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Photograph of Bridget Johnston serving tea to the family.
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Collection Ritchie Pickow
Title Photograph of Bridget Johnston serving tea to the family.
Description Photograph of a woman serving tea to the family, at a table, Aran Islands. The woman is Bridget Johnston. She wears an Aran sweater and a black scarf, crossed across her chest. She holds the handle of the metal teapot with her right hand and the lid with her left. Patcheen Faherty sits at the head of the table. He wears a dark cable knit jumper and dark trousers. Two young men sit on a bench on the left of the table. A girl sits between them. Two other girls sit on the other side of the table. An empty chair stands in the left foreground. On the table are mugs, a jug, a bowl, a stack of plates, a plate with something on it and a lit candle. Behind them is the hearth set into the wall.
Date 19360
Date Issued 01/07/2022
Resource Type Still image
Archival Record Id p100807
Publisher University of Galway
Extent 60x60mm
Topic Hearths,Tableware,Plates (Tableware),Mugs,Candles,Pitchers,Tea,Teapots
Geographic Inishmore (Ireland),Aran Islands (Ireland)
Temporal Nineteen fifties,Twentieth century
Genre Black and white
Creator / Author Name George Pickow