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The Encyclopedia of Photography’s Art and History

    The Old Closes and Streets of Glasgow

    • Thomas Annan (1829-1887)

    The structural and social conditions of Glasgow’s slums before their demolition as part of urban improvement efforts in the late 19th century.

    Close, No. 193 High Street

    The Old Closes and Streets of Glasgow

    • Thomas Annan (1829-1887)

    The structural and social conditions of Glasgow’s slums before their demolition as part of urban improvement efforts in the late 19th century.

    Close, No. 193 High Street
    Close, No.37 High Street
    Close No. 139 Saltmarket
    Close, No. 118 High Street
    Close, No. 148 High Street
    Elphinstone Tower, Main Street, Gorbals, 1868
    Closes, No.122 Saltmarket
    Closes, Nos. 97 and 103 Saltmarket
    Close, No.28 Saltmarket
    Old Vennel, off High Street
    Close No. 115 High Street, 1868,
    Close, No. 18 Saltmarket
    Back Wynd from Trongate, 1899
    Princes Street, from King Street
    St. Margaret’s Place, 1897
    Laigh Kirk Close
    Corner of Duke Street and High Street, 1897
    Close, No. 11 Bridgegate, 1897
    Close, No. 128 Saltmarket
    33. Close, No. 136 Saltmarket
    Close, No. 101 High Street
    Close, No. 30 Saltmarket
    Close, No. 83 High Street
    Close, No.29 Gallowgate
    Main Street, Gorbals, looking South
    Bell Street from High Street
    Close, No. 11 Bridgegate, 1897
    Close, No.267 High Street,1897
    Saltmarkets from London Street,1885
    Low Green Street
    Bridgegate from Corner of Market Street,1899
    Saltmarket from Bridgegate
    Old Houses at Corner of George Street and High Street
    Close, No.29 Bridgegate, 1897
    Old Building, High Street
    Broad Close, No. 167 Hight Street
    Tronegate, from Tron Steeple
    Main Street, Gorbals, looking North
    High Street, from Collage open

    Books

    Thomas Annan of Glasgow: Pioneer of the Documentary Photograph

    (Open Book Publishers, 2015)

    Thomas Annan: Photographer of Glasgow

    (J. Paul Getty Museum, 2017)

    Photographs of the Old Closes and Streets of Glasgow, 1868-1877

    (Dover Publications, 1977)

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