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George Square, East Mews (looking south), c 1985

 Item — Box: Box 3 of 9
Identifier: Coll-1167/B/27/18/4

Scope and Contents

Lane behind the east side of George Square, looking south towards Buccleugh Place. The lane was demolished c. 1960-1970, but a few of the original houses (1774-1779) on the east side of the square survive, overshadowed by the Appleton Tower. 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 "Higher Education Developments" section of Geddes' replacement "Cities and Town Planning Exibition". See Coll-1167/B/23

Dates

  • Creation: c 1985

Creator

Language of Materials

From the Fonds:

English

French

Hebrew

Latin

Dutch

Flemish

Full Extent

1 photographic print ; 29.5 x 21 cms

Related Materials

Coll-1167/B/23; Coll-1167/B/26/18/4

Stock Check (2016-2020)

Located 2017

Previous reference

PSE/R/4

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).

Repository Details

Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository

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