Museum Photographs Record
Images
Metadata
Collection |
Photograph Collection |
Catalogue Number |
2012.48.23 |
Title |
The Anchor Inn, Shaw Street, Greenock under demolition |
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 |
Monochrome print on paper showing a view of three storey house, the Anchor Inn, on Shaw Street, Greenock. Demolished building on right. Old woman selling in foreground. Inscribed 'Anchor Inn Shaw Street South Side Showing Shaw St. School' & signed 'W.O. Leitch'. 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 |
Anchor Inn, Shaw Street, Greenock |