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As a freelancer, Alex continued to contribute to news stories and features in publications such as the Scots Magazine. <\/em>He also continued to capture new developments and familiar scenes<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Aerial view of Dundee, c1960<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Craig pier market, Dundee, 1960s<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Boots corner on the High Street and Reform Street with the first Overgate shopping centre, 1960s<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Wellgate Steps flood, 1960s. This was a regular sight after heavy rain, with all the water flowing down from the Hilltown and Victoria Road to converge at the bottom of the Steps<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Traffic jam on the A9<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Murraygate at Christmas, 1960s<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Whitfield new housing, c1970. Built to accommodate Dundee’s expanding population, most of Whitfield was low rise, deck access flats. Innovative for the time, the homes were built using the ‘Skarne’ prefabrication system.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The Tay Road Bridge, 1970s<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Dryburgh multis, 1970s<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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View of Dundee from Newport, 1980s<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Some images dating from mid-1966 and earlier are potentially copyright of DC Thomson & Co Ltd where Alex was employed as a staff photographer.\u00a0All other images are copyright of Alex Coupar.\u00a0Audio is copyright University of Dundee Archive Services. Nothing to be reproduced without permission<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As a freelancer, Alex continued to contribute to news stories and features in publications such as the Scots Magazine. He also continued to capture new developments and familiar scenes Some images dating from mid-1966 and earlier are potentially copyright of DC Thomson & Co Ltd where Alex was employed as a staff photographer.\u00a0All other images are […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":242,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-26","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/coupars-camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/coupars-camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/coupars-camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/coupars-camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/coupars-camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/coupars-camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":638,"href":"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/coupars-camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26\/revisions\/638"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/coupars-camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/coupars-camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}