Glass Photo Negative

Donated by Arthur Howie

This glass plate is one of a collection salvaged from the site at the time of the Granton Gas Works demolition. It was saved by Arthur Howie who worked at the Gas Works in the 1980s and who appreciated the potential importance of these artefacts. Arthur is now himself a photographer and active member of the local Muirhouse Photography Group.

This Glass plate photo negative is over 100 years old, taken on 11th October 1905! A box plate camera the type which would have taken this photograph can be found elsewhere in the People’s Museum of Memory and Myth. The negative image shows the entrance to the Granton Gas Works and if you look closely you’ll see an early motor car parked in front of the gatehouse. It is very likely that this is a Kingsburgh car built just along the road at Granton’s Madelvic Motor Company. Kingsburgh manufactured small cars there from 1900 after the original Madelvic company closed. Madelvic House now hosts a Community Hub including a local history museum.

Glass Photo Negative

Donated by Arthur Howie

This glass plate is one of a collection salvaged from the site at the time of the Granton Gas Works demolition. It was saved by Arthur Howie who worked at the Gas Works in the 1980s and who appreciated the potential importance of these artefacts. Arthur is now himself a photographer and active member of the local Muirhouse Photography Group.

This Glass plate photo negative is over 100 years old, taken on 11th October 1905! A box plate camera the type which would have taken this photograph can be found elsewhere in the People’s Museum of Memory and Myth. The negative image shows the entrance to the Granton Gas Works and if you look closely you’ll see an early motor car parked in front of the gatehouse. It is very likely that this is a Kingsburgh car built just along the road at Granton’s Madelvic Motor Company. Kingsburgh manufactured small cars there from 1900 after the original Madelvic company closed. Madelvic House now hosts a Community Hub including a local history museum.

Glass Photo Negative

Donated by Arthur Howie

This glass plate is one of a collection salvaged from the site at the time of the Granton Gas Works demolition. It was saved by Arthur Howie who worked at the Gas Works in the 1980s and who appreciated the potential importance of these artefacts. Arthur is now himself a photographer and active member of the local Muirhouse Photography Group.

This Glass plate photo negative is over 100 years old, taken on 11th October 1905! A box plate camera the type which would have taken this photograph can be found elsewhere in the People’s Museum of Memory and Myth. The negative image shows the entrance to the Granton Gas Works and if you look closely you’ll see an early motor car parked in front of the gatehouse. It is very likely that this is a Kingsburgh car built just along the road at Granton’s Madelvic Motor Company. Kingsburgh manufactured small cars there from 1900 after the original Madelvic company closed. Madelvic House now hosts a Community Hub including a local history museum.

Glass Photo Negative

Donated by  Arthur Howie

This glass plate is one of a collection salvaged from the site at the time of the Granton Gas Works demolition. It was saved by Arthur Howie who worked at the Gas Works in the 1980s and who appreciated the potential importance of these artefacts. Arthur is now himself a photographer and active member of the local Muirhouse Photography Group.

This Glass plate photo negative is over 100 years old, taken on 11th October 1905! A box plate camera the type which would have taken this photograph can be found elsewhere in the People’s Museum of Memory and Myth. The negative image shows the entrance to the Granton Gas Works and if you look closely you’ll see an early motor car parked in front of the gatehouse. It is very likely that this is a Kingsburgh car built just along the road at Granton’s Madelvic Motor Company. Kingsburgh manufactured small cars there from 1900 after the original Madelvic company closed. Madelvic House now hosts a Community Hub including a local history museum.