Electricity Generation, Glasgow, c.1917
Album, 31 large photographs including 2 of electric vehicles
£328
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 19 June 2024 from 10:00 BST
Description
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
Provenance
Formerly owned by the Late Murray Mackinnon, a renowned collector of photography documenting Scottish life from the mid-19th to early-20th century.