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Portobello paper mill (A Nichol and Co.)

Unknown, 1905, Photograph
Portobello paper mill (A Nichol and Co.)
Portobello paper mill (A Nichol and Co.)
Portobello paper mill (A Nichol and Co.)
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Item no
4442
Title
Portobello paper mill (A Nichol and Co.), Bridge Street, women and youths packing department
Description
The interior of Portobello paper mill (A Nichol and Co.) on Bridge Street, Portobello, Edinburgh. The workforce of the packing department seems to mostly consist of women and boys. They are standing beside large piles of paper. There is a man in a flat cap who is perhaps the foreman. The building has a pitched roof with beams.
Artist / maker
Date
1905
Size
15.3 x 14.4 cm
Type
Location
Edinburgh and Scottish Collection