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Photographs of the south side of Edinburgh > (73) 5 St Johns Hill. A11.
(73) 5 St Johns Hill. A11.
Permanent URLhttps://digital.nls.uk/74506972
DescriptionPhotograph of a three storey building. On the right, a whitewashed shed is built onto the house. A boy is leaning against the shed and two girls are sitting on the pavement in front of it. On the left the opening to a tower-like building is visible with a street lamp in front of it.
ShelfmarkPhot.med.35
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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 > St John's Hill, 5 (street address) [Place depicted]
Europe > United Kingdom > Scotland > Edinburgh > St John's Hill, 5 (street address) [Place created]
Europe > United Kingdom > Scotland > Edinburgh > Edinburgh (inhabited place) [Place depicted]
Subject / content: Children (people by age group)
Sheds
Street lighting units
Whitewash
Tenement houses
Lanterns (lighting devices)
Brackets (lighting devices)
Sitting
White (color)
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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