Princes Street

Looking East from

National Galleries

Lookking to the east along Princes Street from the Foot of the Mound towards the Scott Monument  -  Tram 116 ©

PHOTOGRAPH

Tram 116

Edinburgh Corporation Transport  -  The cover of a map showing the tram and bus routes in Edinburgh in the 1920s ©

MAP COVER

Transport Map

Looking to the east along Princes Street from in front of the Royal Scottish Academy ©

PHOTOGRAPH

Police on Point Duty

Scott Monument  -  from Edinburgh Calotype ALbum ©

CALOTYPE PRINT, 1840s

Calotype Album

Enlargement from a stereo card by GW Wilson - View to the east along Princes Street towards the Scott Monument ©

HALF of a STEREO CARD

GW Wilson

Post Card - Princes Street, looking East - by James Patrick ©

POST CARD

James Patrick

Postcard by an unidentified publisher  -   Looking to the east along a busy princes street, possibly in the 1930s ©

POST CARD

Unidentified Publisher

Postcard by an unidentified publisher  -   Looking to the east along a busy princes street, possibly in the 1930s ©

POST CARD

Unidentified Publisher

Post Cards  -  P W & M  -  Vello Series  -  Princes Street, looking east towards the Scott Monument, the North British Hotel and Calton Hill ©

POST CARD

PWM Vello Series

Postcard by Valentine  -   View to the east along Princes Street from the foot of the Mound ©

POST CARD

Valentine

Postcard in the "Best of All" series by J B White Ltd, Dundee  -  Princes Street looking east towards the Scott Monument and the North British Hotel  -  frramed by a Macdonald tartan ©

POST CARD

J B White

Valentine Postcard  -  View to the east along Princes Street, from an upper floor in Princes Street, from the foot of the Mound  -  1905 ©

POST CARD

Valentine

Valentine Postcard  -  View to the east along Princes Street, from the foot of the Mound  -  1923  -  Photogravure ©

POST CARD

East from Foot of Mound

W R & S Ltd  -  Photograph from the early-1900s  -  Looking to the east along Princes Street from beside the National Gallery of Scotland ©

WR&S PHOTO - EARLY 1900s

Princes Street

W R & S Ltd photograph from around the early 1900s  -  Princes Street looking east from the National Galleries ©

WR&S PHOTO - EARLY 1900s

Princes Street

Looking east along Princes Street from the National Galleries- 1936 ©

1936

Image from the start of a film clip of a parade along Princes Street, during Allies Week in Edinburgh, 1942 ©

BRITISH PATHE FILMS  -  1942

Allies Week Parade

 

 

Stereo Views

Underwood & Underwood  -  Stereo view looking to the east along Princes Street towards the Scott Monument ©

STEREO CARD

Underwood & Underwood

Stereo view by Kilburn Brothers  -  Princes Street ©

STEREO CARD

Kilburn Brothers

A stereo view by NPG  -  Looking to the east along Princes Street from the foot of the Mound ©

STEREO CARD

NPG

 

Photographs -  1950s

Photograph by Norward Inglis  -  A procession along Princes Street approaches the salute at Hanover Street  -  early-1950s ©

PHOTOGRAPH  -  Norward Inglis

Procession

Photograph by Norward Inglis  -  View to the east along Princes Street from Hanover Street  -  early-1950s ©

PHOTOGRAPH  -  Norward Inglis

Princes Street

Looking to the east along Princes Street towards the Scott Monument and North British Hotel  -  1950s ©

PHOTOGRAPH  -  Phil Wilson

Trams, Cars, Pedestrians

 

Recent Photos

Princes Street and the Edinburgh Wheel

2007

Edinburgh Wheel +
Double-decker buses

Princes Street and the Edinburgh Wheel

2007

Edinburgh Wheel +
Single-decker buses

Road markings introduced into Edinburgh New Town in 2005 as part of the Central Edinburgh Traffic Management Scheme  -  Looking east along Princes Street from the junction with Hanover Street ©

2005

New Road Markings

Princes Street near Hanover Street ©

2007

Newspaper Seller

Lothian Buses  -  Route X25  -  Bus 902 approaches the National Galleires of Scotland in Princes Street ©

2011

Buses and Umbrellas

Santa Train in Princes Street  -  Christmas, 2011 ©

2011

Santa Train

Santa Train in Princes Street  -  Christmas, 2011 ©

2011

Santa Train  -  zoom-in

 

Oil Painting

Tram crossing Princes Street from Hanover Street, at the foot of the Mound ©

Early-1950s?

Mike Jeffries

 

Map of Princes Street and Princes Street Gardens  -  1860

 

 

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Views of Edinburgh

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 Looking E         Looking W         Looking N + NE        Looking S

from Calton Hill        Preparing for the Trams        Princes Street Gardens

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