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Dormitories in the House of Call, 10 Burgess Street
Unknown, 1900, Photograph, Reproduction
Dormitories in the House of Call, 10 Burgess Street
Dormitories in the House of Call, 10 Burgess Street
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38139
Title
Dormitories in the House of Call, 10 Burgess Street
Artist / maker
Unknown
Date
1900
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15.2 x 20.2 cm
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Photograph
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Reproduction
The House of Call was the oldest lodging-house in Leith, founded c.1870 by Mr William C. Millar and others. It was opened with the idea of providing a place where dock labourers could be paid their wages - instead of their being paid in a public house.
In 1872 the administration of the House of Call was taken over by the Association for the Improvement of the Condition of the Poor in Leith.
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Leith Miscellany Vol X
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