Edward Dennis moved to Scarborough from London in 1870 and ran libraries, book shops and stationers in the town centre and at Scarborough Spa.
Dennis is credited as the first company to print commercial postcards in the UK, in 1894.
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MoreEdward Dennis moved to Scarborough from London in 1870 and ran libraries, book shops and stationers in the town centre and at Scarborough Spa.
Dennis is credited as the first company to print commercial postcards in the UK, in 1894.
His business printed commercial art, greeting cards and tourist brochures, but in 1894 Post Office regulations allowed postcards to be mass produced.
Dennis was quick to see a gap in the market and specialised in thousands of topographical scenes and seaside views from around the UK.
Dennis printworks operated from a factory on Melrose Street until the company folded in 2000.
Subject ID: 5452
Subject ID: 5452