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Newhaven fishwife with her daughters
1925, Photograph
Newhaven fishwife with her daughters
Newhaven fishwife with her daughters
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22211
Title
Newhaven fishwife with her daughters
Description
Photograph of a Newhaven fishwife and her two young daughters. She wears the traditional fishwife 'gala' dress of striped petticoats, a patterned blouse or 'shor' goon' with turned up sleeves, and a shawl pinned across her body. Her two daughters wear white cotton frilled pinafores over knee-length dresses with long sleeves. They are standing in front of a house with steps leading to the front door.
Date
1925
Size
5.5. x 5.5 cm
Type
Photograph
Location
Museum of Edinburgh
Accession number
3.14 C158/5
The woman in the picture is Sarah Paterson. She and her daughters are photographed outside a house in Wester Close, one of the larger closes in Newhaven, which ran from the shore to Main Street.
The life of fishwives was often hard. They looked after their households, baited the lines for fishing and often walked for miles with their heavy creels (baskets) of fish for selling.
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