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
/G: The Vennel, Candlemaker Row
/16
| Full reference code | Coll-1167/1/G/16 |
| Title | View of the town from the west |
| Original title | View of the town from the West |
| Date | c1904-1910 |
| Creator | Sir Patrick Geddes |
| Scope and content | Said to be taken from Lady Lawson Street near the former Fire Station. The old Cattle Market is in the foreground. St Giles' crown is on the left of the chimney, the McEwan Hall dome to the right. The chimney may be that of Campbell, Hope and King's Brewery behind Chambers Street. |
| Author of original title | |
| Negative number | Box 2, 9 |
| Note | See Coll-1167/1/G/17 with another view of the same chimney. |
| Related items | Coll-1167/1/G/17 |