Palais de Danse, Fountainbridge

Category

Library Item

Item no

4937

Title

View of Fountainbridge showing Palais de Danse and old toy factory. The toy factory has been demolished

Description

A soldier walks past the Palais de Danse dance hall in Fountainbridge, Edinburgh. Over the street two women stand with prams and children. A large cart blocks some of the street behind them. Rising above the buildings is a large smoking factory chimney.

Artist / maker

Chrystal, Francis M.

Date

1920

Size

12 x 16.5 cm

Type

Photograph

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

Fountainbridge is an area in the south-west of central Edinburgh, to the west of Tollcross. The area is centred around the western section of a road also called Fountainbridge. The Union Canal now begins in this area having originally extended a little further east.

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Architecture > Architectural features > Chimneys

Places > Edinburgh areas > Fountainbridge

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

Transport > Land > Carts and wagons

Transport > Land > Prams

(55°56′36″N, 3°12′29″W)

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