Gifford Park - North Side, Looking East

Category

Library Item

Item no

5966

Title

Gifford Park - north side, looking east

Description

Tenement housing is either side of a cobblestone road in Gifford Park, Edinburgh. A dairy is below one building and has a window display of confections available in the shop. People walk along the road and pavement while children play in the street.
This is a photograph by a member of the Edinburgh Photographic Society.

Artist / maker

McKenzie, J. C.

Date

1912

Size

8.6 x 13.6 cm

Type

Photograph

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

Gifford Park in Edinburgh runs west from South Clerk Street towards Buccleuch Street and Hope Park Crescent.

The word cobble has been used here to help with searching, an alternative term is sett. Sett stones describe both the type of stone and the method in which they are used.

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Business > Service industry > Shops

Homes > Residential buildings > Tenements

Places > Edinburgh areas > Southside

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

Sport and leisure > Activities > Walking

Transport > Infrastructure > Roads

Transport > Infrastructure > Streets

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