97-99 Canongate

Category

Library Item

Item no

7606

Title

97-99 Canongate. Front view

Description

A run down cobblers with a flat above it is next to a tenement building in the Canongate, Edinburgh. The cobbler's premises has a pantile roof with a tall chimney stack. Next door to this building are some railings on which is an advertising sign with directions. An election poster has been pasted to a stone pillar.

Artist / maker

Unknown

Date

1927

Size

20.2 x 15.7 cm

Type

Photograph

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

The Canongate is the section of Edinburgh's Royal Mile running from the junction with Jeffrey Street to a roundabout almost immediately outside Holyrood Palace.

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Business > Service industry > Shops

Homes > Residential buildings > Tenements

Places > Edinburgh areas > Canongate

Places > Edinburgh areas > Old Town

Places > Edinburgh areas > Royal Mile

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

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