Edinburgh, Scotland

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Probably also Little Jack's Close. The details (marks on bricks, etc.) exactly match those shown on print no Coll-1167/B/26/5/9. Unfortunately the writing on the sign board is illegible in both photographs. A print of this glass plate negative was exhibited in the "Squalor and Romance" section of Geddes' replacement "Cities and Town Planning Exhibition".

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Probably also Little Jack's Close. The details (marks on bricks, etc.) exactly match those shown on print no Coll-1167/B/27/5/9. Unfortunately the writing on the sign board is illegible in both photographs. A print of the corresponding glass plate negative was exhibited in the "Squalor and Romance" section of Geddes' replacement "Cities and Town Planning Exhibition".

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"Jack" seems to have been a slater. This unprepossessing Close has associations with General Thomas Dalyell of the Binns, Prince Edwart Stuart (Bonnie Prince Charlie) and David Hume, the philosopher. Note the Calton Jail in the background. Handwritten title by R. Dykes.

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"Jack" seems to have been a slater. This unprepossessing Close has associations with General Thomas Dalyell of the Binns, Prince Edwart Stuart (Bonnie Prince Charlie) and David Hume, the philosopher. Note the Calton Jail in the background. Handwritten title on the original envelope containing the corresponding glass plate negatives was written by R. Dykes.

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A series of a random selection of prints, many appear to be duplicate copies of other images, relating to Edinburgh, Scotland and elsewhere which were added to the teaching collection at the Outlook Tower at some point after Patrick Geddes' death and before 1990. Some are marked and are therefore copyright of W. Reid; Balmain Photographers, Edinburgh; and The Scotsman - some of these may belong in Coll-1167/C/2

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All of this area has been redeveloped, but some of the tenements in the distant background were still standing in 1966. Handwritten title by Alasdair Geddes.

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All of this area has been redeveloped, but some of the tenements in the distant background were still standing in 1966. Handwritten title on the original envelope containing the corresponding glass plate negatives was written by Alasdair Geddes.

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

A series of a random selection of prints, many appear to be duplicate copies of other images, relating to Edinburgh, Scotland and elsewhere which were added to the teaching collection at the Outlook Tower at some point after Patrick Geddes' death and before 1990. Some are marked and are therefore copyright of W. Reid; Balmain Photographers, Edinburgh; and The Scotsman - some of these may belong in Coll-1167/C/2

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Small duplicate photographic print of Coll-1167/B/27/17/1 showing Lothian Street looking east.

Scope and Contents Photograph taken from a point near the end of Lothian Street looking east. Behind the photographer would have been the junction of Bristo Place, running north, as it still (1989) does, Bristo Street running south, and at a short distance beyond the McEwan Hall, Teviot Place running west. Some recent maps (1970s-1980s) show the site of Bristo Street (north end), as Bristo Place (see Coll-1167/B//17/2-3). The buildings on the right were demolished c.1960-1970 for University of Edinburgh...