These color snaps from doveson2002 show what Edinburgh looked like from the early 1960s.
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Princes Street looking west, Edinburgh, circa 1960 |
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Castle Street, Edinburgh, circa 1960 |
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Princes Street looking east, Edinburgh, circa 1960 |
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Princes Street looking east, Edinburgh, circa 1960 |
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St. Cuthbert's horse-drawn milk cart, Canongate, Edinburgh, 1960 |
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The 'Pentland Hills Hotel', 68 Camus Avenue, Edinburgh, 1960 |
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View north from the castle, Edinburgh, circa 1960 |
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By the Floral Clock, Edinburgh, 1961 |
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Castle entrance, Edinburgh, 1961 |
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East end of Princes Street, Edinburgh, 1961 |
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Fettes College, Inverleith, Edinburgh, 1961 |
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Greyfriars' Bobby's Bar, Candlemaker Row, Edinburgh, 1961 |
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Imperial Hotel, Leith Street, from the junction with Little King Street (the pub on the right is Moir's Bar), Edinburgh, 1961 |
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J. W. Mackie's Shop & Tea Room, Princes Street, Edinburgh, 1961 |
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Jenners Store, Princes Street, Edinburgh, 1961 |
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Marcus' Fur Shop, 97 Princes Street, Edinburgh, 1961 |
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Old Waverley Hotel from the Scott Monument, Princes Street, Edinburgh, circa 1961 |
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Princes Street Gardens looking east, Edinburgh, 1961 |
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Princes Street looking east, Edinburgh, 1961 |
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Princes Street looking east, Edinburgh, 1961 |
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Princes Street looking west from the Scott Monument, Edinburgh, 1961 |
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Princes Street looking west, Edinburgh, 1961 |
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Scott Monument, Princes Street, Edinburgh, 1961 |
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St.Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh, 1961 |
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Sunset from Calton Hill, Edinburgh, 1961 |
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The Old Waverley Hotel, Princes Street, Edinburgh, 1961 |
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The Old Waverley Hotel, Princes Street, Edinburgh, 1961 |
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The 'Roxburghe' Hotel, Charlotte Square, Edinburgh, 1961 |
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Usher Brewery Cart, Waverley Bridge, Edinburgh, 1961 |
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West end of Princes Street at Binns Store, Edinburgh, 1961 |
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Bus stop, Princes Street, Edinburgh, 1962 |
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Castle from George Heriot's School, Edinburgh, 1962 |
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Chester Street, Edinburgh, 1962 |
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High Street looking west, Edinburgh, 1962 |
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John Knox's House, High Street, Edinburgh, 1962 |
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John Knox's House, High Street, Edinburgh, 1962 |
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Looking west at St. Giles Cathedral, High Street, Edinburgh, 1962 |
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Mons Meg, Castle, Edinburgh, 1962 |
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Princes Street looking east, Edinburgh, circa 1962 |
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Princes Street looking east, Edinburgh, circa 1962 |
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Princes Street looking east, Edinburgh, circa 1962 |
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Princes Street looking west, Edinburgh, circa 1962 |
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Princes Street looking west, Edinburgh, circa 1962 |
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River Almond, Cramond, Edinburgh, 1962 |
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St. Mary's Episcopalian Cathedral from Melville Street, Edinburgh, 1962 |
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The Beach, Cramond, Edinburgh, 1962 |
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The castle from Frederick Street, Edinburgh, 1962 |
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Canongate Tolbooth, High Street, Edinburgh, 1963 |
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Greyfriars Bobby, George IV Bridge, Edinburgh, circa 1963 |
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John Knox's House, Edinburgh, 1963 |
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John Knox's House, Edinburgh, 1963 |
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Lower Canongate, Edinburgh, 1963 |
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Princes Street looking east, Edinburgh, 1963 |
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St. Giles Cathedral, High Street, Edinburgh, 1963 |
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Traffic policeman, junction of Frederick St. and Princes St., Edinburgh, 1963 |
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Waverley Station from south St. Andrew Street, Edinburgh, 1963 |
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West end, Princes Street, Edinburgh, 1963 |
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East Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh, 1964 |
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High Street Looking East at St. Giles, Edinburgh, 1964 |
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Holyrood House, Edinburgh, 1964 |
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John Knox's House, High Street, Edinburgh, 1964 |
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Junction of Princes Street and Shandwick Place, Edinburgh, 1964 |
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Princes Street from Calton Hill, Edinburgh, 1964 |
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Princes Street looking east, Edinburgh, 1964 |
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Princes Street looking east, Edinburgh, 1964 |
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Princes Street looking west, Edinburgh, 1964 |
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Forth Road Bridge, River Forth, Queensferry, 1965 |
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Melville Street, Edinburgh, 1965 |
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Princes Street looking east, Edinburgh, 1965 |
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Princes Street Looking West, Edinburgh, 1965 |