Archive Collections, University of Dundee

a 1970s view taken by Professor R. P. Cook at the Wormit end of the Tay Railway Bridge with in the background

Feature in the Courier on some of our historic of 's Overgate https://buff.ly/TMHy0vf

Rare photos show how new shopping centre grew from rubble of Dundee's Overgate Archive pictures chart the area's dramatic transformation - from tenements and shops to a modern retail complex.

A tram in High Street in the early 20th century

A superb 1967 shot taken by Hugh Pincott looking down Ritchie's Lane from Hawkhill,

The Regal in Small's Wynd c 1954. One of 's many lost cinemas

Hawkhill at the junction with Kincardine Street, Dundee in 1969. Nothing in this picture survives today

View of waterfront taken from the Tay Road Bridge in August 2012 showing the old Olympia with its famous flumes and the Hilton Hotel (originally the Stakis Earl Grey). You can also see the University's Tower Building in the distance on the right

The view down Reform Street from High Street captured by Professor G.. H. Bell in 1957

An image of Royal Infirmary which appeared in its 1922 annual report. On the left is one of the single-decker trams which ran on the Constitution Road Barrick Road route until its closure in 1928

Mid 1990s shot of the corner of High Street and City Square. James Thin and R S McColl two well-known Scottish businesses which no longer exist. On the far left is the former University of Dundee student residence Chalmers Hall