Joseph Lowe Postcards

Joseph Lowe was a renowned and prolific photographer, who lived in Patterdale between the early 1890’s and 1934. He is best known for his landscape photographs of the Lake District, particularly of Ullswater and Patterdale, many of which were sold as postcards to tourists. He also recorded many events in the dale, such as the flood damage in Glenridding when Keppel Cove Dam burst in 1927 and at various sporting events. The numbering system he used for the postcards, suggests he may have taken over 4,400 different photographs. In this section, with the help of many collectors, I have created a catalogue of all those postcards that have been found (507 so far). Where I have a copy of a postcard, I show a thumbnail that can be clicked on to show a larger view along with any other details. The image opens in a new tab/screen in your browser - to return to this page, close that tab or select the PatterdalePAST tab. Most of the estimated dates are stated as 'Pre', as they are derived from postmarks or from the dates we know that certain houses were built.

If you know of any postcards that are not listed, or of earlier posting dates, please let me know their number and title, either through our discussion page or by e-mail. If you have copies of those postcards, or better copies than those shown in the catalogue (particularly those bordered in red), I would of course be delighted to include them in this collection.

To read more about Joseph Lowe's life - click here