Miss Young's Newsagent Shop, Fountainbridge

Category

Library Item

Item no

9428

Title

Miss Young's newsagent shop, Fountainbridge, showing William and John Morrison

Description

The front of Miss Young's newsagent shop at Fountainbridge, Edinburgh is covered with advertisements for the Scottish Weekly Record with the headline "The girl that loved a miner". Only the glass in the window is left uncovered. In front of the shop two boys stand holding piles of papers. One is wearing a sailor suit and the other a jacket and shirt.

Artist / maker

Unknown

Date

1915

Size

23.2 x 29.2 cm

Type

Photograph

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

Fountainbridge is an area in the south-west of central Edinburgh, to the west of Tollcross. The area is centred around the western section of a road also called Fountainbridge. The Union Canal now begins in this area having originally extended a little further east.

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Business > Advertising > Advertisements

Business > Advertising > Displays

Business > Service industry > Shops

People > Children > Boys

Places > Edinburgh areas > Fountainbridge

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

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