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Boys playing cards, Canongate
Unknown, 1901, Photograph
Boys playing cards, Canongate
Boys playing cards, Canongate
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Item no
17820
Title
Boys playing cards, Canongate
Description
Three boys sit in a doorway playing cards. They each wear similar jackets, scarves and flat caps. The word "Railway" appears in one of the glass panels in the double doors behind the boys.
Artist / maker
Unknown
Date
1901
Size
15.5 x 11 cm
Type
Photograph
Location
Edinburgh and Scottish Collection
This is a photograph from 'The Life History of a Slum Child' focusing on the community living in the Canongate. The Canongate is the section of Edinburgh's Royal Mile running from the junction with Jeffrey Street to a roundabout almost immediately outside Holyrood Palace.
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The Old and New Towns of Edinburgh World Heritage
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Life History of a Slum Child
Whose Town? Victorian Edinburgh
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