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Coll-1167: Archives of the Patrick Geddes Centre for Planning Studies

The Photographs from the Survey of Edinburgh are part of a larger collection formerly held within the Outlook Tower on Castlehill. The collection as whole was catalogued while still at the Outlook Tower, this catalogue published as a 2-volume set Catalogue of the archives of the Patrick Geddes Centre for Planning Studies, the second volume focussed solely on the Edinburgh Survey photographs. It is this volume which has now been revisited, its contents keyed, with minor alterations, into a database, accessible below.

It is hoped to address the rest of the collection in due course. Meanwwhile a full digital copy of the first volume is available in pdf format (9MB file)

/1: Photographs from the Survey of Edinburgh


/A: The Castle and Castlehill


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Full reference codeColl-1167/1/A/14
TitleOutlook Tower Garden
Original titleOutlook Tower Garden (3)
Datec1904-1910
CreatorSir Patrick Geddes
Scope and contentBarrels by the wall, Outlook Tower Garden. The gardens in Prints Coll-1167/1/A/12 and Coll-1167/1/A/13 were like those shown in later sections, cultivated by poor children whom Professor Geddes sought to educate.
Author of original title
Negative numberGreen Box 168
NoteColl-1167/1/G/10, Coll-1167/1/H/3 and Coll-1167/1/J/1 to Coll-1167/1/J/10; also Coll-1167/1/S/15. Views with children are shown throughout the collection, particularly in Sections C, D, and Y.
Related itemsColl-1167/1/A/12 Coll-1167/1/A/13 Coll-1167/1/G/10 Coll-1167/1/H/3 Coll-1167/1/J/1 Coll-1167/1/J/10; Coll-1167/1/S/15