Leith Improvement Scheme Photographs
A collection of photographs taken in Leith by Donald Scott during the 1920s. The photographs were taken to show the slums of Leith prior to the ‘Edinburgh (Leith) Improvement Scheme of 1924'.
the narrowness, closeness and bad arrangement, or the bad condition of the streets and houses, or the want of light, air, ventilation or proper conveniences or other sanitary defects are dangerous or injurious to the health of the inhabitants of the buildings in the said Areas, or of the neighbouring buildings.
Leith Improvement Scheme - Pattypan upload to Wikimedia Commons
Below is a video demonstrating the process of uploading images to Wikimedia Commons in bulk using a desktop uploader called Pattypan. In this example, images from the Tower Block Archive are uploaded. Leith Improvement Scheme Photographs on Wikimedia Commons: Category:Leith Improvement Scheme Photographs - Wikimedia Commons Leith Improvement Scheme Photographs in University Collections: Leith Improvement Scheme Photographs (ed.ac.uk)
- Video: Leith Improvement Scheme - Pattypan upload to Wikimedia Commons
- A video demonstrating the process of uploading images to Wikimedia Commons in bulk using Pattypan. In this example, images from the Tower Block Archive are uploaded.