Murraygate, Dundee - Ref: WC0403
The south-western end of Dundee's Murraygate is shown in this photograph, reading east to west from left to right.
James Lorimer at No. 65 Murraygate is listed in the Dundee Directory as 'strawbonnet & millinery warehouseman' with a second shop at No. 24 Whitehall Street, and living at Sandridge Cottage in Monifieth. Three other Lorimers are listed as milliners.
The Murraygate Fish Store at No. 59 was owned by Mrs M. McDonald, and the 'Variety House' at No. 63 by the ironmonger John Wallace, who lived at No. 61. Andrew G. Duncan, the butcher at No. 57, lived in Victoria Cottage, Baldovie.
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.