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Image Not Available for Young boy plays on rubbish tip of rotting matter in Gorbals close, 1948.
Young boy plays on rubbish tip of rotting matter in Gorbals close, 1948.
Image Not Available for Young boy plays on rubbish tip of rotting matter in Gorbals close, 1948.

Young boy plays on rubbish tip of rotting matter in Gorbals close, 1948.

Creator Bert Hardy (British, 1913 - 1995)
Date1948
Mediumgelatin silver print
Dimensions27 x 25.5 cm (10 5/8 x 10 1/16 in.)
Credit LineAnonymous Gift, 2007
Category
Object number2007/984
Place DepictedGlasgow, Scotland
LocationNot currently on display

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