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Tile making
Unknown, 1912, Photograph, Postcard
Tile making
Tile making
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Item no
5572
Title
Tile making
Description
Tilemakers in W Graham Yool & Co's factory Victory Works in Gorgie, Edinburgh, stand at their workbenches making tiles. The men wear aprons and flat caps. In the workshop there are tools, machinery and equipment for their work.
Artist / maker
Unknown
Date
1912
Size
8.8 x 13.8 cm
Type
Photograph
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Postcard
Location
Edinburgh and Scottish Collection
W. Graham Yool & Co's Victory Works, were sited at Gorgie North British Station. Gorgie is an area in the west of Edinburgh and is home to Tynecastle Stadium owned by the Heart of Midlothian Football club and Gorgie City Farm.
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