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Unidentified close (possibly Reid's Close)
Keith, Thomas, 1855, Photograph
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Unidentified close (possibly Reid's Close)
Unidentified close (possibly Reid's Close)
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Unidentified close (possibly Reid's Close)
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A man is seated on a cart in Reid's Close, Edinburgh. On either side of the cobblestone road through the close is housing, one of the buildings has curved walls.
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Keith, Thomas
Date
1855
Size
19.6 x 26.9 cm
Type
Photograph
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Edinburgh and Scottish Collection
Roddy Simpson recently identified Reid's Close as a likely location for this print. His research was presented at the SSHoP seminar on the photography of Dr Thomas Keith, 24th November 2006.
The 'closes' of Edinburgh's Old Town are narrow passages branching off at right angles from the main streets. They provide access to the tenement buildings, and often to small shared courtyards. Many closes also act as shortcuts between Old Town's main streets.
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(55°57′5″N, 3°10′33″W)
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