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/S/6 |
Title | East Crosscauseway back of Nicolson Street |
Original title | Causewayside back of Nicholson (sic) Street |
Date | c1904-1910 |
Creator | Sir Patrick Geddes |
Scope and content | Compare with Coll-1167/1/S/5 and note the configuration of the roof-shape of the tenement in the background almost certainly proves that it is a building still standing (1990) on the east side of St Patrick's and Clerk Streets. The photograph must have been taken in Cowan's Close from a point slightly north of the photographer's position in Coll-1167/1/S/5. |
Author of original title | Robert Dykes |
Negative number | Green Box 56 |
Note | It is suggested that the building on the left is the other side of that shown in Coll-1167/1/S/5. |
Related items | Coll-1167/1/S/5 Coll-1167/1/S/5 Coll-1167/1/S/5 |