This is a large photograph album, mostly empty, dating from the 19th century and containing seven photographs and one engraving.

The first photograph shows the "Old High School" building, now occupied by the Edinburgh Centre for Carbon Innovation. It is captioned: "Old High School, now a part of Surgical Ward of the Edinburgh Infirmary, 1878". This is followed by portraits of older men; the only ones captioned are: William Ferguson[?] (possibly Sir William Fergusson (1808 -1877), a Scottish surgeon), "R.[?] C. Scott" (photograph dated 1832), and Sir William Johnston of Kirkhill (1802-1888, Lord Provost of Edinburgh), dated 1883.