Box Box 6 of 7

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This building is still (1989) in existence. with the shop. The date and pend have been closed up. Handwritten title by R. Dykes.

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The inscription on the original envelope of the negative plate read "Reid's Court - from Street" but the pieces have obviously been put in the wrong envelope. There are ten small pieces besides the larger bits. See Coll-1167/B/26/5/5, to which the inscription apparently applies. The image is of Waverley and North Bridge.

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Looking north to the North British Hotel and the Register House. Handwritten title by R. Dykes.

Scope and Contents Monument to Edinburgh publisher Adam Black (1784-1874) and twice Lord Provost of Edinburgh. Statue by the Scottish sculptor, John Hutchison (1832-1910). As the Lord Provost, he brought about the building of the railway between Princes Street Gardens, the Castle and the Old Town, on the former site of the Nor' Loch. A print from this glass plate negative was included in the "Monuments and Restorations" section of Geddes' replacement "Cities and Town Planning Exibition". See Coll-1167/B/20....

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Calton Road looking East. The Governor's House, the only remaining part of the old Jail, is at the top of the picture. Handwritten title by R. Dykes. A print from this glass plate negative was included in the "New Town of Edinburgh" section of Geddes' replacement "Cities and Town Planning Exibition". See Coll-1167/B/13.

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Calton Hill Road turns sharply to the left, Rock House would probably be beyond the pavement to the extreme right.

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Calton Hill Road. Inglis' Corner refers to Rock House, which was, from 1843 to 1945, the photoraphic studio and house of three generations of the Inglis family. See Coll-1167/B/26/16, 7 and 9. Note Dugald Stewart Monument protruding in right of background. Handwritten title by Alasdair Geddes.

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Buccleuch Parish Church. Church on the right, Buccleuch Place beyond, looking south. This building is in Chapel Street, east of George Square beyond Windmill Lane. It is not open and is the property of the University of Edinburgh. It was built as a Chapel of East in 1755. Handwritten title by R. Dykes. Old container: Green Box 100

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East Crosscauseway. Factory yard of J. Bain, Printer (J. Bain & Sons, 27 East Crosscauseway). See the sign on the centre right. In the following images Coll-1167/B/26/19/1-10 the original title on the containing envelope was written "Crosscauseway" but should read "Causewayside". The photographer, R. Dykes, appears to have confused the two streets which are quite separate and a considerable distance apart. Handwritten title by R. Dykes.

Scope and Contents Richmond Place. The title detailed on the original envelope read "Ethylotragedy Arithocomedy (O T garden & neighbour). A tragedy for ethyl (a sad state for the chemical or for alcohol) and a comedy in numbers (at least four bits of glass) illustrates the writer's sense of humour. He means that the glass slide (or plate) has been broken. The writer has been identified as Alasdair Geddes. He may have been recording his father's words. For comments on Geddes' habit of "inventing extravagant...