Leith Collection

Old & Young Tom Morris
A golf match involving Willie Park, Old Tom Morris, and Young Tom Morris at Leith Links, Scotland

Paddle Steamer Leith 1837
The paddle steamer Leith arriving at Grantham Pier, Edinburgh. Built by R.Menzies & Sons for the General Steam Navigation Co 1837 and used by GSNC for coastal service between Leith and London

Edinburgh / Leith 1904
Edinburgh: the Water of Leith from Dean Bridge

Leith Hill Tower, Surrey, the highest point in the county, built in 1766 by Richard Hull, as a viewpoint. Legend has it that his last request was to be buried upside down in it

Summerside Street, Leith, Midlothian
Summerside Street, Leith, Edinburgh, near Newhaven, Midlothian, Scotland. Date: 1917

Main Street, Newhaven, Midlothian
Main Street, Newhaven, Edinburgh, near Leith, Midlothian, Scotland. Showing the Peacock Hotel Date: 1906

Advert, John Cran & Co, Shipbuilders, Leith, Scotland
Advert for John Cran & Co, Shipbuilders and Engineers, Leith, Scotland. 1905

EDINBURGH / COOKEs 1779
Edinburgh: general view of the Castle and City

Advert, The Leith, Hull and Hamburg Steam Packet Company
Advert for The Leith, Hull and Hamburg Steam Packet Company Ltd, Passenger and Cargo Ships, Bernard Street, Leith, Scotland. 1905

View from Leith Hill, Surrey - Painted by artist Frank E Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J

Friday Street, Leith Hill, Surrey - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J. Salmon, and reproduced as a local view postcard

Leith Hill Tower, Leith Hill, near Dorking, Surrey - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J

Coldharbour, Leith Hill, near Dorking, Surrey - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J

Leith Hill, near Dorking, Surrey - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J. Salmon, and reproduced as a local view postcard

Leith Hill and Dorking, Surrey, viewed from Box Hill - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J

Norway cruises advert
Advert for Norway cruises on the R Ms P Araquaya. It travelled from London or Leith. Date: 1925

Waterfall, Tillingbourne Valley, Leith Hill, Surrey
Waterfall in the Tillingbourne Valley, foot of Leith Hill, Surrey Date: 1928

Attack on the port of Leith, Scotland, July 1650, by Cromwells English New Model Army against Scottish forces (under David Leslie, 1st Lord Newark) during the English Civil War (1642-1651)

An Incident in the Siege of Leith, near Edinburgh, 6 April 1560, part of the European Wars of Religion. Weapons were fired after a supposed cessation of hostilities

A page from The Sphere reporting on yachting at Cowes in 1910. The large bottom photograph shows the opulent interior of the Miranda owned by Lord Leith of Fyvie

Photograph featured in The Tatler of a house party at Fyvie Castle, hosted by Lord and Lady Leith. Date: 1913

German gipsies in Scotland
German gipsies, who had arrived in Leith and travelled across Scotland to set up an encampment in Glasgow

Advert, James Ritchie & Son, Edinburgh, Scotland
Advert for James Ritchie & Son, Manufacturers of Tower, Factory and Railway Clocks, Leith Street, Edinburgh, Scotland. 1905

Advert, Hall, Dunbar & Co, Paint and Polishes, Leith
Advert for Hall, Dunbar & Co, Paint and Polishes, Leith, Scotland. 1905

Advert, E Chalmers & Co Ltd, Bonnington and Leith
Advert for E Chalmers & Co Ltd, Paper Stock and General Merchant House, Bonnington and Leith, Scotland. 1905

Advert, Bell & Bieberstedt, Seed Growers, Leith, Scotland
Advert for Bell & Bieberstedt, Seed Growers, Leith, Scotland. 1905

Recruitment poster, Meeting at Chiswick Empire, London, WW1
Poster, Recruiting for the War! Great Free Meeting at the Chiswick Empire, London, 5 November 1914. 1914

Design, The Port of Leith, Scotland. 1905

Design, Leith, Scotland. 1905

Advert, John Inglis & Sons, Leith, Scotland
Advert for John Inglis & Sons, The Midlothian Oatmeal Mills, Bonnington, Leith, Scotland. 1905

Leith Dock Commission, Edinburgh Dock, Scotland
Leith Dock Commission, Edinburgh Dock (Sheds 4 and 5), Scotland, fitted with nearly 100 Kinnear rolling metal shutters in total. Date: circa 1930s

Edinburgh Girls Industrial School - playground
Inmates in the playground at the Girls Industrial School, Leith Walk, Edinburgh. Date: circa 1899

The suggested enclosure of Box Hill, Surrey. Also pictured is The White Horse at Dorking(1), Deepdene(3), the garden of the Burford Bridge Hotel(4) and the view from the top of Box Hill

Charles I playing golf at Leith receives news of rebellion
King Charles I, playing golf at Leith, Scotland, receives news of the Irish rebellion which marked the beginning of the Irish Confederate Wars in October 1641

Scene at Leith Docks with ferry for Shetland Islands
Scene at Leith Docks with a ferry about to depart for the Shetland Islands. The photographers van is in the foreground, also waiting to be loaded on board. circa late 1950s

Vickers gun in Talbot lorry - (operations near Jamalabad)
Photograph: Vickers gun in Talbot lorry - (operations near Jamalabad). Shows two men in a truck with a gun pointing out of the front

Photos by the R. F. C. 1917
Photograph: Photos by the R. F. C. 1917. One of two photographs showing aircraft in the air. From a photograph album of 230 photographs taken by by Col W Leith-Ross, Army Staff, 1916-1917

7 / 1 / 16 Battle of Shaik Saad. 18 pounder battery in action
Photograph: 7/1/16 Battle of Shaik Saad. 18 pounder battery in action at Battle of Shaik Saad on right bank. Shows 18 pdr battery in action. Inscribed as title on reverse

George Anderson, Scottish footballer
George E Geordie Anderson, Scottish professional footballer who played for Leith Athletic, Blackburn Rovers, New Brighton Tower and Blackpool. 1890s

Craiglockhart, on the Water of Leith near Slateford (1843). Moore, James 1819 - 1883. Date: 1843

Leith (1842). Moore, James 1819 - 1883. Date: 1842

On the Water of Leith, Craiglockart (1840). Moore, James 1819 - 1883. Date: 1840

Queen Victoria Statue, Leith Walk, Leith, Scotland
Queen Victoria Statue, Leith Walk, Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland - which was unveiled by Lord Rosebery on 12th October 1907. Date: 1907

Stream at Leith Hill
Stream near Leith Hill, Surrey. Date: 1909

The New Town Hall, Leith, Scotland Date: circa 1801

New Lane, Newhaven, Midlothian
New Lane, Newhaven, Edinburgh, near Leith, Midlothian, Scotland. Date: 1905

Alexander Forbes-Leith
Alexander John Forbes-Leith, 1st Baron Leith of Fyvie (1847 1925), Scottish Royal Navy officer and US steel magnate. Date: 1909

Victoria Girls Industrial School, Leith, Edinburgh
The Victoria Industrial School for Girls, Restalrig Road, Leith, near Edinburgh. Date: Circa 1908

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