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Andrew Wood Court, Newhaven
Hunter, A. L., 1960, Photograph
Andrew Wood Court, Newhaven
Andrew Wood Court, Newhaven
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21482
Title
Andrew Wood Court, Newhaven
Description
The newly built housing development of Andrew Wood Court in Newhaven, Edinburgh. The flats and covered with painted harling and all have balconies and overlook small drying greens.
Artist / maker
Hunter, A. L.
Date
1960
Size
20.3 x 15.4 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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