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Story of Levi Prinski's life
Unknown, 1870, Photograph
Story of Levi Prinski's life
Story of Levi Prinski's life
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Title
Story of Levi Prinski's life from the Edinburgh Industrial Brigade register (page 7)
Description
Page 7 of the dictated story of Levi Prinski, a boy who was living in the Edinburgh Industrial Brigade's home for destitute and homeless boys. The story is printed in reproduced handwriting which has a border of twigs and leaves around it.
Artist / maker
Unknown
Date
1870
Size
22.2 x 16.4 cm
Type
Photograph
Location
Edinburgh and Scottish Collection
Accompanying text from Edinburgh Industrial Brigade and Home for the Rescue of Destitute & Homeless Boys: " I was born in Germany. After my Mother died my Father left the Country. We travelled...until we came to England: here my Father got work in a Coal Pit...but five months after...they told me a great portion of the roof had fallen...my dear Father was not found. I did not form a very good opinion of Edinburgh People when I first came...it was a cruel man who came up and gave me a beating without the least provocation...I could not sell more than Sixpence worth a day in Edinburgh, so after paying my lodgings...I went without breakfast.
It was one night when I was walking along the High Street...I had no place to go...Boys...told me to go to the Night Asylum...the Master kept me eight days and was very kind to me. Then he took me to the Brigade, and I am now working as a Lithographer, and mean to stick to it like a Brick...
This item was digitised as part of the Whose Town? project, an educational resource for schools. Unique archival material was gathered together to create a snapshot of a person's life at a particular point in Edinburgh's history.
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