Joseph Lowe Photo Index

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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 post-cards 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. From the numbering system he used, it would seem that he may have produced over 4,000 different photographs. In this section we have created an index of those we know about and, where we have a copy of the picture, shown a thumbnail that can be clicked on to show a larger view. The estimated dates are largely derived from the postmarks on the cards.

If you know of any photos that are not listed, or earlier posting dates, please let us know their number and title, either through our discussion page or by e-mail. If you have copies of those photos, or better copies than those shown in the index, we would of course be delighted to include them in this collection

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Ref. No.	Title (or Description)	Est. Date	Image (Click to View)
230	Head of Ullswater and St Sundays Crag
337	Ullswater and Stybarrow Dodd	Pre 1900
397	Patterdale in Flood
565	Place Fell House, Patterdale
825	Deepdale Beck and Saint Sunday Crag
840	Patterdale Hall
846	Patterdale Hall
850	Brothers' Water and Kirkstone Pass
864	Ullswater & St Patrick's Well	Pre 1906
864	Ullswater & St Patrick's Well (Colour version of the above card) The postmark on this card was dated 11th Oct 1906	Pre 1906
905	Striding Edge, Helvellyn & Red Tarn The postmark on this card was dated 12th Sep 1907	Pre 1907
909	Striding Edge, Red Tarn, and Ullswater
926	Steamboat Pier; Glenridding
931	Patterdale Church: Interior
940	Deepdale
942	Wall End Bridge, Deepdale
946	Deepdale and Fairfield
956	Goldrill Bridge and Place Fell, Patterdale The postmark on this card was dated 28th Apr 1904	Pre 1904
958	Patterdale Village The postmark on this card was dated 14th Jul 1914	Pre 1914
960	Grisedale and Helvellyn There are two cards with this number but with different views	Pre 1910
960	Helvellyn and Eagle Crag, from Grisedale
974	Wythburn Church and Nag's Head Inn
983	Ullswater & St Patrick's Well Four in Hand Coach passing St Patrick's Well, with at least 10 people aboard!
994	Ullswater & Saint Sunday Crag The postmark on this card was dated 16th Aug 1913	Pre 1913
995	Grisedale Pass
1005	Ullswater & High Street from Glencoin Park The postmark on this card was dated 8th Jul 1908	Pre 1908
1006	Ullswater from Glencoin Park Three versions of this card have been found: The sepia version, presumably the first, had the usual hand-written serial number and caption. On the later black & white and colour versions, the caption, serial number and Lowe name was typeset - so produced at a print works.	Pre 1907
1009	Patterdale Church 1009 and 1010 are very slightly different prints from the same negative	Pre 1904
1010	Patterdale Church The postmark on this card was dated 22nd Aug 1904	Pre 1904
1012	Stybarrow Crag This photo appeared in the 'Records of Patterdale' by Rev W P Morris, which was published in Mar 1903, so it must have been taken in the summer of 1902 or earlier.	Pre 1902
1012	Stybarrow Crag A coloured version of the above photograph, with the same number.
1019	Aira Glen
1022	Lyulph's Tower, Ullswater The postmark on this card was dated 2nd Jul 1910	Pre 1910
1124	Patterdale Village The postmark on this card was dated 1905	Pre 1905
1126	Patterdale Village Looking for a better quality copy
1140	Patterdale & Kirkstone Pass from Place Fell side (?? Lowe) There is no Lowe Copyright on this card. It states 1/2d postage so must have been produced before June 1918 (when the postage doubled to 1d)	Pre 1918
1157	Ullswater from the top of Stybarrow Crag The postmark on this card was dated 15th Aug 1908	Pre 1908
1158	Glenridding and Ullswater (Coloured) The postmark on this card was dated 23rd May 1907	Pre 1907
1159	Goldrill Beck & Ullswater from Threlkeld Bridge The postmark on this card was dated 10th Sep 1916	Pre 1916
1220	Ullswater and Place Fell from Glencoin Park
1233	Patterdale Hotel, Ullswater	Pre 1909
1248	Grisedale Pass from Striding Edge
1253	Striding Edge from Helvellyn
1258	Summit of Helvellyn
1259	Swirrel Edge and Catchedecam
1268	Kirkstone Pass & Brothers' Water
1270	"Traveller's Rest", Kirkstone Top	Pre 1913
1277	Windermere from Skelgill
1314	Bowness & Head of Windermere
1322	Windermere from Orrest Head
1334	Ullswater and Bleaze End
1344	Ullswater from Silver Point	Pre 1911
1556	In Winter's Grip The postmark on this card was dated 7th Aug 1917	Pre 1917
1568	Patterdale Church: Winter Looking for a better quality copy
1572	Ullswater & St Patrick's Well: Winter The postmark on this card was dated 19th Apr 1919	Pre 1919
1575	At Glenridding: Winter
1576	Patterdale Hall: Winter The postmark on this card was dated 31st Dec 1935
1582	Glenridding & Ullswater: Winter
1598	Patterdale from Place Fell: Winter
1599	Patterdale: Winter
1610	Aira Force: Winter
1670	Newby Bridge
1678	Grasmere Church
1751	The Middle Reach of Ullswater from Glencoin Park
1761	"Traveller's Rest", Kirkstone Pass The postmark on this card was dated 27th Jun 1905	Pre 1905
1786	Patterdale Post Office
1811	View from Goldrill House, Patterdale
1870	Kirkstone Top & Windermere
1898	Brothers' Water Hotel and Hartsop Dodds The postmark on this card was dated 24th Jul 1905	Pre 1905
1907	Ferry Boat, Windermere
1931	Patterdale, Ullswater and Helvellyn This card was sold in two versions, black & white or colour. The Lowe name, serial number and 1/2d postage rate are type-set. Presumably this was a 'good- seller' and printed in greater quantity at a print-works. Someone had handwritten a date of June 1907 on the front of this colour copy.	Pre 1907
1940	Grisedale and Saint Sunday Crag
1941	Grisedale Tarn and Seat Sandal
1944	Ullswater from Silver Point The postmark on this card was dated 6th Jul 1911	Pre 1911
2025	Grisedale and Helvellyn	Pre 1908
2098	On Helvellyn: Above the clouds	Pre 1908
2151	Ullswater from the Hotel grounds
2170	Ullswater and Glenridding Colour card
2176	Grisedale and Helvellyn
2179	Helvellyn & Eagle Crag from Grisedale
2180	Grisedale Pass and Dollywagon Pike The postmark on this card was dated 31st Mar 1923
2220	Ullswater from Gowbarrow Park: An autumn morning	Pre 1908
2433	Glenridding and Ullswater
2437	Ullswater and Gowbarrow Fell
2461	A Spur of Helvellyn: Nethermost Pike, Grisedale
2483	Ullswater from Glencoin Wood This card was sold in two versions. This coloured card had the Lowe name, serial number and 1/2d postage rate type-set on the reverse. Presumably this was a 'good-seller' and printed in greater quantity at a print-works.
2484	Ullswater from Glencoin Wood This is the same photograph as 2483 but sold in Black & White
2486	Steamer Pier, Glenridding
2681	Patterdale & Helvellyn The postmark on this card was dated 12th Sep 1905	Pre 1905
2700	Ullswater from Gowbarrow Park: Evening The postmark on this card was dated 3rd Jul 1913	Pre 1913
2701	Ullswater
2702	Ullswater from Gowbarrow Park (Evening)
2785	Ullswater and Long Crag, early morning The postmark on this card was dated 10th Jul 1915	Pre 1915
2855	A Breezy Day: Head of Ullswater
2856	A breezy day: Head of Ullswater The postmark on this card was dated 6th Sep 1906	Pre 1906
2963	Ullswater & Steamer Pier. Pooley
2965	"Where Lake and River meet" at Pooley Bridge, Ullswater
2978	Ullswater: Evening near Pooley
3012	Haweswater from Waterfoot
3013	Walla Crag, Haweswater
3014	Haweswater near Measand
3016	Kidsty Pike & High Street, from Mardale
3017	Head of Mardale and the 'Dun Bull'	Pre 1928
3017	Head of Mardale and Harter Fell This is the same view as the previous card, just a different title
3018	Mardale Church
3020	Haweswater: Evening at Waterfoot
3032	Summit of Helvellyn and Striding Edge The postmark on this card was dated 16th Jun 1942, which shows they were still on sale long after he died. His widow Jessie continued to print them.
3034	Striding Edge from Helvellyn
3082	Ullswater: Winter
3086	Head of Ullswater: Sunrise
3099	Burning Lake-Side Weeds, Blowick, Ullswater The postmark on this card was dated 14th Jul 1916	Pre 1916
3103	Joe Bowman: Huntsman, Ullswater Fox-hounds 1879-1911
3105	Aira Force in Flood The postmark on this card was dated 22nd May 1907	Pre 1907
3238	Grisedale Beck	Pre 1907
3239	Waterfall on Grisedale Beck The postmark on this card was dated 22nd May 1907	Pre 1907
3242	Grisedale Ghyll
3245	Ullswater from near Blowick	Pre 1919
3246	Ullswater and Glenridding, from near Blowick	Pre 1919
3250	Head of Ullswater and Steamer Pier The postmark on this card was dated 18th Aug 1915	Pre 1915
3277	Head of Ullswater: a Calm Morning
3288	St Patrick's Well, Patterdale The postmark on this card was dated 1st Apr 1907 Looking for a better quality copy	Pre 1907
3289	Ullswater & Glenridding, from the foot of Place Fell The postmark on this card was dated 25th Jul 1938
3290	Ullswater from Silver Point
3293	Ullswater from Glencoin Park	Pre 1909
3298	Grisedale Beck
3315	Old Fireplace at Glencoin Farm, Patterdale
3320	Aira Force The postmark on this card was dated 4th Jul 1909	Pre 1909
3320	Aira Force, Ullswater This is a coloured version of the above card	Pre 1909
3324	Glenridding Beck in Flood
3339	"Beside the Lake, Beneath the Trees". Wordsworth's Daffodils, Glencoin Park, Ullswater 3339 & 3340 are identical photographs
3340	"Beside the Lake, Beneath the Trees". Wordsworth's Daffodils, Glencoin Park, Ullswater 3339 & 3340 are identical photographs
3341	"Beside the Lake, Beneath the Trees". Wordsworth's Daffodils, Glencoin Park, Ullswater This is a slightly different viewpoint but taken at the same time as 3339 & 3340
3364	Ullswater Hotel & the Steamer Pier A date of 9th May 1907 was handwritten on this card	Pre 1907
3364	Ullswater Hotel from the Lake This is a poorly printed version of the card above	Pre 1907
3367	Ullswater Hotel
3419	Grisedale Bridge, Patterdale
3421	Milcrest's Hotel, Ullswater Shows Eagle Road before the shops were built
3433	Glenridding and Ullswater
3521	Matterdale Church (Black & White)	Pre 1919
3521	Matterdale Church (Coloured) Both sides of this card have been reproduced here because the message and address were written in semaphore! Presumably during WW1, however, no stamp was fixed, so not posted - what a pity. Message says: Good Luck Address is: Miss P. H. Arundel, High Ackworth, Pontefract.	Pre 1919
3524	Matterdale Church: Interior	Pre 1919
3525	Striding Edge and Helvellyn
3527	Summit of Helvellyn: Early Spring
3600	Ullswater and Silver Point from Close Hill The postmark on this card was dated 1st Jan 1912	Pre 1912
3759	Head of Ullswater and the Grisedale Fells
3760	Ullswater: A Peep at Glenridding	Pre 1926
3761	At Glenridding Bridge	Pre 1919
3762	Rose Cottage, Glenridding
3830	Goldrill Beck and Patterdale Village The postmark on this card was dated 27th Nov 1912	Pre 1912
3832	School House, Patterdale
3842	"The Township" Patterdale
3843	Head of Ullswater and Steamer Pier The postmark on this card was dated 23rd Jul 1908	Pre 1908
3844	Stybarrow Crag, Ullswater
3845	Ullswater & Norfolk Island
3846	Grisedale: Evening
3852	Grisedale: Mist on Helvellyn The postmark on this card was dated 26th Aug 1907	Pre 1907
3856	Ullswater from Glemara Park
3861	Grisedale & Helvellyn: Evening
3865	Patterdale from Place Fell Side The postmark on this card was dated 28th Aug 1912	Pre 1912
3866	Ullswater and Glenridding from Place Fell
3867	Head of Ullswater and Glenridding from Silver Hill
3869	Ullswater from Above Blowick
3871	Glencoin Sheep Clipping	1906
3875	Glencoin Sheep Clipping - 1906 The postmark on this card was dated 30th Jul 1907	1906
3877	Glenridding The postmark on this card was dated 4th Jun 1912	Pre 1912
3877	Glenridding (a later version of the above card with a slightly different view but same number)
3884	Arnison Crag, Deepdale
3885	Patterdale Valley from Low Wood
3887	Ullswater from above Aira Force There is a handwritten date on the back of this card of Aug 1916	Pre 1916
3892	Head of Brothers' Water, and Kirkstone Pass
3893	Kirkstone Pass
3896	Brothers' Water and Dovedale
3896	Brothers' Water Hotel and Dove Crag Once again, Joseph has re-used a serial number for a different view
3897	The Margin of Brothers' Water
3900	Eagle Farm, Glenridding
3901	General view of Patterdale
3902	Patterdale from Place Fell Side
3903	Glenridding Road
3905	Glenridding and Head of Ullswater The postmark on this card was dated 28th Apr 1913	Pre 1913
3906	Glenridding, Ullswater and Place Fell
3907	Patterdale Village & Helvellyn
3909	Minnowteen Bridge and Deepdale
3910	Ullswater and Gowbarrow Fell
3912	Head of Ullswater, and Glenridding
3914	Patterdale Village from Goldrill Bridge The postmark on this card was dated 21st Sep 1909	Pre 1909
3915	Wall End, Deepdale The postmark on this card was dated 1st Aug 1910	Pre 1910
3916	Ullswater Fox-Hounds at Patterdale Village
3929	Ullswater Hotel The postmark on this card was dated 25th Jun 1909	Pre 1909
3930	Ullswater Hotel The postmark on this card was dated 11th Jun 1909	Pre 1909
3931	Ullswater Hotel
3932	Ullswater from the Hotel Grounds The postmark on this card was dated 3rd Aug 1909	Pre 1909
3933	Coniston Lake: Waterfoot	Pre 1919
3938	Tarn Hows and Coniston Old Man	Pre 1908
3939	Tarn Hows, Coniston	Pre 1931
3940	Coniston and Yewdale
3941	Charcoal Burner's Hut near Nibthwaite (Coniston)
3942	Furness Abbey
3943	Skelwith Force	Pre 1922
3945	Ullswater Hotel & Steamer Pier The postmark on this card was dated 8th Apr 1909	Pre 1909
3946	Ullswater: The'Raven' Leaving Patterdale
3948	Ullswater Foxhounds on Helvellyn: Watching the Hunt Above Greenside
3952	Summit of Coniston Old Man
3953	Coniston Lake: Near Coniston Hall	Pre 1928
3954	Coniston Church	Pre 1909
3957	Levers Water (Coniston)	Pre 1926
3962	A Corner of Old Hawkshead
3964	Coniston Lake and Old Man
3965	Helvellyn from Striding Edge: The Last Scramble
3966	Gough's Monument & Summit of Helvellyn	Pre 1924
3967	The Lounge, Ullswater Hotel The postmark on this card was dated 17th Jul 1909	Pre 1909
3969	Hayeswater, from above the Lake The postmark on this card was dated 12th Sep 1909	Pre 1909
3971	View Down Hayeswater Beck	Pre 1926
3974	Elterwater and Langdale Pikes
3975	Striding Edge & Helvellyn The postmark on this card was dated 27th Jul 1912	Pre 1912
3976	Evening over Helvellyn, from near Hayeswater	Pre 1919
3979	Blea Tarn and Langdale Pikes
3980	Little Langdale Tarn
3981	Tilberthwaite Ghyll (Coniston)
3983	The Fall, Tilberthwaite Gyhll
3984	Tilberthwaite Valley (Coniston)
3991	Coniston Old Man
3997	'The Chimney', Striding Edge
3999	Patterdale and Helvellyn, from Boardale Hause

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