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James Street, Newhaven
Young, Dorothy S., 1966, Photograph
James Street, Newhaven
James Street, Newhaven
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21478
Title
James Street, Newhaven
Description
A view of the housing on James Street, Newhaven. A three storey brick block of houses stands immediately to the right. It has sash and case windows, out of one an old lady is leaning. Ramsay Square can be seen passed this and then a row of terraced houses. The row has a balcony to allow access to the upper houses. Washing lines are hanging from the balcony and across the street. A car is parked at the end of the street.
Artist / maker
Young, Dorothy S.
Date
1966
Size
21.4 x 16.4 cm
Type
Photograph
Location
Edinburgh and Scottish Collection
Newhaven was founded in 1504 as a royal dockyard by James IV. It became an important fishing village, famous initially for oysters and later herring. An indoor fishmarket was built there in 1896. Newhaven fishwives, with their distinctive striped clothes, sold their goods around Edinburgh. David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson famously photographed these fishwives and other newhaven residents in the 1840's. The area now has a population of roughly 5000.
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