Edinburgh, Scotland

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A glass plate negative showing an image of a data table recording a comparison of routes through Scotland with reference to the Forth and Clyde Canal. See correspondence in the University of Strathclyde Archives and Special Collections relating to the development of canals in Scotland and the USA and describing a study carried out with George Guyo on proposed Forth and Clyde Canal (GB249 T-GED2/4/6; T-GED/7/10/13)

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View of Free Church College from Garden. These photographs must have been taken before 1907, unless 'Free Church" has been confused with 'United Free Church' by Alasdair Geddes. Handwritten title by Alasdair Geddes. 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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View of Free Church College from Garden. These photographs must have been taken before 1907, unless 'Free Church" has been confused with 'United Free Church' by Alasdair Geddes. Handwritten title on the original envelope containing the corresponding glass plate negatives was written by Alasdair Geddes. A print from the corresponding glass plate negative was included in the "Monuments and Restorations" section of Geddes' replacement "Cities and Town Planning Exibition". See Coll-1167/B/20.

Scope and Contents View of Free Church College from Garden. This view may be seen from Ramsay Lane. The Free Church College held the ownership of this building from the time of its construction (1844-1850) until 1900, and from 1905 to 1907 when it was transferred to the United Free Church, and after the Union of Churches in 1929, to the Church of Scotland. Since 1937 it has housed the Faculty of Divinity of the University of Edinburgh. In 1907, the Free Church moved their headquarters to the Free Church...

Scope and Contents View of Free Church College from Garden. This view may be seen from Ramsay Lane. The Free Church College held the ownership of this building from the time of its construction (1844-1850) until 1900, and from 1905 to 1907 when it was transferred to the United Free Church, and after the Union of Churches in 1929, to the Church of Scotland. Since 1937 it has housed the Faculty of Divinity of the University of Edinburgh. In 1907, the Free Church moved their headquarters to the Free Church...

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The Old Royal High School is in the background. Handwritten label by R. Dykes. A print from this glass plate negative was included in the "New Town of Edinburgh" and the "Monuments and Restorations" sections of Geddes' replacement "Cities and Town Planning Exibition". See Coll-1167/B/13 and Coll-1167/B/20.

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Calton Hill with the Old Jail (site of St. Andrew's House), Dugald Stewart's Monument, the Nelson Monument, and part of the Old Royal High School on the extreme right. Handwritten title by R. Dykes. A print from this glass plate negative was included in the "New Town of Edinburgh" and the "Monuments and Restorations" sections of Geddes' replacement "Cities and Town Planning Exibition". See Coll-1167/B/13 and Coll-1167/B/20.

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The Old Royal High School is in the background. Handwritten label by R. Dykes. A print from the corresponding glass plate negative was included in the "New Town of Edinburgh" and the "Monuments and Restorations" sections of Geddes' replacement "Cities and Town Planning Exibition". See Coll-1167/B/13 and Coll-1167/B/20.

Scope and Contents Calton Hill with the Old Jail (site of St. Andrew's House), Dugald Stewart's Monument, the Nelson Monument, and part of the Old Royal High School on the extreme right. Handwritten title on the original envelope containing the corresponding glass plate negatives was written by R. Dykes. A print from the corresponding glass plate negative was included in the "New Town of Edinburgh" and the "Monuments and Restorations" sections of Geddes' replacement "Cities and Town Planning Exibition". See...

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11 Glass plate negatives showing a variety of scenes within the High Street to the Cowgate area of Edinburgh, which form part of Patrick Geddes' photographic survey of Edinburgh.