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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


/H: Main Point and Tollcross


/3

Full reference codeColl-1167/1/H/3
TitleMain Point
Original titleMain Point
Datec1904-1910
CreatorSir Patrick Geddes
Scope and contentMain Point looking into Bread Street. The public house, see Coll-1167/1/H/2, is on the left. Fountainbridge, with the cart, also on the left. Note also the figure of the man in the white jacket who appears also in Coll-1167/1/H/2. The site in the middle distance was until recently (1991) occupied by the Scottish Co-operative Society Store.
Author of original titleRobert Dykes
Negative numberGreen Box 94
Note
Related itemsColl-1167/1/H/2 Coll-1167/1/H/2