Glasgow City Archives @GC_Archives
The City Archives are housed in the Mitchell Library and include the official records of various local authorities and a large number of private collections. facebook.com/GlasgowCityArc… Glasgow, Scotland Joined April 2017-
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Buchanan St, 1912 Buchanan St from the corner of St Vincent St, looking towards St George's church Archive Ref: P488
Murder Polis! A poster from our Glasgow Police Archives, 1912. These also include records of Glasgow and other west of Scotland police, which are a great source for the family historian
Electric signs for Bermaline Bread and Berina Food for Baby on the front of The Clydesdale Supply Company building, Bridge Street, March 1932. Archive ref: D-CA8/394
Potterfield Village, Moss Rd The Whins of Potterfield was a hamlet which stood at the junction of Haggs Road and Whins Road. At one time its inhabitants were miners who worked at the nearby Lochinch pit. c.1900 Archive Ref: p4072
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Shop fronts at 325-331 Sauchiehall St, 1939, including Singer Sewing Machine Co. Archive Ref: D-CA8/2919
Shop fronts at 120-118 Union St, 1930, with a wonderful view of The Ca d’Oro . Archive Ref: D-CA8/3369
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Cowcaddens, 1922 Cowcaddens Day Nursery showing mother being interviewed by health worker from photographs from the Environmental Health Dept. Glasgow City Archives Ref: P5035
Casino Cinema, 149-155 Castle St, 1962 A E Pickard opened the Casino Cinema in Townhead in 1911. It was sold to Glasgow Casino Ltd in 1924 and continued until 1960s. It was a bingo club until its closure in 1968. Archive Ref: D-PL 2/1/416
5 King St, Calton, showing back land and back court with children and adults, c.1902 Archive Ref: D-HE 8/2, p.10A
Hyde Park Public School, Springburn, in around 1916. The school was designed by Thomas, Dykes & Dale and opened in 1910. Archive ref: D-ED5/7
Workers boarding a bus in Queenslie Industrial Estate in around 1962. Visible in the background is the Weir-Pacific Valves Ltd building. Archive ref: P7635
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