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Close, No. 46 Saltmarket – Vintage Wall Art

Close, No. 46 Saltmarket, [ca. 187-] — historic photograph
Close, No. 46 Saltmarket, [ca. 187-]. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Close, No. 46 Saltmarket comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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A narrow close at No. 46 Saltmarket is the subject here, with the caption card tagging children, carts, and slums, which places the scene in one of the crowded old lanes of Glasgow's center. Thomas Annan made the picture as a woodburytype, a process that reproduces continuous tone and was well suited to book illustration. It appeared in *Old Glasgow*, published for the Glasgow City Improvement Trust around 1878 or 1879, when the Trust was clearing overcrowded buildings from the old town. Annan's photographs recorded these streets before they were demolished, so the view now stands as a record of a neighborhood that did not last.

Created / published[ca. 187-]
Medium1 photographic print.
NotesWoodburytype by Thomas Annan. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Illus. in: Old Glasgow / Thomas Annan. Glasgow City Improvement Trust, 1878 or 1879. Caption card tracings: Children; Carts; Slums; Ph. Ind.; Geogr.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,145 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-141168

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