From Shore to Shore - historic Scottish coastal photographs

To celebrate the Year of Coasts and Waters, the National Library of Scotland has launched From Shore to Shore, a new website at https://digital.nls.uk/learning/from-shore-to-shore/ featuring late 19th century coastal photographs from all over Scotland.

The collection comprises over 14,000 photographs from the 1840s to the mid-20th century, which can be viewed on a geo-referenced historical map of the country. Samples of related archive films can also be viewed on the site's ‘Resources’ page. The images have been sourced from the library's MacKinnon Collection.

The page hists three separate areas, images from the West (featuring Ballantrae, Girvan, Dunure, Ayr, Saltcoats, Ardrossan, Portencross, Glasgow, Tarbert, Ardrishaig, Oban, Sound of Mull, Staffa, Kyle of Lochalsh, South Uist, St Kilda, Stornoway), images form the East (featuring Aberdeen, Carnoustie, Dundee, St Andrews, Fife, Firth of Forth, Cockenzie, North Berwick), and images from the North (featuring Shetland, Orkney, Pentland Firth, Wick). NB: Scotland's southern shore is called England!

Enjoy!

Chris

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