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Monday, May 25, 2009 at 6:46PM 
The late 19th Century date is based on no electric lines in evidence, gas lamps(?), horse drawn streetcar and clothing styles. It is a chilly, bright Winter day, about mid-morning is my guess; there are a few scarves but the little boy holding his mother’s hand in the middle ground is only wearing a Buster Brown outfit; a man in the right foreground is carrying a roll of paper; two men are pushing a cart, one with what looks like paper (news?); there is a coach and a hansom cab.
For a bright day, and considering the 5.5” X 8” dimensions of the print, detail and sharpness are surprisingly low, but we can just read the advertising sign on the streetcar boards which says Furniture Prices (no claim about whether those are low prices, but we can assume). The photographer has set his camera up in direct sun; the light is at a low angle from our right but the windows in the shadow side of the buildings reflect the brightness of the sky; there was considerable light flare on the left and right foreground which I have repaired because it was a distraction from an otherwise pleasant view – and because it was not what the photographer intended for it to be.
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St. John's Church?
Location.. Looks like St Johns
Princes Street
Edinburgh, EH2 4BJ
Edinburgh Area: Lothian Road, Edinburgh
Tall church at the corner of Princes Street and Lothian Road. Completed between 1816 and 1818, the church functions both as a place of worship in the heart of the city centre and community venue, particularly for festivals and events concerned with peace and justice. Although in a heavily trafficked area, the church's location adjacent to St. Cuthberts church and nearby West Princes Street Garden mean it has relatively green and pleasant surroundings.