Edward Gordon Smith (15 June 1857 – 30 May 1906) was a British postcard publisher. His father was listed in the 1881 census as "Fancy Goods Warehouseman & Photographer Master Employing 7 men and 4 women." Smith began publishing postcards of London in 1903, based at 68 Allerton Road,

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. In 1905, he moved to 15 Stroud Green Road,

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, London, and expanded into Essex and Hertfordshire. Smith died in 1906, and his wife Elizabeth and daughters Dorothy and Ethel continued the business until about 1916.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Smith, Edward Gordon 1857 births 1906 deaths Postcard publishers