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Bible Land and Shoemakers' Land: view from the rear
Unknown, 1955, Photograph
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Bible Land and Shoemakers' Land: view from the rear
Bible Land and Shoemakers' Land: view from the rear
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Item no
21472
Title
Bible Land and Shoemakers' Land: view from the rear
Description
Scaffolding surrounds the wall of a tenement building in the Canongate area of Edinburgh. The backyard of the tenement properties is bordered by a high wall and a metal fence. The yard is being used to store building materials and equipment.
Artist / maker
Unknown
Date
1955
Size
19.4 x 24.7 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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