Museum Photographs Record
Images
Metadata
Collection |
Photograph Collection |
Catalogue Number |
2012.48.24 |
Title |
Taylor's Close, west side and Hamilton Street, Greenock |
Date |
c 1877 |
Event |
Greenock Improvement Scheme 1877 |
Place |
Greenock/Inverclyde/Scotland/United Kingdom |
Object Name |
Transparency, Lantern Slide |
Medium |
Glass/Photographic Emulsion |
Processing Method |
Glass Positive |
Photographer |
Greenock Burgh Improvement Trust |
Description |
Late nineteenth century monochrome lantern slide transparency on glass showing a view of street of shops and houses above. Hamilton street on right. Taylor's Close, Shaw Street, Greenock leading down from Hamilton Street showing Phoenix Works. Inscribed 'Taylor's Close West Side, leading down from Hamilton Street 1879'. This photograph was probably taken as part of a survey prior to the Greenock Improvement Scheme of 1877. Some, possibly all, the images were taken by Robert Urie (born c 1823). |
Search Terms |
Hamilton Street, Greenock Greenock Improvement Trust |