Glasgow, 26 Civic Street, Civic Press View from NW
SC 596980
Description Glasgow, 26 Civic Street, Civic Press View from NW
Date 1/5/1967
Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 596980
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content Civic Press, No 26 Civic Street, Glasgow This was a printing works which specialised in left-wing publishing and printing, for instance, election posters and leaflets and placards for demonstrations. It was a survivor of the radical activity so characteristic of early 20th-century Glasgow. This shows the frontage of the building, which was built in the early 20th century of rendered brick, probably to resemble the fashionable concrete buildings of the period. Note the large number of windows, probably to facilitate hand composition of type. As can be seen in this view, the building was originally surrounded by tenements. These were cleared away in the late 1960s, leaving the building isolated. The printing works has since been replaced with Civic Print. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
External Reference H67/231/2A
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