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Street scene, Rae's Close, Canongate
Inglis, Francis Caird, 1901, Photograph
Street scene, Rae's Close, Canongate
Street scene, Rae's Close, Canongate
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17822
Title
Street scene, Rae's Close, Canongate
Description
Group of women congregated in front of a shop window next to the entrance to Rae's Close. The women wear aprons and shawls and two of them hold babies. A small child peers into the window of the shop.
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Inglis, Francis Caird
Date
1901
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11.2 x 15.5 cm
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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. 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
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Babies
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Canongate
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Edinburgh
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