First Munroist's Photos May Go On Show
The 3,000-picture collection of the first man to summit all the Munros is being catalogued and may eventually go on public display in Edinburgh.
Posted: 22 June 2004
by Jon
The photographic collection of Scotland's first Munroist is
apparently being catalogued by the Scottish Mountaineering Club and
may eventually go on display at the new Scottish National Photography
Centre in Edinburgh according to an article in The Scotsman.
The Rev A E Robertson took around 3,000 shots of mountain scenes
from Scotland to the Alps and completed the Munroes in 1901. His
photographs have mostly been sitting in cardboard boxes for most of
the last century, but the club - he was a member - is now cataloguing
and digitising the images and looking for a permanent home for
them.
The Scotsman estimates that his photographic equipment would have
weighed around 15 lbs, so remember that next time you're whining that
your new-fangled digital camera's too heavy.
For the full, fascinating article, see the Scotsman
web site.
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