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Edinburgh, Scotland

 Subject

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Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 788 Collections and/or Records:

Models, maps, diagrams, c 1890-c 1910

 sub-sub-series — Box Box 3 of 7: Series Coll-1167/B
Identifier: Coll-1167/B/26/23
Scope and Contents

18 Glass plate negatives showing a variety of models, maps and diagrams which were commissioned or generated by Geddes as part of his survey of Edinburgh.

Dates: c 1890-c 1910
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Patrick Geddes Collection / The Survey of Edinburgh / The photographs for the Survey of Edinburgh

Monuments and Restorations, c 1914

 sub-series
Identifier: Coll-1167/B/20
Scope and Contents Items exhibited within the "Monuments and Restorations" section of Geddes' replacement "Cities and Town Planning Exhibition". One photograph is listed within this series. Additional photographs were included in the "Monuments and Restorations" section of the exhibition, taken from Geddes' photographic survey of Edinburgh. See the "Photographs for the Survey of Edinburgh" series in particular Coll-1167/B/26/2/1-6; Coll-1167/B/26/4/2; Coll-1167/B/26/5/14; Coll-1167/B/26/6/3;...
Dates: c 1914
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Patrick Geddes Collection / The Survey of Edinburgh

Moray House, Canongate, c 1914

 Item — Box Box A: Series Coll-1167/B
Identifier: Coll-1167/B/8/7a
Scope and Contents Duplicate copy or print of Joseph Nash's lithograph of Moray House, Edinburgh which depicts a battle or skirmish outside Moray House at Canongate, Edinburgh. Moray House was built in the 1620s by Mary, Dowager Countess of Home. It served as Cromwell's Edinburgh lodgings and was the scene of some of the negotiations which led to the Treaty of Union in 1707. The building is now part of the University of Edinburgh's Moray House School of Education. The illustration is an example of the...
Dates: c 1914
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Patrick Geddes Collection / The Survey of Edinburgh / Reformation period

Moray House, Canongate, c 1914

 Item — Box PC6/2: Series Coll-1167/B; Series Coll-1167/B
Identifier: Coll-1167/B/8/7b
Scope and Contents Duplicate copy of Coll-1167/B/8/7a. A duplicate copy or print of Joseph Nash's lithograph of Moray House, Edinburgh which depicts a battle or skirmish outside Moray House at Canongate, Edinburgh. Moray House was built in the 1620s by Mary, Dowager Countess of Home. It served as Cromwell's Edinburgh lodgings and was the scene of some of the negotiations which led to the Treaty of Union in 1707. The building is now part of the University of Edinburgh's Moray House School of Education. The...
Dates: c 1914
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Patrick Geddes Collection / The Survey of Edinburgh / Reformation period

Morocco Close, c 1890-c 1910

 Item — Box Box 1 of 7: Series Coll-1167/B
Identifier: Coll-1167/B/26/5/1
Scope and Contents

Views of back courtyards - indentification uncertain. Lies behind Morocco Land, north side of Canongate. Handwritten title by Alasdair Geddes.

Dates: c 1890-c 1910
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Patrick Geddes Collection / The Survey of Edinburgh / The photographs for the Survey of Edinburgh / The Canongate

Morocco Close, c 1985

 Item — Box Box 1 of 9: Series Coll-1167/B
Identifier: Coll-1167/B/27/5/1
Scope and Contents

Views of back courtyards - indentification uncertain. Lies behind Morocco Land, north side of Canongate. Handwritten title on the original envelope containing the corresponding glass plate negatives was written by Alasdair Geddes.

Dates: c 1985
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Patrick Geddes Collection / The Survey of Edinburgh / The photographs for the Survey of Edinburgh / The Canongate

Mound Series, c 1914

 sub-series
Identifier: Coll-1167/B/14
Scope and Contents

3 photographs that were exhibited in the "Mound Series" section of Geddes' "Cities and Town Planning Exhibition", Dublin, (1911). A further two photographic prints from Geddes' photographic "Survey of Edinburgh" were also included in this section.  See the "Photographs for the Survey of Edinburgh" series (Coll-1167/B/26/11/4-5, glass plate negatives; Coll-1167/B/27/11/4-5, photographic prints).

Dates: c 1914
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Patrick Geddes Collection / The Survey of Edinburgh

Near Bristo Street, c 1890-c 1910

 Item — Box Box 2 of 7: Series Coll-1167/B
Identifier: Coll-1167/B/26/18/10
Scope and Contents

Junction of West Crosscauseway and a main thoroughfare running south - Chapel Street and Buccleuch Street. Title by R. Dykes. Old container: Green Box 20

Dates: c 1890-c 1910
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Patrick Geddes Collection / The Survey of Edinburgh / The photographs for the Survey of Edinburgh / George Square, Buccleuch Place and Chapel Street

Near Bristo Street, c 1985

 Item — Box Box 3 of 9: Series Coll-1167/B
Identifier: Coll-1167/B/27/18/10
Scope and Contents

Junction of West Crosscauseway and a main thoroughfare running south - Chapel Street and Buccleuch Street. Title by R. Dykes. Old container: Green Box 20

Dates: c 1985
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Patrick Geddes Collection / The Survey of Edinburgh / The photographs for the Survey of Edinburgh / George Square, Buccleuch Place and Chapel Street

New College from the National Gallery and an early view of Ramsay Garden, c 1914

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1167/B/23/16
Scope and Contents

2 photographs by Francis Caird Inglis (Castlehill Studio) on mount. 1. New College from the National Gallery; 2. Early view of Ramsay Garden, before Sidney Mitchell's additions, and New Town beyong. Possibly taken from Cannonball House.

Dates: c 1914
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Patrick Geddes Collection / The Survey of Edinburgh / Higher Education Developments