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Three generations posed as Newhaven fisherfolk
Victoria Primary School, 2011, Digital image
Three generations posed as Newhaven fisherfolk
Three generations posed as Newhaven fisherfolk
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24102
Title
Three generations - Mrs Lighterness with her daughter Mrs Susan Edwards and her granddaughter, Rowena.
Description
A portrait of a female family group beside Newhaven harbour with a wide expanse of water behind. A young girl stands between her mother and grandmother. The mother crouches beside a large fishing creel. All three wear traditional Newhaven fishwife costume.
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Victoria Primary School
Date
2011
Type
Digital image
Victoria Primary School in Newhaven undertook a photography project to reinterpret archival photographs from Edinburgh City Libraries, Museums and Galleries' heritage collections.
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Newhaven: That was then, this is now
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