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Girl dressed as Newhaven fishwife
1916, Photograph
Girl dressed as Newhaven fishwife
Girl dressed as Newhaven fishwife
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Item no
23686
Title
Girl dressed as Newhaven fishwife
Description
Black and white photograph of a young girl dressed as a Newhaven fishwife. She wears the 'gala' costume of striped petticoats, colourful blouse or 'shor' goon' and a headscarf. She is carrying a creel (fish basket) on her back, with a strap around her head. A woman stands behind her in a tweed skirt suit and jacket. They are standing on a lawn in front of a bay-windowed house. In front of the window is a garden bench.
Date
1916
Size
5.5 x 5.5 cm
Type
Photograph
Location
Museum of Edinburgh
Accession number
Ref 3.14 C185/6
The young girl in the photo is Lilian Stewart, aged around three years. She is taking 'smokies' (cigarettes) to convalescent soldiers during World War One.
The colourful gala costume of Newhaven fishwives, which included yellow striped petticoats, earned them the name 'yellow butterflies'.
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