City of Edinburgh, Scotland

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Later addition to Geddes collection and does not appear in Geddes' Collection of Edinburgh photographs. Original photograph by The Scotsman newspaper, publications number has been cut off. Not in Geddes' collection of Edinburgh photographs.

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Later addition to Geddes collection and does not appear in Geddes' Collection of Edinburgh photographs. Original photograph by The Scotsman newspaper, publications number has been cut off. Not in Geddes' collection of Edinburgh photographs.

Scope and Contents The first informal recording of 16th and 17th century houses was made by self-taught artist and engraver Bruce J. Home between 1870 and 1900. Home had undertaken the task of recording the appearance of interesting buildings in the Old Town of Edinburgh. This series contains a set of plates, letterpresses and drawings which form the content for Bruce J. Home's "Old Houses of Edinburgh" published by the Old Edinburgh Club (1904-1907) in two volumes. Home was an active collaborator with...

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Later addition to Geddes collection and does not appear in Geddes' Collection of Edinburgh photographs, number on back 115/113.

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Smith (John Irvine). Notes on Edinburgh. Contains printed material and written correspondence including ephemera, The Scots Magazine, topographical notes by J. Smith, with comments on Edinburgh street numbers and residents. Some material relating to the Scottish National Portrait Gallery and Henry Raeburn exhibitions. Some material relating to the McEwan Hall's opening.

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A selection of scenes in Scotland relating to the area of Lothian (Firth of Forth Islands see Coll-1167/C/1/6 - Fife, Kinross and Clackmannan).

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Original photograph of Gorgie Garden Village, which was erected by late Mr Cox per Outllok Tower, with S. H. Capper, architect. Inscribed in crayon "Garden Village 1893." Exhibition number on back given as 119/6. See also the Dublin Exhibition Catalogue, 1911, p. 43, no. 86.

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Later addition to Geddes collection and does not appear in Geddes' Collection of Edinburgh photographs. Original photograph by The Scotsman newspaper, publications number H7053. Not in Geddes' collection of Edinburgh photographs.