Cities and towns

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Photograph of a rooftop view of the city of Cuernavaca [Mexico] in the early 20th century.

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Photograph of the harbour and town of Athabasca Landing which is 96 miles north of Edmonton, [Alberta, Canada] in the early 20th century.

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Photograph of the main business street in Calgary, [Alberta, Canada] in the early 20th century. It shows the buildings lining the dirt road with people in horse-drawn carriages at the intersection.

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Table listing the number and cost of building permits issued in ten Canadian cities during June 1912.

Content Description This collection consists of papers and correspondence relating to the publication history of Robert J. Naismith’s The Story of Scotland's Towns (1989). It contains typed and holograph contracts, letters, and associated materials between Naismith, his publisher Gollancz, and other interested parties. ‘The Story of Scotland’s Towns’ was intended as a companion volume to Naismith’s Buildings of the Scottish Countryside (see...

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Photograph of Dhenkanal, a 'tributary state of Orissa', India showing a forest, some buildings and a mountain in the background in the early 20th century.

Scope and Contents This fonds consists of five documents relating to Thomas Cleghorn, merchant and baillie of Edinburgh, one document relating to Thomas Cleghorn, advocate, and one document relating to David Cleghorn. Burgess ticket of Crail in favour of Thomas Cleghorn. 17 September 1765. Wants seal. Burgess ticket of Lanark in favour of Thomas Cleghorn. 11 May 1778. Wants seal. ...

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Photograph of the city of Edmonton, [Alberta, Canada] in the early 20th century.

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Photograph of the central street through a residential district of Edmonton, Alberta, [Canada] in the early 20th century.

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Photograph of an arial view of the town of Darjeeling in the mountains of India in the late 19th or early 20th century.