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11 Photographic prints showing a variety of scenes within the Castlehill and Lawnmarket areas of Edinburgh, the corresponding glass plate negatives of which formed part of Patrick Geddes' photographic survey of Edinburgh.

Scope and Contents Castle from Outlook Tower. The image shows the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders in the white drill tunics which they wore specially when doing drill. Six companies are present; four are drawn up on the left, and are changing formation with the arrangement on the right. The Band is at the top right. The Regimental Sergeant Major is in the middle distance. Note the Royal Arms on the Gateway, and absence of the statues of Wallace and Bruce now (2020) on either side of it. A print of this glass...

Scope and Contents Castle from Outlook Tower. The image shows the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders in the white drill tunics which they wore specially when doing drill. Six companies are present; four are drawn up on the left, and are changing formation with the arrangement on the right. The Band is at the top right. The Regimental Sergeant Major is in the middle distance. Note the Royal Arms on the Gateway, and absence of the statues of Wallace and Bruce now (2020) on either side of it. A print of the...

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Castle from Outlook Tower. The image shows the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders when doing drill. Three are mounted on horse-back on the right of the image, public onlookers can be seen in the foreground and on the left of the esplanade.

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Possibly taken from waste ground, on the south side of West Port, showin the Ordnance Survey map of 1908, between Lady Wynd and the Grassmarket. Handwritten title by R. Dykes.

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Possibly taken from waste ground, on the south side of West Port, showin the Ordnance Survey map of 1908, between Lady Wynd and the Grassmarket. Handwritten title on the original envelope containing the corresponding glass plate negatives was written by R. Dykes.

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Castle and Johnston Terrace from Castle Wynd.

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Castle and Johnston Terrace from Castle Wynd.

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Taken from nearer the King's Bridge end of King Stables Road, which obviously meant in the title. Handwritten title by R. Dykes.

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Taken from nearer the King's Bridge end of King Stables Road, which obviously meant in the title. Handwritten title on the original envelope containing the corresponding glass plate negatives was written by R. Dykes.