3 East Arthur Place

Category

Library Item

Item no

17266

Title

3 East Arthur Place

Description

A baby in a pram sits on the corner of 3 East Arthur Street, Edinburgh surrounded by three small boys. Next to them a motorcycles lies at the side of the road and a small van with the word "Musselburgh" on the back is parked in front of that. The tenement on the corner is a little rundown with some broken and bricked up windows. A man can be seen entering the stairwell.

Artist / maker

Malcolm, Adam H

Date

1959

Size

122 x 86cm

Type

Photograph

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

This image is taken from the Dumbiedykes Survey that was carried out in 1959 for the Libraries and Museums Committee of Edinburgh Town Council. The survey was to record the buildings of the area before their demolition and reconstruction after 1964.

Dumbiedykes is an area of central Edinburgh bordered by Holyrood Park to the east and Holyrood Road to the north. The area and road take their name from the Academy for the Deaf and Dumb established by Thomas Braidwood around 1764 and closed in 1783 (known as Dummie/Dumbie House). Today the name most often refers specifically to the housing estate in the area which comprises two tower blocks, Lockview Court and Holyrood Court, and other housing.

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Homes > Residential buildings > Tenements

Places > Edinburgh areas > Southside

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