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Original architectural watercolour drawing of 453-461 Lawnmarket, Edinburgh. Directly on card, by Henbest Capper for Patrick Geddes, then in charge of the Town Council Improvement Scheme of the Lawnmarket. The building was restored as a student Hall of residence for women students.

Scope and Contents 2 photographs on card showing the Outlook Tower. The Outlook Tower was acquired in 1892 by Geddes as a centre for postgraduate studies, experimental education, civic improvement etc.. 1. Top. Outlook Tower, Cannonball House, Castlehil, St. John's Tollbooth Church; 2. Bottom. Same view approximately but excluding Cannonball House and showing the south side of Castlehill and reservoir on north side. Geddes stands with a group of children on the left. Note that the war memorial has moved since...

Scope and Contents Photograph by A. G. Ingram Ltd showing the inside of the Edinburgh Room at the Outlook Tower, including a mural (possibly by Cadenhead). Depicting a mural, (possibly by Cadenhead), on the west wall (unfortuntely covered at a later date). There is no key to the pictures hanging on the walls but they are identifiable and include: "The Castle, Half Moon Battery, National War Memorial, St Margaret's Chapel, Governor's House (Officers' Mess); then the Lawnmarket, Ramsay Garden, National Gallery,...

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A plan showing the survey of open spaces in the Old Town of Edinburgh, undertaken by the Outlook Tower Committee, c 1913, with the aim of reclaiming 75 pieces of land, totalling 10 acres, for the purpose of turning them into gardens.

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View of Princes Street from Calton Hill showing the outline of the proposed North British Hotel which was completed in 1902. (renamed The Balmoral in 1990). No attribution but note on the back suggests “by Francis Caird Inglis”. Text in pencil on back reads 112/32.