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
/U: Arthur's Seat
/3
| Full reference code | Coll-1167/1/U/3 |
| Title | Terraces Arthur's Seat |
| Original title | Terraces - Arthur Seat (sic) |
| Date | c1904-1910 |
| Creator | Sir Patrick Geddes |
| Scope and content | In his study on the origins of Edinburgh in the 'Outline Survey of the City', shown in the exhibition of 1910, Geddes refers to "cultivation terraces on the south slope" (of the Old Town). These had been virtually obliterated by subsequent development. |
| Author of original title | Alasdair Geddes |
| Negative number | Box 4, 1 |
| Note | See 'Introduction' to the printed catalogue "The Photographs for the Survey of Edinburgh by Sir Patrick Geddes". |
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