Scope and Contents The back of the present (1989) Deaconess Hospital is visible at the far end of the back greens, (the front is the Pleasance, see Coll-1167/B/27/20/2). This building, now much altered and extended, dates from from 1894. Carnegie Street not visible was on the left. Brown Street, of which the back is shown here, on the right. The square roofed extension at the left back of the hospital can still be identified though a story has been added. The three-storey separate building on the left no...

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The Annexe (?) at the Deaconess Hospital shown also in the previous image Coll-1167/B/27/20/6. This view is looking south. Handwritten title on the original envelope containing the corresponding glass plate negatives was written by R. Dykes.

Scope and Contents Originally described as "Portman Sq" but crossed out. By 1927 Waldie's Diary (no. 12) had become McClelland; the shop to the left (i.e the readers' left, no. 125) had become The Park Cafe, no. 127 a newsagent and no. 129 (boot repairing shop) a confectioner. The continuation southwards (left) of these low buildings may be seen in image Coll-1167/B/27/20/2 (mid right). The scene in the next image in the series Coll-1167/B/27/20/9 must be behind and to the right of the photographer of this...

Scope and Contents Salisbury Street from Brown. Salisbury Square is said to be at the right end of the picture. See previous image Coll-1167/B/27/20/8, for the scene on the left of the photographer of this one, Coll-1167/B/27/20/9. The Ordnance Survey Map shows gardens at this point. "Salisbury Street" is marked on it, but not "Salisbury Square". View looking north east. Demolished mid-twentieth century. Handwritten title on the original envelope containing the corresponding glass plate negatives was written...

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The north side - doubtless some, or a continutation of the buildings shown on the left of the previous print Coll-1167/B/27/20/9 looking north. Handwritten title on the original envelope containing the corresponding glass plate negatives was written by R. Dykes.

Scope and Contents This must refer to the Old Infirmary or Surgical Hospital between Drummond Street and High School Yards, now part of the University of Edinburgh. The City Wall in the Pleasance is still in existence. The exact site of this picture has not been identified. Handwritten title on the original envelope containing the corresponding glass plate negatives was written by Alasdair Geddes. A print of the corresponding glass plate negative was exhibited in the "Squalor and Romance" section of Geddes'...

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Note the corrugated iron face, and a road, with setts in the foreground. It is possible that the tenements in the background were adjacent to Holyrood Park known in Geddes' time as the Queen's, and later the King's Park.

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This scene has defied identification. Note that the buildings may in fact be of two storeys and attics at the front. The vicinity of Grassmarket and of St. John's Hill has been suggested.

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This point can be matched with image Coll-1167/B/27/21/2 to make a panoramic photograph, but the corresponding glass plate negatives were not originally filed consecutively, or even in the same box. Note the road in the foreground. Handwritten title on the original envelope containing the corresponding glass plate negatives was written 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 on the original envelope containing the corresponding glass plate negatives was written by Alasdair Geddes.