These are the Guiseley postcards broken down by publisher. I collect these so if you have any cards that you'd like to sell please let me know.
Most of the cards are used elsewhere on the site in the correct places however they are also laid out below by card series for anyone who is interested.
Where possible I have noted the sequence numbers for the cards and presented them in order. Any card which starts NN means 'no number' i.e. I have assigned my own NN numbers just so I can keep track of them. Over time I may be able to give some of the NN cards their correct numbers.
Compared to the Garforth cards there are a greater variety of publishers for Guiseley and also a lot more unmarked and unknown cards.
Cards have a 3 digit numeric reference, no further information about the publisher.
592
Rectory
Cards have a 3 digit numeric reference, and are marked 'C. & A. G. Lewis, Sherwood St., Nottingham' as well as 'Colonial Series'.
Cards are marked 'Dixon's New Panorama Series, Otley Road, Guiseley' suggesting this was a local Guiseley company. No sequence number for card.
These may be the work of J. Arthur Dixon before he moved to the Isle of Wight in the 1920s since he was local (born in Keighley)?
Front of cards are marked 'EH', no further information about the publisher and no details on the back side.
The Frith company is still in existence today as Francis Frith who sell many items with their old images on as well as old maps etc.
Frith cards are marked with a place code (of their own devising) and a number. The place code for Garforth is GFH so all Frith cards for Garforth are marked e.g. 'GFH3'. For Guiseley this is GSY.
This sequence is also used for the Lilywhite cards (the owner of Lilywhite later ran Frith) however the cards in each series are not the same i.e. Lilywhite GFH2 is different to Frith GFH2.
For Garforth There are 46 Garforth images in the Frith archive (51 including tints), for Guiseley there are 50. Currently only a subset of these appear on the main Frith website for purchase.
Historically not all Frith images of a given place were published as postcards so it's unknown how many of each set might physically exist other than those shown below.
For Garforth the Frith cards are dated from either c.1955 (GFH1-19) or c.1965 (GFH20-46).
Not all Frith cards in the gallery below can be viewed at full size due to copyright restrictions, all Frith cards are copyright The Francis Frith Collection and those that can be viewed are used with permission.
gsy02
Avenue
gsy06
Lych Gate
gsy07
St Oswalds Church
gsy09
Multiview
gsy11
Oxford Circus
gsy37f
White Cross Roundabout
gsy40f
Otley Road
Cards are marked 'G. A. Shore' who seem to have been a publisher based in Keighley, no details on the back side.
Cards have a 3 digit numeric reference, the back of the cards are marked 'Published by H. Burniston, Leeds'.
Cards have a 5 digit numeric reference on the back. They are marked 'Jackson & Son, Publishers, Grimsby'. As this is not a local company there are unlikely to be very many of these cards.
Cards have a 4 digit numeric reference on the back. They are marked 'J. Arthur Dixon Great Britain'.
This was a prolific company started by a man from Keighley, for more information see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Arthur_Dixon
Some cards have a 2 digit reference and others have no reference. The fronts are marked 'J. Frankland New Scarboro' but there is no further information on the back. New Scarboro (New Scarborough) is an area between Guiseley and Yeadon south of Nunroyd Park.
Lilywhite were a local company based in Halifax though they made cards for lots of places. The company was in operation from 1909–1931.
The cards are sequenced the same as the Frith ones e.g. GFHxx for Garforth.
Presumably a Bradford based company, the card is marked on the front side with no further company details on the back. Four digit reference along with the name.
Card marked 'M. Ellis, White Cross', no further info on reverse.
Cards are marked 'Milner Draper, Guiseley' as well as 'Joseph Waite, Oxford Street, Guiseley' and sometimes 'Burrow, Cheltenham'.
All companies seem related in some way?
The Phototype Company were a local Leeds company, the address is given as The Phototype Co., Ventnor St., Leeds. The cards are sequenced with a four digit code e.g. '1467' and are from the early 1900s.
Some cards are marked 'The R. A. P. Co Ltd. London EC4 Foreign'. The full name of the company was Regal Art Publishing who began producing cards in 1906 under the ownership of Albert Cox.
On certain cards there is a sequence number inside the space where the stamp would be attached however it does not seem to be unique, though it does change for the same area. For example there is a card '11650' for both Guiseley and Hawksworth so the number perhaps is for all photos taken on a particular day or by a particular photographer?
The cards appear in several different styles and are linked together by the multiview cards. Some cards have backwards sloping lettering, other cards are written in a small caps style. The tinted cards have a different letting again.
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Tram Terminus
nn23
Cross And Stocks
nn24
Oxford Road
nn25
The Green
nn26
Old Tram Terminus
nn27
Wesleyan Church
Card is marked 'Published by Rhodes, Otley Road, Guiseley', no further info.
Cards are marked 'T.F.', no further information.
Cards are marked 'T. Lee Yeadon', no further information.
Cards are marked 'T. Sutcliffe Stationer Guiseley', these cards were perhaps available to buy in a local stationary shop?
These are miscellaneous cards from unknown publishers.
nn05
Cross And Stocks
nn28
Oxford Road
These cards are all from the same publisher but none of them are marked with a name or address. Some have a 3 digit reference and others do not.
There is a distinctive flower type ornament on the reverse.
These cards are all from the same publisher but none of them are marked with a name or address.
They are distinguished by the unconfident handwriting on the front!
These cards are all from the same publisher but none of them are marked with a name or address.
They are distinctive in that the place names seem to be written on some sort of tape on the front of the card.
These cards are all from the same publisher but none of them are marked with a name or address.
The red lettering on the front set outside of the image is distinctive.
Cards are all named with quite a thick white pen, often with full stops between the words.
Cards have either a 3 digit reference Bxxx or a 5 digit reference. They are signed Walter Scott on the front and the backs read 'Walter Scott Bradford'.
nn02
Cross And Stocks
nn05
Otley Road