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Scott's Close, Dundee - Ref: WC0576
The Dundee Directory for 1895-96 lists two streets in the city called Scott’s Close. One is given at No. 97 Overgate, and the No. 6 Hawkhill. It is impossible to say categorically which this is.
This photograph is part of a sequence showing the demolition of the surviving medieval buildings. Despite Dundee’s huge wealth (mainly from the jute industry), the working classes faced widespread poverty.
Alexander Wilson, who took this photograph, was a supervisor in a Dundee jute mill for over 20 years. He bequeathed much of his collection and £50, to cover the costs involved, to the Free Library Committee of Dundee in 1923.