Edinburgh, Scotland

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...

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

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Main Point, at the west end of the West Port, looking into High Riggs. At one time, this was one of the most important junctions forming a point of entry into the city. There is still a public house at this corner. Handwritten title by R. Dykes.

Scope and Contents Main Point (note the building on the left, the public house showing in image Coll-1167/B/26/8/2 looking in to Bread Street. Fountainbridge, with the cart, is also on the left. Note also the figure of a man in the white jacket which appears in both photographs. No doubt he moved for this purpose; unfortunately this does not help to establish which picture was taken first. The site in the middle distance was until 1991 occupied by the Scottish Co-operative Society Store. Handwritten title by...

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Small duplicate photographic print of Coll-1167/B/27/8/3 showing Main Point, Fountainbridge, including cart and man with white jacket.

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Main Point, at the west end of the West Port, looking into High Riggs. At one time, this was one of the most important junctions forming a point of entry into the city. There is still a public house at this corner. Handwritten title on the original envelope containing the corresponding glass plate negatives was written by R. Dykes.

Scope and Contents Main Point (note the building on the left, the public house showing in image Coll-1167/B/27/8/2 looking in to Bread Street. Fountainbridge, with the cart, is also on the left. Note also the figure of a man in the white jacket which appears in both photographs. No doubt he moved for this purpose; unfortunately this does not help to establish which picture was taken first. The site in the middle distance was until 1991 occupied by the Scottish Co-operative Society Store. Handwritten title on...

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7 Glass plate negatives showing a variety of scenes within the Main Point and Tollcross areas of Edinburgh, which form part of Patrick Geddes' photographic survey of Edinburgh.

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7 Photographic prints showing a variety of scenes within the Main Point and Tollcross areas of Edinburgh, the corresponding glass plate negatives of which formed part of Patrick Geddes' photographic survey of Edinburgh.

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A photographic print showing an image of a map of the "Forth and Lothians". This map has also been previously been entitled "Edinburghshire I". It is assumed the 'shire' title was written on the original maps (images of which are shown in Coll-1167/B/27/23/13 and 14). The corresponding glass plate negatives had at some time been taken out of their original envelopes and inserted into new envelopes, with no inscriptions.