Dock Street (east), Dundee - Ref: WC0142
This photograph shows the eastern section of Dundee's Dock Street with junctions to Candle Lane (leading northwards to the Seagate) and Trades Lane (likewise).
The prominent central building is the Dundee Sailors' Home, which was opened with great festivities by the Earl of Dalhousie on 16th December 1881. The building features in The Illustrated London News for July of that year.
The building was subscribed by Provost Moncur (£4000) and other prominent local men; the plans were prepared by the local architects Ireland & Maclaren 'in the Elizabethan style'. In total, over £11000 was spent on the building and £1000 on furnishings.
Alexander Wilson who took this photograph, was a supervisor in a Dundee jute mill for over 20 years. He bequeathed much of his collection and £50, to cover the costs involved, to the Free Library Committee of Dundee in 1923.