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Photograph of two men playing cards, with a woman knitting.
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Collection Ritchie Pickow
Title Photograph of two men playing cards, with a woman knitting.
Description Photograph of two men playing cards on a bench by the fire, with a woman knitting, Aran Islands. The woman is Bridget Johnston. She sits in the alcove of the hearth, in the left foreground. She wears a long dark skirt, an Aran sweater and a black scarf, crossed across her chest, and knits. One of the men, likely with the bobble hat, is Patcheen Faherty. The men sit on either side of the bench, which has three lots of cards on it. The man who is probably Patcheen sits on a wooden stool in the right foreground. His face is in shadow and he has his hands on his knee. The second man, in the centre foreground facing right, holds up his cards in his right hand. Behind them is the hearth, in an alcove, with a frying pan hanging in it. An oil lamp hangs on the wall in the right background. Part of a turf basket is visible in the left foreground.
Date 19360
Date Issued 01/07/2022
Resource Type Still image
Archival Record Id p100803
Publisher University of Galway
Extent 60x60mm
Topic Playing cards,Card games,Hearths,Fireplaces,Knitting,Skillet cooking
Geographic Inishmore (Ireland),Aran Islands (Ireland)
Temporal Nineteen fifties,Twentieth century
Genre Black and white
Creator / Author Name George Pickow