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Reid's Court from within the court looking north and north-east. A group of children stand at the end of the shadow cast by a building. Previous cataloguers (1990s) have tried to arrange the pictures so that they form a logical sequence, but the order in which they were photographed is almost impossible to establish. As this image shows the east side of Reid's Court, it could have been taken from the south west, but it is uncertain. Handwritten title by Alasdair Geddes.

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Reid's Court from within the court. This picture could not have been taken from the south east corner of the court because the photograph has been taken looking towards the east side of the court. A group of children stand at the doorway.Note that, although five original envelopes with the inscription "Reid's Court" have survived, including that for print Coll-1167/B/26/12/5, there are only four negative showing this location. Handwritten title by Alasdair Geddes.

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Reid's Close. South side of the Canongate. Not to be confused with Reid's Court (Coll-1167/B/26/5/15-18). Handwritten title by Alasdair Geddes.

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Reid's Close. Almost identitcal to Coll-1167/B/26/5/19, but there are two separate slides. Handwritten title by Alasdair Geddes.

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Reid's Close. This close was situated a little to the west of Queensberry House. Handwritten title by Alasdair Geddes.

Scope and Contents North side of the Canongate. Skinner notes this lane as "Brown's Court" and shows a very similar photograp with a posed figure at the bottom of the staircase, and a garment hanging above, but they are not the same pictures. The entrance to the close was almost opposite Bull's Close. A man stands leaning against the banister at the bottom of the staircase. Laundry hangs from a washing line between two buildings. Handwritten title by Alasdair Geddes. A print of this glass plate negative was...

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In 1988, this building housed Holyrood Palace Shop and Tearoom. Handwritten title by Alasdair Geddes.

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18 Glass plate negatives showing a variety of scenes within the Castle and Castlehill areas of Edinburgh, which form part of Patrick Geddes' photographic survey of Edinburgh.

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11 Glass plate negatives showing a variety of scenes within the Castlehill and Lawnmarket areas of Edinburgh, which form part of Patrick Geddes' photographic survey of Edinburgh.

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6 Glass plate negatives showing a variety of scenes within the High Street area of Edinburgh, which form part of Patrick Geddes' photographic survey of Edinburgh.