£328
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs | 792
Auction: 19 June 2024 from 10:00 BST
28 mounted and 3 loose large format silver gelatin photographs relating to electricity generation in Glasgow in the 1910s. 2 photographs of Glasgow Corporation electric vehicles at Mathieson Road Garage, the rest of construction work and electricity generation at sites at Dennistoun, Kinning Park, Buchanan Street, Osbourn Street, Cathedral Street and Dalmarnock. Four leaves missing, various loose photographs and notes including two large photographs of the 1911 Glasgow Exhibition electric lighting, mainly 34.5 x 29cm, some fading, album boards stained and worn
Formerly owned by the Late Murray Mackinnon, a renowned collector of photography documenting Scottish life from the mid-19th to early-20th century.