This selection of high quality photographs is taken from a collection by Alexander Wilson(c.1880-1905) His collection is now held within the Local History Centre at Dundee Central Library.
These images are reproduced here with the kind permission of Dundee City Council and Photopolis Dundee
Pre 1920's
Mike's Gallery
Gallery #2
Gallery #3
Alexander Wilson was born in Duns, Berwickshire and moved to Dundee in his twenties to become calender manager in the Baltic Street Calender of Baxter Brothers of Dundee. For over 30 years, he devoted his leisure time to photography.
Many subjects were recorded over the years, however it is evident from the collection that his main interest was architecture. Alexander Wilson recorded the changing face of buildings in Dundee from the 1870's to 1905. It was fortuitous that he was active at this time, in the years that followed much redevelopment in Dundee resulted in parts of the City vanishing forever.
On his death in 1922 he bequeathed the majority of his 5,000 glass negatives to the Free Library Committee of the Town Council with the sum of £50 to assist with conservation.
The Collection now lives in the Local History Centre, Central Library. The slides have been catalogued and are stored in archival boxes. Prints have been made of the glass negatives and can be viewed.
