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Scott's Close, Dundee - Ref: WC0579
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 a close-up view of a window frame in one of the houses in Scott’s Close which was about to be demolished. The broken glass, crumbling stonework and rotting metal work show exactly why the houses were not inhabitable any more.
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.