Jedburgh, Borders

Maker
John Peat Munn
Production date
Jun 1958
 Description
Text on negative envelope reads 'Jedburgh. Penny Moor'. View of a black car stopped on a straight road and a man with a camera. His dress is smart casual. The road runs along a hillside. There is a wire fence and trees lining the downhill side but it is open on the uphill side. The hills are bare.
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Object detail

Department
Photo
Collection
Munn Photographic Collection/Family & Personal Papers Group
Maker
Production date
Jun 1958
Subject person
Subject place
Jedburgh/Scottish Borders
Subject notes
The man in the photograph is Duncan MacKay (died 1986). He was a keen amateur photographer who was inspired to take up photography by John P Munn. His family were good friends of the Munn family. In the early 1950s, most cars were black. This car is an Austin. British car factories switched back to car production after the War but steel was in short supply. To obtain a supply, car manufacturers had to be successful exporters. Car ownership was still very restricted although by the late 1950s sales were increasing and even some working class families owned a car.
Accession number
P40106

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