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Photograph of Annie Hernon knitting close to a cottage hearth.
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Collection Ritchie Pickow
Title Photograph of Annie Hernon knitting close to a cottage hearth.
Description Photograph of an old couple sitting in a cottage, Aran Islands. The woman, Annie Hernon, knitting while sitting close to a cottage hearth. Annie sits on a bench to the right of the hearth, in the centre mid/foreground. By her feet is a small stool with wool on it. Two ball of wool have fallen on the ground. In the right midground a man siting on a bench turns to look out the window behind him. In an alcove on the left, a black kettle hangs above a lit turf fire. A frying pan hangs to the right of the fire while another leans against the wall below it. Two saucepans sit at the edge of the hearth. In the centre background a bobble hat and an oil lamp hang on the wall.
Date 01/01/1952
Date Issued 01/07/2022
Resource Type Still image
Archival Record Id p100706
Publisher University of Galway
Extent 60x60mm
Topic Knitting,Wool,Yarn,Hearths,Fireplaces,Baskets,Skillet cooking,Kerosene lamps,Kettles
Geographic Inishmore (Ireland),Aran Islands (Ireland)
Temporal Nineteen fifties,Twentieth century
Genre Black and white
Creator / Author Name George Pickow