Shell Cave
- 1870s
- PGP R 810
- Scottish Art
- James Valentine
- Castle Street, Dundee
- about 1876
- PGP R 734
- Scottish Art
- James Valentine
- Dunedin from Roslyn Hill, New Zealand
- PGP R 914.19
- Scottish Art
- James Valentine
- Glasgow Exhibition
- 1938
- PGP R 632
- Scottish Art
James Valentine (Scottish, 1815 - 1880)
The Valentine company was founded in Dundee by James's father, John Valentine, in 1825. After learning the daguerreotype process in Paris in the late 1840s, James added portrait photography to the family business in 1851. By the 1860s the company had begun to cater for the growing tourist industry by producing photographic prints with views from around the country. After James's death in 1880, his son William Dobson took over the ever-expanding business. At Valentine's the greeting card gradually replaced the picture postcard. What remained of a card making empire was sold to Hallmark Cards Inc. in 1980.
