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Mending Nets

1924, Photograph
Mending Nets
Mending Nets
Mending Nets
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Museums & Galleries Item
Item no
23725
Title
Mending Nets
Description
A group of people are gathered around a fishing net which is strung across a walkway beside Newhaven harbour in Edinburgh. A small boy wearing a jumper and shorts sits on a trestle stool in front of the net. Behind him and on the other side of the net stands a tall man. In the middle of the picture is a woman and a young girl and on the other side, another man wearing a flat cap. The building behind them is Newhaven Fishmarket.
Photograph by permission of George Hackland, copyright Forth photography.
Date
1924
Size
7.5 x 11.8 cm
Type
Location
Museum of Edinburgh
Accession number
NH 174/2/99