University of Edinburgh Archive and Manuscript Collections

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This is a black and white photograph showing a male student in the foreground with other students behind him at the Little Theatre for the Varsity Vanities production from 28 April to 3 May 1947. They are participating in "Join the Frivolity".

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This series is composed of 10 black and white exhibition photographs taken by Matt Laver, photographer, Edinburgh. They feature: costume and dance; Wole Soyinka; Julius Nyerere; Jackson Hlungwani; an Adzido dance workshop; a spirit talk; Kinsi Abdulleh; a Lamu snake dance; Lorna and Jenny; and Mara.

Scope and Contents This series contains approximately 60 black-and-white family photographs, dating from the 1850s up to the 1950s. The provenance is not clear and the pictures have no caption, however many of them appear to be related to Arthur Patrick Logan Turner (1914-1998), one of William Aldren Turner's sons, and to Hilda Turner.Approximaltely 40 photographs date from the Second World War, and show service men in uniform and ATS members, as well as some landscapes. Arthur P. L. Turner served...

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This is a black and white photograph showing a female student dancing at the Little Theatre for the Varsity Vanities production from 28 April to 3 May 1947. It was published in the University of Edinburgh student newspaper, "The Student" on page 241. Page 240 is also included.

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Album containing sepia photographs showing famous streets, buildings (inside and outside), and archaeological sites in Rome in the 19th century, including the Colosseum, the Forum, St Peter's Basilica, Castel Sant'Angelo, the Trevi Fountain, etc. The album also contains photographs of sculptures and paintings kept in Rome.

There date "18th March 1893" has been written by an unknown person on the first page of the album.

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One photograph of the Dowden Memorial, modelled by Louis R. Deuchars and designed by Sir Robert Lorimer. It is now in St Mary's Cathedral.

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This is a black and white photograph showing a car with advertisements for the Othello production from 18 to 22 January 1949.

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This is a black and white photograph showing a female student. The handlist says that she is in her family's home in Colinton, which was used for costume making for the Varsity Vanitites production in 1948.

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This is a black and white photograph showing a female students at Mason Hall for the Varsity Vanities production from 23 April to 1 May 1948.

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This is a black and white photograph showing a female student at the Central Hall, Tollcross for the Peer Gynt production from 30 August to 9 September 1949.