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Photographs of the south side of Edinburgh > (20) Page 123 - 30-38 Potterow
(20) Page 123 - 30-38 Potterow
Permanent URLhttps://digital.nls.uk/74506866
DescriptionPhotograph of a three storey building with an empty shop in the centre above which a 'For Sale' sign is displayed. A women leans out of the first floor window directly above and in the top storey a figure is also leaning out facing the camera. Further down the street beside a sign attached to an archway two women are facing each other, one leaning against the building.
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Form / genre: Images > Pictures > Photographs > Photographic prints
Images > Pictures > Photographs > Photographic prints > Gelatin silver prints
Images > Albums > Photograph albums
Dates / events: 1929 [Date created]
Places: Europe > United Kingdom > Scotland > Edinburgh > Potterow, 30-38 (street address) [Place depicted]
Europe > United Kingdom > Scotland > Edinburgh > Potterow, 30-38 (street address) [Place created]
Europe > United Kingdom > Scotland > Edinburgh > Edinburgh (inhabited place) [Place depicted]
Subject / content: Signs (declatory or advertising artifacts)
Archways
Storefronts
Windows
Tenement houses
Men (male humans)
Women (female humans)
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.
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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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