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Edinburgh, Scotland

 Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 788 Collections and/or Records:

St. Mary's Street, west side, c 1985

 Item — Box Box 1 of 9: Series Coll-1167/B
Identifier: Coll-1167/B/27/3/6
Scope and Contents

The shop front shows the name of "Hutchison, Registered Plumber and Sanitary Engineer" which is listed in the Edinburgh and Lothians Post Office Directory (1910) as being located at 73 Mary's Street. Handwritten title on the original envelope containing the corresponding glass plate negatives was written by Alasdair Geddes. A print of the corresponding glass plate negative was exhibited in the "Squalor and Romance" section of Geddes' replacement "Cities and Town Planning Exhibition".

Dates: c 1985

St Mary's Street, west side, c 1989

 Item — Box Box 7 of 9: Series Coll-1167/B
Identifier: Coll-1167/B/30/21
Scope and Contents

Small duplicate photographic print of Coll-1167/B/27/3/6 showing St Mary's Street with the shop front Huthison, Registered Plumber and Sanitary Engineer

Dates: c 1989

St. Patrick's School playground, South Gray's Close, c 1890-c 1910

 Item — Box Box 1 of 7: Series Coll-1167/B
Identifier: Coll-1167/B/26/4/9
Scope and Contents

Taken from the west courtyard of St. Patrick's Church. St. Ann's School playground. (N.B the titles of scenes are, as in this case, occcasionally confused. The writer of this title was probably Alasdair Geddes). Handwritten title by Alasdair Geddes.

Dates: c 1890-c 1910

St. Patrick's School playground, South Gray's Close, c 1985

 Item — Box Box 1 of 9: Series Coll-1167/B
Identifier: Coll-1167/B/27/4/9
Scope and Contents

Taken from the west courtyard of St. Patrick's Church. St. Ann's School playground. (N.B the titles of scenes are, as in this case, occcasionally confused. The writer of this title was probably Alasdair Geddes). Handwritten title on the original envelope containing the corresponding glass plate negatives was written by Alasdair Geddes.

Dates: c 1985

St. Stephen's Church and Chaos from Pitt Street, c 1890-c 1910

 Item — Box Box 2 of 7: Series Coll-1167/B
Identifier: Coll-1167/B/26/13/4
Scope and Contents

All of this area, excluding the Church and tenements on the left, has been redeveloped. Handwritten title by Alasdair Geddes. A print of this glass plate negative was exhibited in the "Strata of Edinburgh: Breakdown of Formal Plan" section of Geddes' replacement "Cities and Town Planning Exihibition." See Coll-1167/B/18.

Dates: c 1890-c 1910

St. Stephen's Church and Chaos from Pitt Street, c 1985

 Item — Box Box 2 of 9: Series Coll-1167/B
Identifier: Coll-1167/B/27/13/4
Scope and Contents

All of this area, excluding the Church and tenements on the left, has been redeveloped. Handwritten title on the original envelope containing the corresponding glass plate negatives was written by Alasdair Geddes. A print of the corresponding glass plate negative was exhibited in the "Strata of Edinburgh: Breakdown of Formal Plan" section of Geddes' replacement "Cities and Town Planning Exihibition." See Coll-1167/B/18.

Dates: c 1985

St. Stephen's Church from Fettes Row, c 1890-c 1910

 Item — Box Box 2 of 7: Series Coll-1167/B
Identifier: Coll-1167/B/26/13/5
Scope and Contents

Compare the previous image Coll-1167/B/26/13/4. The foreground is now (1998) a car park. Handwritten title by Alasdair Geddes. A print of this glass plate negative was exhibited in the "Strata of Edinburgh: Breakdown of Formal Plan" section of Geddes' replacement "Cities and Town Planning Exihibition." See Coll-1167/B/18.

Dates: c 1890-c 1910

St. Stephen's Church from Fettes Row, c 1985

 Item — Box Box 2 of 9: Series Coll-1167/B
Identifier: Coll-1167/B/27/13/5
Scope and Contents

Compare the previous image Coll-1167/B/27/13/4. The foreground is now (1998) a car park. Handwritten title on the original envelope containing the corresponding glass plate negatives was written by Alasdair Geddes. A print of the corresponding glass plate negative was exhibited in the "Strata of Edinburgh: Breakdown of Formal Plan" section of Geddes' replacement "Cities and Town Planning Exihibition." See Coll-1167/B/18.

Dates: c 1985

State of the Parliament Square at day-break of Wednesday, 17 November 1824, c 1914

 Item — Box PC6/2: Series Coll-1167/B; Series Coll-1167/B
Identifier: Coll-1167/B/12/1
Scope and Contents

Likely to be a duplicate reproduction of an engraving by William Lizars, showing the state of the Parliament Square at day-break on Wednesday 17 November 1824.

Dates: c 1914

Statue of Abbraham Lincoln, c 1914

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1167/B/20/1
Scope and Contents

A photograph of the Abraham Lincoln statue (erected 1893) in the Old Calton Cemetery. The memorial to five Scotsmen who died in the American Civil War (1861 - 65): Sergeant-Major John McEwan, Lt..Col. William Duff, Robert Steedman, James Wilkie, Robert Steedman, Robert Ferguson. Image courtesty of Steven J. Connolly, Archivist, Perth and Kinross District Council.

Dates: c 1914