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General and geographical, c 1905 - c 1914

 sub-series
Identifier: Coll-1167/B/1

Scope and Contents

11 items, including maps, plans and diagrams that were exhibited in the 'General and Geographical' section of the replacement Cities and Town Planning Exhibition. Exhibits which have been identified as missing or not replaced from this section include three large oil paintings of Edinburgh by Eric Robertson and a bronze relief model showing the Geographical Survey of Edinburgh before the advent of railways. A plaster model of the same is said to exist with part of it at Huntely House (information taken from the legacy printed catalogue of the Papers of Patrick Geddes at the Patrick Geddes Centre for Planning Studies, at the Outlook Tower, (1998).

Dates

  • Creation: c 1905 - c 1914

Language of Materials

From the Fonds:

English

French

Hebrew

Latin

Dutch

Flemish

Extent

11 item : maps, plans and diagram

Previous reference

A2.1-11

Repository Details

Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository

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