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  • Broomielaw at the corner of Jamaica Street, c1914, and the well-known tailors and outfitters, Paisleys. Founded in the late 1800s, it was popular place to buy school uniforms. It closed in 1979 and the building was demolished in 1993.

  • Looking north up West Nile Street from St Vincent Street, 1950s. The 105 trolley bus to Clarkston is visible.

  • Union Street looking south from Gordon Street. The well-known Ca'D'Oro building and restaurant is just visible on the left.

  • Charing Cross, 1903. Most of the buildings seen in the picture were demolished to make way for the M8. Charing Cross Mansions and the Cameron Memorial Fountain remain.

  • Buchanan Street looking north from Argyle Street. McDonald Furriers is on the left and Wylie Hill and Cranston's Tea Rooms on the right. Picture by Annan, 1926.

  • Trongate looking east, c1904. The Tron (originally a church and now a theatre) and the original clocktower from 16th century are on the right.

  • Dumbarton Road at Partick station looking east, 1960.

  • Massey's Corner at St George's Road and Clarendon Place, April 1956. Massey's was one of the first self-service grocery stores in Glasgow.

  • Looking east along Argyle St from St Enoch's Corner, n.d. Robert Scott's diamond and pearl merchants and Rowan & Co., clothiers, can be seen on the left. To the right would have been St Enoch Sq with the train station and the imposing St Enoch Hotel.

  • Great Western Road at Kelvin Bridge, c1910, looking east. The spires of St Mary's Cathedral and Landsdowne Parish Church are on the left.

  • The Mitchell Library from North Street, c1910.

  • Bath Street from North Street, postmark 1908.

  • St Enoch Square, c1900, with horse-drawn traffic. Pictured are the imposing St Enoch Station and Hotel (demolished 1977) and the original entrance to the subway which promised to be the 'coolest, quickest, travelling subway'.

  • The junction of St Vincent Street and Renfield Street, Sept 1958. Malcolm Campbell Ltd greengrocers can be seen at 104 St Vincent Street.

  • Thomas Annan was commissioned by the City of Glasgow to photograph old streets and closes before they were demolished as part of the Improvements Act of 1866. In this image a large crowd of people has gathered in Saltmarket. 1868.

  • St Andrews Hall, Berkeley St, c1962. These halls were world-renowned for their acoustic but were devastated by fire in late 1962. Only the frontage survived and now forms part of The Mitchell.

  • Looking north up Jamaica Street from Glasgow Bridge. Paisley's, outfitters and tailors, is on the left.

  • Looking north up Union Street from the corner of Argyle Street and Jamaica Street, c1962.

  • Queen Street looking north from Argyle Street. c1946. Only the tall building on the left remains.

  • Charing Cross Mansions, n.d. Still considered one of Glasgow's finest red sandstone tenement buildings, they were deisgned by JJ Burnet and completed in 1891.

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