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Valentine Family: Stockbridge Colonies
Unknown, 1914, Photograph
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Valentine Family: Stockbridge Colonies
Valentine Family: Stockbridge Colonies
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14837
Title
Valentine Family: Stockbridge Colonies
Description
A family pose for a portrait in front of a house with lace curtains. The father has a three piece striped suit and is wearing a pocket watch and chain with a crested fob on it. The mother is wearing a long dark dress. The four daughters are all wearing light coloured dresses and have ribbons in their hair. One of the boys is wearing highland dress including a kilt and sporran.
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Unknown
Date
1914
Size
20.3 x 25.2 cm
Type
Photograph
Location
Edinburgh and Scottish Collection
The Stockbridge Colonies are located just to the south of the Royal Botanic Garden, about a mile north of Princes Street. They were built by the Edinburgh Cooperative Building Company which was founded in 1861. The company's founders included the stonemason and geologist Hugh Miller, the journalist and politician Hugh Gilzean Reid and the stonemason James Coleville. Their aim was to establish a cooperative organisation, principally owned by working class shareholders, to build good quality, affordable housing for working people. The development, known as Glenogle Park, began in the year of the company's foundation and was largely completed by 1875, although sporadic building continued until 1911.
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Stockaree: Stockbridge in Photographs
Stockbridge a portrait in pictures
Whose Town? Brave New World
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