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
/17
| Full reference code | Coll-1167/1/G/17 |
| Title | King's Stables Road |
| Original title | From Main Point? |
| Date | c1904-1910 |
| Creator | Sir Patrick Geddes |
| Scope and content | King's Stables Road and the south back of the West Port taken from Main Point. Johnston Terrace (see Prints Coll-1167/1/I/*) is in the middle distance, with the south wall of the Castle Esplanade beyond. The spire is that of the former Tolbooth St. John's Church (Victoria Hall). |
| Author of original title | Robert Dykes |
| Negative number | Green Box 45 |
| Note | See Coll-1167/1/G/16 with another view of the same chimney. The identity that Main Point is the site of the camera has proven very difficult to identify; and the photographer, who, in this case, labelled the negative, was sometimes (and his question mark shows that he was uncertain in this case) mistaken about names of places. |
| Related items | Coll-1167/1/I/* Coll-1167/1/G/16 |