1914, Photograph, B 40447
David Reids 'Stirlingshire' Tannery on the northern bank of the River Torrens. David Reid was born at Stirling, Scotland in 1823; emigrated to Victoria in 1857 and thence to Adelaide in 1859, where he entered the tannery of a Mr Dench, as foreman. Later he established the 'Stirlingshire Tannery' and at the time of his death he was employing 60 people. The tannery was then taken over by his son J.H. Reid. See article in 'Adelaide and Vicinity' (1901), page 520.