The Old Edinburgh Club

Category

Library Item

Item no

14973

Title

The Old Edinburgh Club, meeting at the foot of Blackfriars Street

Description

A group of men and women wearing a variety of fashions, with many involved in conversations, wait at the foot of Blackfriars Street. Up the hill, the street is bustling with people.

Artist / maker

Unknown

Date

1913

Size

6 x 8.7 cm

Type

Photograph

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

Blackfriar's Wynd led from the High Street down to the Dominican priory which stood on the south side of the Cowgate, east of Robertson's Close. This narrow Wynd has since been widened and is called Blackfriar's Street.

The Old Edinburgh Club was founded in 1908 with the aim of recording the vanishing evidence of Edinburgh's history, its buildings and its people. While the Club's original focus was the Old Town, over time the Club became concerned with the local history of the whole of Edinburgh.

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Clothing and dress > Accessories > Hats

Clothing and dress > Garments > Coats

Places > Edinburgh areas > Old Town

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh