Glencoe, Argyll

Maker
John Peat Munn
Production date
Aug 1951
 Description
Text on negative envelope reads 'Glencoe. Village, looking west'. View looking west of the main street. The houses are whitewashed and of one or one-and-a-half storeys. On the right is a shop advertising chocolate and postcards. There is a well outside. Up the street is a church spire.
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Object detail

Department
Photo
Collection
Munn Photographic Collection/Family & Personal Papers Group
Maker
Production date
Aug 1951
Subject place
Glencoe/Highland
Subject notes
The village lay on the main road from Glasgow to Fort William and Inverness. The main street was part of that road until 1935 when a new full-width road replaced the narrow single-track one. Most of the houses shown would not have running water when built, hence the need for a well.
Accession number
P39193

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