A photograph entitled 'Princes Street from King Street', taken by Thomas Annan in 1868. The photograph shows a view of Princes Street in Glasgow, viewed from King Street. A pawnbroker's shop can be seen on the left, and a painted sign on the right reads 'Tron Parish School'.
A photograph entitled 'Princes Street from King Street', taken by Thomas Annan in 1868.
The photograph shows a view of Princes Street in Glasgow, viewed from King Street. A pawnbroker's shop can be seen on the left, and a painted sign on the right reads 'Tron Parish School'.
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.
Details
- Category:
- Photographs
- Object Number:
- 1987-5201/24
- Materials:
- paper
- type:
- photograph and carbon print
- copyright:
- National Science and Media Museum
- credit:
- National Media Museum, Bradford
