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Dundee City Archives @dundeecityarchives.bsky.social · 13h

Stewart's Bar on the corner of Exchange Street and Castle Street. Date: c.1966 Ref: IN18-027 CL1004

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Dundee City Archives @dundeecityarchives.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Corner of Mains Road and Mid Road Date: c.1965 Ref: BW151-04

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Dundee City Archives @dundeecityarchives.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Photograph from the Electricity Department's album. Shows the laying of the mains cable to Victoria Hospital in 1904 Ref: GD/HEB/25/3

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Dundee City Archives @dundeecityarchives.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The First Overgate Centre Date: 14 September 1989 Ref: IN046-087 BW281

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Dundee City Archives @dundeecityarchives.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Street of the Week: Ambrose Street Ambrose Street is named after the developer who built up the area. Thomas Ambrose bought the land and built houses which would later become the street that would bear his name.

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Dundee City Archives @dundeecityarchives.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Polepark Day Nursery, on Fleuchar Street Date: c.1970 Ref: DCC-BW102-10

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Dundee City Archives @dundeecityarchives.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

177 Hawkhill Date: c.1970 Ref: DCC-BW048-13

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Dundee City Archives @dundeecityarchives.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Strawberry Bank Date: c.1967 Ref: DCC-BW016-14

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Dundee City Archives @dundeecityarchives.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Street of the Week: Foundry Lane A lane on this line is marked on the 1793 Crawford Map of Dundee. It appears to have been originally called Rope Walk Lane. A rope work is show at the east end of the lane in 1858, but this may refer to a different works.

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Dundee City Archives @dundeecityarchives.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Hilltown looking towards Victoria Road Date: September 1971 Ref: DCC-SA2602

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Dundee City Archives @dundeecityarchives.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Lochee High Street Date: c.1968 Ref: DCC-BW047-24

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Dundee City Archives @dundeecityarchives.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Johnston's Lane from the Old Hawkhill. Date: September 2000 Ref: GD/X1384 Dundee Various Tray 2

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Dundee City Archives @dundeecityarchives.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

West Marketgait Date: c.1970 Ref: DCC-BW115-09

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Dundee City Archives @dundeecityarchives.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Littlewoods in the first Overgate Shopping Centre Date: c.1970 Ref: DCC-BW062-13

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Dundee City Archives @dundeecityarchives.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Street of the Week: McDonald Street This street started out as one of the many closes off the Hilltown. It was made into a proper street in 1876 when William McDonald built some new tenements on land that he owned, and connected the Hilltown to Dallfield Walk and Arthur Street.

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Dundee City Archives @dundeecityarchives.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

This document is a license signed by Queen Mary awarding the yards of the Grey Cordelier Friars to the burgh of Dundee for use as a burial ground. You might know the burial ground better as the Howff. The document was issued on this day - 11 Sep 1564

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Dundee City Archives @dundeecityarchives.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

A panoramic view of the East Station and Trades Lane Date: 10 September 1909 Ref: GD/X275

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Dundee City Archives @dundeecityarchives.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Can you work out where this colourful house is in Dundee? Put your guess in the comments and we will reveal all tomorrow. #WhereisitWednesday #Dundee #Archives

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Dundee City Archives @dundeecityarchives.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Construction of Tayside House. Date: September 1974 Ref: DCC-SA3710

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Dundee City Archives @dundeecityarchives.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

The first day of the London Blitz on the 7th of September 1940 saw Dundee Wharf bombed at 6.24pm with explosive bombs. This was the London home of the DP&L Shipping Line. The wharf was totally destroyed. Dundee Wharf was rebuilt in the 1950s and was eventually closed in 1969.

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Dundee City Archives @dundeecityarchives.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Springfield, just off Perth Road. Date: 1950s Ref: DCC-BW491-18

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Dundee City Archives @dundeecityarchives.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Street of the Week: Cross Row This short street was probably named this as it was a way to cross between Small's Wynd and Park Wynd. Although not marked there is a short street between the two wynd's in Crawford's map of 1793.

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Dundee City Archives @dundeecityarchives.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Abertay Historical Society is running a campaign to replace the Unicorn on top of the Mercat Cross in the Nethergate. Read more about the campaign and the Unicorn on the fundraising page: www.crowdfunder.co.u.... This image shows the Unicorn in 1913. Ref: GD/MUS230/2/13/3

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Dundee City Archives @dundeecityarchives.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Photograph No. 48 in an album showing the construction of the "New Tay Viaduct" (2nd Tay Rail Bridge). Here they are building brick shafts. It was taken on 3rd September 1886 Ref: GD/X717/1 #Dundee #Archives #Onthisday

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Dundee City Archives @dundeecityarchives.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Whilst the Law has been part of the Dundee's backdrop since time immemorial, the road to the top is a relatively new feature. Find out when and why it was built in our latest blog post. dundeecityarchives.w... #Dundee #Archives

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The Law Road

Inspired by some photographs from our Engineers Negatives collection, one of our volunteers looks into the construction of the road up to the top of the Law.

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Dundee City Archives @dundeecityarchives.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

On what street have these people stopped to have a chat? Put your answers in the comments and we will reveal all tomorrow. #WhereisitWednesday

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Dundee City Archives @dundeecityarchives.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

There are still some tickets available for the September FDCA talk, taking place tomorrow at 1pm in the Glasite Hall on King Street. If you are looking for something to do tomorrow, why not come along.

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Uncomfortable Verdant

A talk by Kim Turford-Mowat

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Dundee City Archives @dundeecityarchives.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

View of the early stages of construction of the Logie Housing Scheme in September 1919. You can read more about Logie, which was the first Council House scheme in Scotland, in our series of blog posts: dundeecityarchives.w... Date: 01/09/1919 Reference: GD/MUS230/1/8/11/3

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Dundee City Archives @dundeecityarchives.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

This the rear of the 3 storey tenement which sat on the corner of Hawkhill and 2 Small's Wynd. A back court entrance divides the two buildings and runs the length of the rear of the buildings to Wallace's Pend. Date: August 1928 Reference: GD/MUS230/5/7 #Dundee #Archives

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Dundee City Archives @dundeecityarchives.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Looking down Annfield Road, possibly from the junction with Annfield Row Date: Jun 1991 Ref: DCC-CL0604-22

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Dundee City Archives @dundeecityarchives.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Street of the Week: Campbell Street This street was built in the mid 1870s on what was then part of the Dudhope Estate. At the time the estate was owned by William MacBean Rankine, who inherited the estate from a distant relative, Richard Gardner in 1862.

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Dundee City Archives @dundeecityarchives.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

South Tay Street Date: c.1962 Ref: DCC-BW015-12

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Dundee City Archives @dundeecityarchives.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

View looking up the Murraygate towards the Wellgate Image is not dated but likely to be 1960s or 1970s? Ref: IN025-113 CL1011

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Dundee City Archives @dundeecityarchives.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Yeaman Shore Date: 18 June 1969 Ref: DCC-BW074-28

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Dundee City Archives @dundeecityarchives.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Street of the Week: Benvie Road You would expect maybe that Benvie Road was a road that led to Benvie, but this is not so. The name was decided at a Commissioners meeting in 1870 but its possible that the street and the buildings on it weren't built for a couple of years.

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Dundee City Archives @dundeecityarchives.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

In case you missed it, we featured on a recent episode of the BBC's Fake or Fortune (s14 ep2). There was even a brief cameo from our City Archivist Martin Allan! We won't spoil the ending but this is a really interesting story about a Dundee born artist.

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BBC One - Fake or Fortune?, Series 14, A Passage to India

Is a portrait of an Indian woman a lost work by 18th-century trailblazer Katherine Read?

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Dundee City Archives @dundeecityarchives.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Whitehall Crescent Date: not recorded, possibly 1960s Ref: DCC-SA2694 #Dundee #Archives

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Dundee City Archives @dundeecityarchives.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

The University of Dundee Tower Building from Perth Road. Date: 1962 Ref: DCC-SA0492

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Dundee City Archives @dundeecityarchives.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Looking along High Street towards Nethergate and Overgate. Whytock and Sons, Goldsmiths, High Street and Great American 6d Bazaar Date: c.1910 Collection: Engineers Negatives Collection (GD/Mus230) Reference: GD/MUS230/4/4/3

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Dundee City Archives @dundeecityarchives.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Nethergate showing St Enochs Church, Fine Art Saloon, Peter Craig, Merchant Tailor and Outfitter, George Robertson, Grocer and Wine Merchant and W. P. Laird and Sinclair Date: c.1896 Collection: Engineers Negatives Collection (GD/Mus230) Reference: GD/MUS230/14/2/1

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Dundee City Archives @dundeecityarchives.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

In honour of the moon passing in front of the sun for this evening's eclipse, that gives me an excuse to share one of my favourite family photographs. Sadly we don't know who this family are. It was probably taken c.1905 #Dundee #Moon #Eclipse #Eclipse2026 #Archives

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Dundee City Archives @dundeecityarchives.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Time for a #WhereisitWednesday puzzle for you all. Can you work out where this photograph was taken? Put your guess in the comments and we will reveal all tomorrow. #Dundee #Archives

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Dundee City Archives @dundeecityarchives.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Looking along Bell Street Date: 1970s Ref: BW147-13

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Dundee City Archives @dundeecityarchives.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Planning model from the 1960s showing a proposed layout of the waterfront. In this design proposal the Dundee West Station has been kept. We also have Tayside House, plus a large entertainment complex. Date: c.1962 Ref: DCC- BW058-18 #Dundee #Archives

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Dundee City Archives @dundeecityarchives.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Guthrie Street Date: c.1968 Ref: BW114-10

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Dundee City Archives @dundeecityarchives.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Dundee Road West under construction but near completion, looking east towards Stannergate station. Date: c.1924 Collection: Engineers Negatives Collection (GD/Mus230) Reference: GD/MUS230/2/3/2/8

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Dundee City Archives @dundeecityarchives.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Taken from Broughty Castle. Beach Crescent, Broughty Ferry and harbour wall [Image of a Valentines Postcard] Date: c.1920s Collection: Engineers Negatives Collection (GD/Mus230) Reference: GD/MUS230/14/2/5

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