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4 Glass plate negatives showing a variety of scenes within the Arthur's Seat area of Edinburgh, which form part of Patrick Geddes' photographic survey of Edinburgh.

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20 Glass plate negatives showing a variety of scenes within the 19th century outer suburbs of Edinburgh, which form part of Patrick Geddes' photographic survey of Edinburgh.

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18 Glass plate negatives showing a variety of models, maps and diagrams which were commissioned or generated by Geddes as part of his survey of Edinburgh.

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3 Glass plate negatives showing a number of images of the interior of Patrick Geddes' Outlook Tower, Edinburgh.

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3 Glass plate negatives showing a variety of scenes illustrating "Childhood and the Environment", Edinburgh, which form part of Patrick Geddes' photographic survey of Edinburgh.

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This point can be matched with image Coll-1167/B/26/21/2 to make a panoramic photograph, but the negatives were not originally filed consecutively, or even in the same box. Note the road in the foreground. Handwritten title by Alasdair Geddes.

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Dunsappie Loch is in the foreground by the road, Arthur's seat on the left, Whinny Hill on the right. Handwritten title by Alasdair Geddes.

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In his study on the origins of Edinburgh in the Outline Survey of the City, shown in the exhibition of 1910, Geddes refers to "cultivation terraces on the south slope" (of the Old Town). These had been virtually obliterated by subsequent development. See notes against the next image in the series Coll-1167/B/26/21/4. Handwritten title by Alasdair Geddes.

Scope and Contents Terraces on Arthur Seat could refer to other theories about their origins. "...Traces of trenches thrown up (1788) by mutinous Seaforth Highlanders Discontent having arisen in connection with their departure for India, several hundreds of men attacked their officers on the Esplanade, and then held their position here (i.e on Arthur's Seat) for several days until a free pardon was offered them". From Reid's "The New Illustrated Guide to Edinburgh" (1936). Hearsay also suggests, perhaps...

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The Blacket area, originally within the policies of Newington House, has some of the earliest villa in the southern outer suburbs, dating from 1825 onwards. Handwritten title by Alasdair Geddes. A print from this glass plate negative was included in the "Open Spaces as Gardens and Playgrounds" section of Geddes' replacement "Cities and Town Planning Exibition". See Coll-1167/B/24.