Outlook Tower Garden from above, c 1985
Scope and Contents
Outlook Tower Garden (east of Outlook Tower) from above. The establishment and maintenance of gardens such as these were part of Geddes' programme for the social development of slum areas, and the education of the deprived children who lived in them. See, particularly series Coll-1167/B/27/10 and Coll-1167/B/27/25 but there are several relevant images in other series. Handwritten title on the original envelope containing the corresponding glass plate negatives was written by Alasdair Geddes. A print from the corresponding glass plate negative was included in the "Open Spaces as Gardens and Playgrounds" section of Geddes' replacement "Cities and Town Planning Exibition". See Coll-1167/B/24.
Dates
- Creation: c 1985
Creator
- From the Fonds: Geddes, Sir Patrick, 1854-1932 (biologist, sociologist, educationist and town planner) (Person)
Language of Materials
English
French
Hebrew
Latin
Dutch
Flemish
Full Extent
1 photographic print ; 29.5 x 21 cms
Stock Check (2016-2020)
Located 2017
Previous reference
PSE/A/12; A2.147
Processing Information
The printed legacy catalogue the "Papers of Sir Professor Patrick Geddes" (1998) lists this item in both the Papers (Vol I) of the catalogue, and the Photographs (Vol II). The listing in the Papers (Vol I) does not refer to a physical item but refers to the use of a print from the negatives in a particular section of the "Cities and Town Planning" exhibition. In this new catalogue (2020), to avoid duplicate listings and to mitigate confusion, these glass plate negatives and the related prints each are only listed once in the "Photographs for the Survey of Edinburgh" series (Coll-1167/B/26 - glass plate negatives; Coll-1167/B/27 photographic prints).
Geographic
Repository Details
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