Jackson's Close, High Street

Category

Library Item

Item no

6333

Title

Jackson's Close, High Street, at present being reconstructed

Description

A section of the High Street on Edinburgh's Royal Mile shows some men on the pavement at a junction. The tenement buildings are several stories high and in the middle at ground and first floor level is the premises of T Baillie, first class hairdresser and tobacconist. The movement of a vehicle is captured as a blur against the cobbled road as it passes.

Artist / maker

Unknown

Date

1925

Size

25.5 x 21 cm

Type

Photograph

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

This photograph is taken from the bound volume 'City of Edinburgh: photographs of housing reconstructions carried out by the corporation'.

The High Street is the section of Edinburgh's Royal Mile that runs from George IV Bridge down to its junction with Jeffrey Street and St. Mary's Street.

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Architecture > Architectural features > Chimneys

Homes > Residential buildings > Tenements

Places > Edinburgh areas > Old Town

Places > Edinburgh areas > Royal Mile

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

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