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Tower Mains Farm, Liberton
Unknown, 1917, Photograph
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Tower Mains Farm, Liberton
Tower Mains Farm, Liberton
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Item no
10015
Title
Tower Mains Farm, Liberton
Description
A man and woman stand in Edwardian clothing in a garden at Tower Mains Farm, Liberton, Edinburgh. They are standing in between an archway constructed from a flowering plant. The man has a full moustache and is leaning on a walking stick. He is wearing a flat cap, suit with a waistcoat with a pocket watch. The woman is wearing a full length dark coloured day dress and a bowler style hat.
Artist / maker
Unknown
Date
1917
Size
10 x 7.5 cm
Type
Photograph
Location
Edinburgh and Scottish Collection
Possibly shows Bryden Monteith, tenant of Tower Mains Farm, and wife Margaret [nee Cunningham].
At the time when this photograph was taken the farm belonged to a Brigadier General Robert Gordon but had been farmed by the Monteith Family for at least 2 generations. In 1917 the farmer was Bryden Monteith who together with his wife Margaret lived at Tower Mains. Bryden Monteith was born in 1861 at Tower Mains when his father also named Bryden was the occupier.
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