Close, No 136 Saltmarket
- Made:
- 1868 in Glasgow and Saltmarket
- photographer:
- Thomas Annan
A photograph entitled 'Close, No. 136 Saltmarket', taken by Thomas Annan in 1868. The photograph shows wooden carts parked up in a close behind number 136 Saltmarket Street in Glasgow.
A photograph entitled 'Close, No. 136 Saltmarket', taken by Thomas Annan in 1868.
The photograph shows wooden carts parked up in a close behind number 136 Saltmarket Street in Glasgow. Saltmarket Street crosses the High Street, which 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.
Details
- Category:
- Photographs
- Object Number:
- 1987-5201/33
- Materials:
- paper
- type:
- photograph
- copyright:
- National Science and Media Museum
- credit:
- National Media Museum, Bradford
