(39) 36-40 West Richmond Street
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| Photographs of the south side of Edinburgh > (39) 36-40 West Richmond Street |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/74506904 |
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| Description | Photograph of a two storey tenement building with shops on the ground floor. On the left a boy stands facing the camera. Underneath the awning for a shop three more boys are standing together. In the middle there is a tobacconist and newsagent which has it's shop front covered in large advertisements for cigarettes and headline announcements for the daily racing papers. On the right there is a fishmonger's called E.Clark Fishmonger which has an extra sign in the window stating 'All kinds of fish cheap today'. In the doorway of the fishmongers some women have formed a queue, one holds the hand of a small child. |
| Shelfmark | Phot.med.35 |
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| Description | 138 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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| Shelfmark | Phot.med.35 |
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