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Earl Grey Street - looking north from Tollcross

Hamilton, J. R., 1914, Photograph
Earl Grey Street - looking north from Tollcross
Earl Grey Street - looking north from Tollcross
Earl Grey Street - looking north from Tollcross
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5699
Title
Earl Grey Street - looking north from Tollcross
Description
Trams travel along Earl Grey Street in Edinburgh. A policeman stands on the cobblestone road between the tramlines. Tenement buildings are either side of the thoroughfare and there are shops on street level. One shop has the legend Flemmings Stores and above this is the Methodist Central Hall .On the opposite corner on Home Street is a shop selling costumes.Some of the people walking on the pavement stop to look at the shop window displays.
This is a photograph by a member of the Edinburgh Photographic Society.
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Date
1914
Size
9.2 x 12 cm
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Edinburgh and Scottish Collection
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