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Photographs of the south side of Edinburgh > (15) 2-4 Lothian Street and 3-5-7 Potterow. O 120
(15) 2-4 Lothian Street and 3-5-7 Potterow. O 120
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DescriptionPhotograph of a three storey building looking from the street corner. In the centre of the picture on the ground floor is a pub called The Corner Bar. To the left side is a grocer and confectioner' s and a newsagent. To the right a streetlamp is visible further along the road. Outside the pub a group of two men and five boys face the camera. Outside the newsagent a woman stands.
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Form / genre: Images > Pictures > Photographs > Photographic prints > Gelatin silver prints
Images > Pictures > Photographs > Photographic prints
Images > Albums > Photograph albums
Dates / events: 1929 [Date created]
Places: Europe > United Kingdom > Scotland > Edinburgh > Lothian Street, 2-4 (street address) [Place created]
Europe > United Kingdom > Scotland > Edinburgh > Lothian Street, 2-4 (street address) [Place depicted]
Europe > United Kingdom > Scotland > Edinburgh > Edinburgh (inhabited place) [Place depicted]
Subject / content: Tenement houses
Street lighting units
Pubs
Men (male humans)
Boys
Women (female humans)
Grocery stores
Confectioners (candymakers)
Black-and-white prints (photographs)
Person / organisation: City of Edinburgh Improvement Trust (Saint Leonard's) [Sponsor]
Rushbrook, Alfred Henry, 1867-1937 [Photographer]

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Photographs of the south side of Edinburgh
Description138 black-and-white photographs taken in 1929 taken by Alfred Henry Rushbrook on behalf of the City of Edinburgh Improvement Trust. Shows tenements and shops around St Leonards before buildings were pulled down for slum clearance. Half-plate gelatin-silver prints. Precise address of building is given where known.
ShelfmarkPhot.med.35
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Form / genre: Images > Albums > Photograph albums
Dates / events: 1929 [Date created]
Places: Europe > United Kingdom > Scotland > Edinburgh > Edinburgh (inhabited place) [Place depicted]
Subject / content: Black-and-white prints (photographs)
Person / organisation: Rushbrook, Alfred Henry, 1867-1937 [Photographer]
City of Edinburgh Improvement Trust (Saint Leonard's) [Sponsor]

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