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Panorama of New Town and Old Town from Outlook Tower. Looking north, Ramsay Gardens and Mound Place (right) in foreground. See Coll-1167/B/27/11, particularuly Coll-1167/B/27/11/4, for views of, and from, The Mound. Handwritten title on the original envelope containing the corresponding glass plate negatives was written by Mabel Barker.

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Panorama of New Town and Old Town from Outlook Tower. View North-north-east, New College (in 1910-11 College of the United Free Church of Scotland, see Coll-1167/B/27/2/5) in foreground. Scott Monument and New Town beyond. Handwritten title on the original envelope containing the corresponding glass plate negatives was written by Mabel Barker.

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Panorama of New Town and Old Town from Outlook Tower. View east. See Coll-1167/B/27/1/6-8. Handwritten title on the original envelope containing the corresponding glass plate negatives was written by Mabel Barker.

Scope and Contents Outlook Tower Garden (east of Outlook Tower) from above. The establishment and maintenance of gardens such as these were part of Geddes' programme for the social development of slum areas, and the education of the deprived children who lived in them. See, particularly series Coll-1167/B/27/10 and Coll-1167/B/27/25 but there are several relevant images in other series. Handwritten title on the original envelope containing the corresponding glass plate negatives was written by Alasdair Geddes....

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Outlook Tower Garden (east of Outlook Tower) from above. A print from the corresponding 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.

Scope and Contents Barrels by wall, Outlook Tower Garden . The gardens in these three prints in Section A were like those shown in later sections, cultivated by poor children whom geddes sought to educate. (See also Coll-1167/B/27/7/8-11; Coll-1167/B/27/8/3; Coll-1167/B/27/10/1-10 and Coll-1167/B/27/19/15). Views with children are shown throughout the collection, particularly in sections Coll-1167/B/27/3; Coll-1167/B/27/4 and Coll-1167/B/27/25. A print from the corresponding glass plate negative was included...

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The cottages in the foreground, presumably on the edge of the gardens behind New College and Mound Place, have been demolished. The terrace of Ramsay Gardens, visible beyond the cottages, originally consisted of three houses built by Allan Ramsay, the painter, son of the poet, between 1760 and 1780.

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View of Ramsay Gardens from Outlook Tower. The cottages in the foreground, presumably on the edge of the gardens behind New College and Mound Place, have been demolished. The terrace of Ramsay Gardens, visible beyond the cottages, originally consisted of three houses built by Allan Ramsay, the painter, son of the poet, between 1760 and 1780.

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This may be a view of the fronts of the cottages (later demolished) shown in the views of Ramsay Gardens in Coll-1167/B/27/1/15-16. If this indeed the case, the sloping street must be Ramsay Lane, looking east towards the Free Church (new New College). See Coll-1167/B/27/2/5-6.

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View of the Castle from the Outlook Tower, previously uncatalogued (2018).