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Capital Collections

Capital Collections is the online image library for Edinburgh Libraries and Museums and Galleries.

View amazing images of old and new Edinburgh as well as of Scotland and the world.

Browse themed exhibitions highlighting gems from our collections and discover unique images of people, places, objects and ephemera.

Capital Collections

Our Town Stories

Capital Collections’ memories

Browse 99 memories 6 scrapbooks
Dean Village view

Dean Village view

Evening walk in Dean Village.
A view of Well Court from the Water Of Leith

A view of Well Court from the Water Of Leith

A view across the Water of Leith of Well Court ...
Village in the sky

Village in the sky

Taken from Oxgangs residents' memories booklet
Supper Room at the Assembly Rooms

Supper Room at the Assembly Rooms

This restaurant looks very different today! Do...
Detail of some very ornate plasterwork

Detail of some very ornate plasterwork

Beautiful plasterwork with gilded paint work in...
The Church Hill Theatre

The Church Hill Theatre

The Church Hill Theatre is a gem for amateur th...
The Music Hall at the Assembly Rooms

The Music Hall at the Assembly Rooms

Edinburgh Libraries' photographer Kevin MacLean...
Programme for a 19th century concert at the Assembly Rooms

Programme for a 19th century concert at the Assembly Rooms

Programme for a concert by Dr Gauntlett on the ...
Ticket from the Edinburgh Music Festival Ball

Ticket from the Edinburgh Music Festival Ball

A beautifully illustrated lady's ticket from a ...
Burst waterpipe in the Lawnmarket

Burst waterpipe in the Lawnmarket

Dramatic events in the lawnmarket!
A family on the banks of the Union Canal

A family on the banks of the Union Canal

Beautiful picture of a family on a day out at t...
Grassmarket

Grassmarket

The inns of the Grassmarket, looks very much as...
Brown's Close in the Grassmarket

Brown's Close in the Grassmarket

This wasn't that long ago, yet it looks Dickens...
The old wooden bridge over the Union Canal at Leamington Road

The old wooden bridge over the Union Canal at Leamington Road

This photo is taken looking west where Leamingt...
The Tapestry Room at Prestonfield House

The Tapestry Room at Prestonfield House

The Tapestry Room in Prestonfield House with it...
Stables at Prestonfield House

Stables at Prestonfield House

The fantastic circular stables at Prestonfield ...
Prestonfield House and gardens

Prestonfield House and gardens

View of Prestonfield House looking south.
Inside Prestonfield House

Inside Prestonfield House

The interior of Prestonfield House in the 1950s...
Prestonfield House from the drive

Prestonfield House from the drive

Photo of the exterior of Prestonfield House fro...
Queue of buses on Waverley Bridge

Queue of buses on Waverley Bridge

Love the bus driver's uniforms, they looked so ...
Trams on Princes Street

Trams on Princes Street

A tram from a different era on Princes Street! ...
Morrison Street

Morrison Street

Old houses on Morrison Street, How its changed!
North British Station Hotel on Princes Street

North British Station Hotel on Princes Street

Now its the Balmoral Hotel, but originally it w...
The Ferry at Cramond

The Ferry at Cramond

A rowboat ferry at Cramond.

St James Square development

St James Square development

These tenements were demolished as part of the ...
Tramcar in Main Street, Newhaven

Tramcar in Main Street, Newhaven

An electric tram makes its way along Main Stre...
Knifer-grinders cart, Bruntsfield

Knifer-grinders cart, Bruntsfield

Just one of the people who made their living go...
Ploughing at Liberton Tower Mains

Ploughing at Liberton Tower Mains

Incredible to think that this is Edinburgh and ...
Chalmers Church, West Port

Chalmers Church, West Port

Another of Edinburgh's long gone buildings - Ch...
Spanning the Water of Leith

Spanning the Water of Leith

The bridge at Coalhill across the Water of Leit...