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Valentine & Sons

photographic studio and postcard publisher based in Dundee, the United Kingdom
Organization photographic_studio Q16959504
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Summary

Valentine & Sons is a photographic studio[1]. It draws 69 Wikipedia views per month (photographic studio category, ranking #13 of 17).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Dundee[3]
  • Country: United Kingdom[4], United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland[5]
  • Instance of: postcard publishing company[6]
  • Founder: James Valentine[7]
  • Headquarters location: Dundee City[8]
  • Commons category: Valentine & Sons[9]
  • Has part(s): George Valentine[10], James Valentine[11], William Dobson Valentine[12]
  • Inception: January 1, 1851[13]
  • Described at URL: https://torontopostcardclub.com/canadian-postcard-publishers/valentine-sons/[14], https://www.shopmillerlake.com/products-postcard-cards-vintage-publishers.php[15]
  • Short name: J.V.[16]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Postcards[17]
  • Has works in the collection: National Museum of World Cultures[18]

Why It Matters

Valentine & Sons is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . NMVW-collection website. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 10d ago · Stefan Kühn · 2026-10-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Short name → {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'J.V.'}
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Short name: J.V."
  2. 12d ago · Stefan Kühn · 2026-10-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Historical picture postcards university of osnabrück id → valentine__sons_ltd
    On focus list of wikimedia project → WikiProject Postcards
    Country → United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
    Photographers' identities catalog id → 4770, 375528
    + 26 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Lastdodo-area-id: 2695799"
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