Edinburgh, Scotland

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Tollcross looking east towards High Riggs. Compare image Coll-1167/B/27/8/2 showing the other end of the the same street looking west. The gable end with the Fry's advertisement marks the site of Goldberg's Store (as in 1991), abandoned since then. Handwritten title on the original envelope containing the corresponding glass plate negatives was written by R. Dykes.

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Duplicate photographic print of Coll-1167/B/27/8/4 showing Tollcross looking east towards High Riggs.

Scope and Contents Originally described as "Portman Sq" but crossed out. By 1927 Waldie's Diary (no. 12) had become McClelland; the shop to the left (i.e the readers' left, no. 125) had become The Park Cafe, no. 127 a newsagent and no. 129 (boot repairing shop) a confectioner. The continuation southwards (left) of these low buildings may be seen in image Coll-1167/B/26/20/2 (mid right). The scene in the next image in the series Coll-1167/B/26/20/9 must be behind and to the right of the photographer of this...

Scope and Contents Originally described as "Portman Sq" but crossed out. By 1927 Waldie's Diary (no. 12) had become McClelland; the shop to the left (i.e the readers' left, no. 125) had become The Park Cafe, no. 127 a newsagent and no. 129 (boot repairing shop) a confectioner. The continuation southwards (left) of these low buildings may be seen in image Coll-1167/B/27/20/2 (mid right). The scene in the next image in the series Coll-1167/B/27/20/9 must be behind and to the right of the photographer of this...

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An outline map of central Scotland showing only the two cities of Glasgow and Edinburgh and their ports. A number is visible, which could indicate the catalogue number in Jacqueline Tyrwhitt and George Pepler's "Cities and Town Planning Exhibition", (1948). No visible provenance or attribution.

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Outline map of central Scotland, with only the two cities and their ports marked.

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Unframed photograph of an old print of "Trinity College Church and the New Railway". This is a black and white photograph of an engraving "drawn and engraved by T. Stewart". Text written in pencil on back reads, " C. 1848 - Edinburgh Library".

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North part of Tron Square. Children can be seen in the courtyard and two people stand on the third storey balcony. Note the old rubble gable on the extreme right, a building in Bell's Wynd.

Scope and Contents South part of Tron Square. Tron Square consists of two rectangular courts, each with buildings on three sides and the south side open. The North part, which is the first part to be approached from High Street via Old Assembly Close, is at a higher elevation, so that the flats in it overlook the backs of those in the South part, which is turn has now a view across the Cowgate to the tall buidlings in Guthrie Street and Chambers Street beyond. The whole complex (built 1899) has been renovated...

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North part of Tron Square. Children can be seen in the courtyard and two people stand on the third storey balcony. Note the old rubble gable on the extreme right, a building in Bell's Wynd.