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Photograph of man and woman sitting by the hearth, Aran Islands.
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Collection Ritchie Pickow
Title Photograph of man and woman sitting by the hearth, Aran Islands.
Description Photograph of man and woman sitting by the hearth, Aran Islands. The woman is Bridget Johnston. She wears a long dark skirt, an Aran sweater and a black scarf, crossed across her chest. She sits in the alcove of the hearth, in the left foreground, leaning foreward with a frying pan and a utensil in her hands. A black kettle hangs above the turf fire. A second pan hangs to the right above the fire. The man, Patcheen Faherty, sits on a stool by the right of the heath, turned toward Bridget. He wears a dark jumper, dark trousers and a bobble hat. A spinning wheel dominates the right of the photo.
Date 01/01/1952
Date Issued 01/07/2022
Resource Type Still image
Archival Record Id p100612
Publisher University of Galway
Extent 60x60mm
Topic Hearths,Fireplaces,Spinning-wheel,Skillet cooking,Kettles,Cooking
Geographic Inishmore (Ireland),Aran Islands (Ireland)
Temporal Nineteen fifties,Twentieth century
Genre Black and white
Creator / Author Name George Pickow