Browse Items (623 total)

  • Collection: James Downing Collection

JDCP 545.tif
Postcard. 137mm x 85mm. No stamp, postmark, address or message. No publisher information. Handwritten date on the back 8th Aug 1929. Sepia image of Quay Street with the Dock Inn on the left and St Mary's Church in the background.

JDCP 546.tif
Postcard. 138mm x 88mm. Half-penny stamp. Postmarked 13th October 1908. Published by The Pictorial Stationery Co, Ltd, London. Serial no 5388. Badly faded message in pencil on the reverse, possibly deliberately erased. Addressed to Mrs Pascoe, Willow…

JDCP 547.tif
Postcard. 139mm x 89mm. No stamp, postmark, address or message. Published by Raphael Tuck and Sons in the Oilette series which began in 1903. Serial no 7070. Watercolour by HB Wimbush 1858-1943 who was lead artist for Tuck's. Dolphin Inn on the left,…

JDCP 548.tif
Postcard. 138mm x 87mm. Half-penny postage. No stamp, postmark, address or message. No publisher information. Sepia image of Quay Street just south of St Mary's Church looking towards Dock Lane.

JDCP 549.tif
Photograph. 138mm x 89mm. Postcard size. Found among James Downing Collection of Penzance postcards. The cottages in the foreground have been long demolished and replaced with less attractive buildings. St Mary's Church is seen in the background.

JDCP 550.tif
Postcard. 137mm x 87mm. No stamp, postmark, address or message. No publisher information. Pen and ink drawing of St Mary's Church seen from Coinagehall Street. The drawing is initialled E.R.M. Emily R Marquand. The image is possibly pre 1900 but the…

JDCP 551.tif
Postcard. 136mm x 86mm. No stamp, postmark, address or message. Sepia image of waves breaking over Penzance South Pier and Lighthouse. Published by Clark's Library, Penzance. Serial number 9427.

JDCP 552.tif
Postcard. 138mm x 88mm. No stamp, postmark, address or message. Published by Photo Precision Ltd, St Albans. Sepia image of St Anthony's Gardens, Penzance. From left to right behind the gardens can be seen the Yacht Inn, the Sailor's Institute and…

JDCP 552A.tif
Postcard. 148mm x 104mm. No stamp, postmark, address or message. Published by John Hinde Ltd, Redruth. Photo by David Hastilow. Aerial colour photograph of Penzance with Jubilee Pool and St Anthony's gardens in the foreground.

JDCP 553.tif
Postcard. 138mm x 89mm. No stamp, postmark, address or message. Published by Overland Views, Tintagel. Black and white aerial photograph of the Jubilee Pool with Taylor's Garage and St Mary's Church in the background.

JDCP 554.tif
Postcard. 140mm x 89mm. No stamp, postmark, address or message. Published Pearson Postcards. Sepia image of war memorial on battery rocks, unveiled 1922.
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