A photograph entitled 'Old Building, High Street', taken by Thomas Annan in 1868. The photograph shows a row of buildings on the High Street in Glasgow. A sign on the building on the left advertises 'Money Lent On All Kinds Of Mechanics Tools Etc' above a sign for a 'Drysalter, Oil & Colourman'. The building next to it houses H McIlvenny's Lodging.

A photograph entitled 'Old Building, High Street', taken by Thomas Annan in 1868.

The photograph shows a row of buildings on the High Street in Glasgow. A sign on the building on the left advertises 'Money Lent On All Kinds Of Mechanics Tools Etc' above a sign for a 'Drysalter, Oil & Colourman'. The building next to it houses H McIlvenny's Lodging.

The High Street started at the east end of Glasgow where the majority of the city's slum housing was located.

In 1868 the City of Glasgow Improvement Trust approached Thomas Annan to take photographs of some of the slum areas of the city prior to demolition. The resulting images are some of the earliest examples of documentary photography.