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)
Full reference code | Coll-1167/1/M/6 |
Title | Looking north from Fettes Row towards Henderson Row |
Original title | Looking N from Fettes Row towards Henderson Row |
Date | c1904-1910 |
Creator | Sir Patrick Geddes |
Scope and content | All this area has been redeveloped, bur some of the tenements in the distant background were still standing in 1996. |
Author of original title | Alasdair Geddes |
Negative number | Box 5, 8 |
Note | Prints Coll-1167/1/M/4 to Coll-1167/1/M/7 were included to show an area of light industry in the New Town. |
Related items | Coll-1167/1/M/4 Coll-1167/1/M/7 |