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Bible Land, before reconstruction
Drummond Young, 1945, Photograph
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Bible Land, before reconstruction
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21471
Title
Bible Land, before reconstruction
Description
A block of stone tenement flats are viewed across a cobbled street in the Canongate of Edinburgh. Many of the small windows to the flats are open. There are shops at ground level and signs advertising a 'Snug Bar', an ice cream parlour and 'The Home Bakery'.
Artist / maker
Drummond Young
Date
1945
Size
19.3 x 16.1 cm
Type
Photograph
Location
Edinburgh and Scottish Collection
The east section of Shoemakers' Lands was known as Bible Land because of the stone carving of a bible above the entrance. Find out more about Bible Land at the
Canmore
website.
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Canongate
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Edinburgh areas
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Old Town
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